Production Planner; Tactical Planning

Production Planner
- Tactical Planning

Exclusively advertised on behalf of Butler Rose Procurement & Supply Chain

Location: South Lakes
- Ulverston Area
Salary: £35,000 - £46,000
Job Type: Permanent
Department: Planning
Hours: Full Time 37.5 (4 day working week Monday to Thursday)

Butler Rose Procurement & Supply Chain is exclusively representing a well-established manufacturing organisation in the search for an experienced Production Planner to join its Planning function.

This is an excellent opportunity for a proactive and analytical planning professional to take ownership of the tactical execution of the production plan across a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

The Production Planner will be responsible for managing the 0-30-day planning horizon
, ensuring production priorities are aligned with customer requirements and that work orders are material-ready, capacity-ready and released in line with agreed schedules.

Working closely with Production, Purchasing, Stores, Engineering, Quality, Dispatch and Sales, you will play a key role in maintaining production flow, identifying risks and driving recovery actions to protect customer delivery commitments.

• Execute and maintain the production plan across the rolling 0-30-day planning horizon
  .
• Ensure work orders are released and progressed in line with business priorities and customer commitments.
• Ensure orders are material-clear, capacity-clear and ready for manufacture ahead of planned start dates.
• Monitor schedule adherence and drive recovery actions where production falls behind plan.
• Develop and maintain recovery plans for overdue and at-risk orders.
• Expedite materials, manufacturing activities and support functions to protect customer deliveries.
• Escalate significant risks, constraints and recovery requirements to the Lead Operations Planner.

• Work closely with Purchasing and Stores to ensure material availability supports production requirements.
• Identify, manage and escalation material shortages and supply risks.
• Monitor short‑term work centre loading and resource constraints.
• Maintain visibility of production demand within the 30-60-day horizon
  , identifying emerging risks.
• Provide accurate planning data and forward visibility to support capacity planning and resource allocation.

• Act as the primary planning interface for Production Leaders, ensuring production priorities remain aligned to the agreed plan.
• Work closely with Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality, Dispatch and Sales to maintain production flow.
• Provide achievable delivery and order release dates based on material availability, capacity and production priorities.
• Build effective working relationships across operational functions to resolve planning issues quickly and effectively.

• Maintain accurate planning data within ERP/MRP systems.
• Analyse planning and production data to identify trends, risks and opportunities for improvement.
• Generate planning reports and communicate risks, delays and recovery actions to key stakeholders.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives focused on delivery performance, schedule adherence and operational efficiency.
• Support KPI reporting and planning performance reviews.

The successful candidate will have previous experience within production planning, production control, supply chain planning or scheduling in a manufacturing environment
.

You will be highly organised, analytical and comfortable working in a fast-paced environment where priorities can change quickly. Strong communication and stakeholder‑management skills are essential, as you will work closely with production and wider operational teams…