Senior Production Planner

Overview

G&H is a world leader in optical designing, testing and manufacturing. As experts in the technology of light, G&H works with customers to provide optical systems, assemblies, and components for demanding applications. Headquartered in Ilminster Somerset, UK with primary operations in the USA and Europe, G&H is recognized for the breadth of their acousto-optic, electro-optic, crystal-optic, fiber optic, and precision optic products.

G&H is recognized as the preferred source for OEMs in the life sciences, industrial, and aerospace and defense industries, with a history of quality and excellence that dates back over seventy-five years. G&H offers exciting and rewarding opportunities for motivated and talented people to join a team of like-minded, highly skilled colleagues who want to grow and succeed with our company.

Hiring talent to complement and grow our current teams’ skills and capabilities is a strategic priority to enable our plans for growth. Our seven business locations in the United States and four UK-based businesses employ across a broad range of functions including engineering and process, manufacturing, product management, supply chain and customer services, quality assurance, continuous improvement, compliance and finance.

We are seeking a Sr. Production Planner to partner closely with Operations to build and maintain a realistic, executable production plan that supports customer delivery, improves throughput, and stabilizes day-to-day operations for a high mix/ low volume product environment with MOQ assessments and policy setting. This role is responsible for translating demand into actionable production schedules, aligning with manufacturing capacity and material availability, and ensuring clear visibility to priorities across the shop floor.

The ideal candidate is hands-on, detail-oriented, and comfortable operating in a fast-paced manufacturing environment where planning discipline is being strengthened and built.

• Production Planning & Scheduling — Analyze production schedules and sales orders to determine material requirements, aligned to demand and capacity.
• Production Planning & Scheduling — Sequence work orders to optimize throughput, minimize bottlenecks, and support on-time delivery.
• Production Planning & Scheduling — Continuously adjust plans based on changing priorities, constraints, and shop floor realities.
• Operations Partnership — Partner closely with manufacturing leaders, supervisors, and floor teams to ensure schedules are understood, realistic, and executed.
• Operations Partnership — Participate in daily production meetings, providing clear visibility to priorities, risks, and changes.
• Operations Partnership — Drive alignment between planning and execution, ensuring accountability to the production plan.
• Material & Capacity Coordination — Collaborate with Supply Chain and Procurement to ensure material availability aligns with production schedules.
• Material & Capacity Coordination — Identify constraints related to labor, equipment, or materials and escalate risks proactively.
• Material & Capacity Coordination — Support capacity planning by providing input on workload, constraints, and resource requirements.
• Work Order Management — Release, track, and manage work orders within the ERP system.
• Work Order Management — Monitor work-in-progress (WIP) to ensure flow through the manufacturing process.
• Work Order Management — Ensure accurate data entry and system updates to maintain planning integrity.
• Inventory Control — Maintain optimal stock levels to balance cost-efficiency with production needs, avoiding excess inventory.
• Supply Chain Coordination — Initiate and track purchase orders (POs) and maintain supplier relationships to ensure on-time delivery.
• Supply Chain Coordination — Data Management:
  Maintain accuracy of BOMs (Bill of Materials) and ERP systems.
• Supply Chain Coordination — Cross-Functional Teamwork:
  Collaborate with manufacturing, logistics, and procurement to resolve shortages and scheduling changes.
• Performance Monitoring & Continuous Improvement — Track key planning and production metrics, including schedule adherence,…