Production Planner

We are currently recruiting a production planner for our growing client in Newton Aycliffe.

We are ideally sourcing for a person who can work under pressure to assist a team in all aspects of production planning

Skills and Experience required -

• Proven experience in planning, production control, purchasing , supply chain coordination, operations, or a closely related manufacturing support function
• Strong practical experience in production planning, scheduling, material availability, order fulfilment or operational coordination within a manufacturing, FMCG or similar fast moving environment.
• Confident managing supplier communication, purchase order progression, delivery expediting, and resolution of supply issues
• Ability to take ownership of priorities, manage deadlines, and able to make practical decisions to keep production moving
• Strong attention to detail, accuracy and commercial awareness
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Excel/ office with the ability to maintain accurate planning records
• Experience of using ERP/MRP stock control systems

Key Responsibilities -

• Take responsibility for coordinating production plans and schedules, in line with customer orders, stock availability, material supply
• Create, maintain and continually update production schedules to support on time delivery
• Monitor customer order progress from receipt through to fulfilment, identifying risks, and capacity constraints
• Work closely with production , Sales, Warehouse, logistics and purchasing
• Maintain accurate planning information within company systems
• Support decision making by highlighting shortages, bottlenecks, late orders and operational constraints before they impact customer delivery
• Manage the raising, monitoring and progression of purchase orders to ensure materials and bought in goods are available inline with production and customer requirements
• Maintain regular contact with suppliers to confirm delivery dates, identify issues
• Support supplier performance monitoring by tracking delivery reliability, shortages, delays, and recurring supply issues