Production Planner

Job Description

Location: East Midlands, UK

We are part of a global organisation that operates in the Electrical Engineering and Energy Infrastructure sector, and are looking for a Production Planner.

What you’ll do:

• Responsible for creating and maintaining an effective production schedule that ensures customer requirements are met wherever possible.
• Comfortable and capable of operating in a complex, fast paced, make-to-order manufacturing environment.
• Create and maintain production orders in line with demand, material availability and capacity constraints.
• Establish and maintain effective relationships with the company’s internal customers in accordance with the ethical code and standards of conduct maintaining the highest level of professionalism at all times.
• Create reports detailing load and capacity requirements for the plant to meet the demands of the business.
• Create and maintain purchase orders for inter-plant demands as necessary.
• Review customer amendment and expedite requests (including changes to delivery dates and order content) and co-ordinate with customer service and production to implement and communicate changes.
• Review engineering changes and take the necessary actions to communicate changes to production.
• Review material supply issues impacting the production plan. Communicate to Customer Service any impacts on customer requirements.
• Continually seek and identify areas for improvement, in line with the strategic direction of the organisation with a view to improving service levels to customers.
• Maintain material master record fields appropriate to the supply chain functions.
• Ensure proper and professional commercial engagement at all times.

Qualifications:

• Secondary School Level.

Skills:

• Supply Chain Qualifications would be an advantage.
• Some planning experience in a make-to-order manufacturing environment
• SAP or any other major ERP system experience would be desirable.
• Engineering background would be an advantage (Mechanical/Electrical).
• Competent with Microsoft Office Packages (Excel, Work, Outlook).
• The ability to work on own initiate and be able to work as part of a team.
• The ability to multitask and prioritise workload accordingly.

What We Offer:

• We make your growth matter – We invest in our employees for the long term – not just with salary and benefits, but with ongoing learning and development opportunities.
• We make your aspirations matter – We encourages internal promotion, whenever possible.
• We make your wellbeing matter – We put your health and safety first. Wellness is more than a programme, it’s about changing the environment by offering the right tools to help empower employees to make positive change happen.