Supply Chain Job - Production Planner

Job Title: Production Planner

The Skills You'll Need: Production Planning, Manufacturing, Chemicals, Advanced Excel

Your New Salary: £35-45k

Office based OR Hybrid: 3 Days in Office (Taunton Area), 2 at home

Status: Permanent

Start: ASAP

Working hours: 8-5 Mon-Thur, 8-2 Fri, 1 hour lunch break.

Who You'll be Working for: Highly successful chemicals manufacturer.

Production Planner - What You'll be Doing:

The role is responsible for the day-to-day execution of UK Production Planning activities; the replenishment of chemicals and packaging components; and the ordering of routine site consumables.

• Day-to-day execution of local (UK) Production Planning activities, specifically the scheduling and raising of production orders
• Order placing and associated progress chasing of materials and components to pre-determined stock level requirements
• Liaison with inter-company colleagues to monitor and replenish stocks of materials sourced from other company locations.
• In-House printing of product labels required for weekly production plan issue.
• Placement of orders for replenishment of consumable items.
• Support the wider UK Site team structure to optimise customer service levels and ensure that it continues to meet its planned OTIF target levels.
• Support the Continuous Improvement of Supply Chain activities within the local UK and wider regional organisation.

Production Planner - The Skills You'll Need to Succeed:

• Experience in a Production Planning role, preferably within a manufacturing and/or chemical industry environment.
• Familiarity with operating MRP systems within ERP environments, preferably Microsoft Dynamics.
• Demonstrable track record of planning and scheduling a large and complex finished product item portfolio.
• Demonstrable track record of replenishment of a large and complex raw material and component inventory from multiple vendors.
• Demonstrable experience of working with third-party manufacturers (3PM) and suppliers of complete finished product packs.
• Experience and competence with use of the Microsoft Office suite, including Word, Excel, Power Point; and experience of using reporting tools such as Power BI.
• Excellent planning, organisational and task prioritisation skills, with the ability to self-prioritise own workload.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills at all organisational levels.
• Self-motivated, with the ability to develop strong collaborative working relationships with both internal and external customers to deliver organisational goals.