Planning Coordinator

Overview

Planning Co-ordinator (5-month contract) – Ellesmere Port

£28,000 - £32,000 pro rata (salary £28,000 - £32,000, 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday). This is a 5-month fixed term contract joining a small, motivated team as a Planning Co-ordinator in a global business with a focus on sustainability.

The Planning Co-ordinator role will cover all the planning functions for the UK related to the production of products to meet customer expectations. The Planning Co-ordinator will be a pivotal role to co-ordinate raw materials and work with the Raw Material Scheduler to oversee the total demand.

• Send production orders weekly to the manufacturer
• Create a weekly stock projection of raw materials and review it weekly with the Replenishment Buyer to ensure production can be met
• Review and plan attainment weekly
• Maintain optimal inventory levels based on business target stocks
• Review daily production plan in line with daily orders and arbitrate if needed
• Book stock in using the in-house system once production has been completed
• Create monthly production forecasts for finished goods for the next 6 months to drive the production plan
• Generate a monthly stock projection for raw materials for the same period
• Analyse actual orders vs forecast and raise any issues to the forecasting team/Customer Service
• Monitor aged stock and propose solutions

• Supply chain background with production planning / scheduling / stock replenishment
• Master in Excel and ERP systems
• Strong communication skills
• Proactive and flexible approach
• Problem solving
• Team spirit

Unfortunately, due to time restrictions we cannot respond to every applicant. If you haven’t been contacted within 48 hours, please assume you have not been successful for this particular role, but your details will be kept on file for future vacancies.

We are an equal opportunities agency and welcome applicants from all backgrounds.

We are acting on behalf of the client as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.