Production Planner

Butternut Box; Worksop; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative company is seeking a Manufacturing Site Scheduler to optimize production operations. In this dynamic role, you'll ensure smooth workflows by developing detailed schedules, collaborating with various teams, and problem-solving real-time challenges. Your proactive approach will be key in balancing workloads and minimizing delays. With a focus on continuous improvement, you'll leverage data insights to enhance efficiency and contribute to a vibrant workplace culture. If you're passionate about production planning and love a fast-paced environment, this opportunity is perfect for you!

Benefits

257.5 hours of holiday per year

39 hours of wellbeing days

£500 annual learning budget

Discounted Private Medical Insurance

Free parking and electric car charging

Employee discount on Butternut Box

Subsidised food from street food vans

Funded Sabbatical policy after 5 years

Qualifications

• Experience in production scheduling and manufacturing planning is essential.
• Strong analytical abilities to assess data and optimise production plans.

Responsibilities

• Develop detailed production schedules based on demand forecasts.
• Monitor key performance indicators and identify trends for improvement.

Skills

Production Scheduling

Manufacturing Planning

Analytical Skills

Communication Skills

Problem-Solving

Time Management

Education

Experience in Production Scheduling

Tools

ERP Software

MRP Software

SAP

MS Project

Job description

Location - Rudie’s Kitchen - fully on-site

A bit about the role:

As a Manufacturing Site Scheduler, you’ll be the backbone of our production operations, ensuring everything runs smoothly and efficiently. Your day will start with reviewing production progress, stock positions & demand using this information to plan upcoming production orders to balance the demand / supply picture. You’ll be making real-time decisions to keep production flowing, collaborating with key teams across the business to ensure that everything is in place with our Demand Manager.

Throughout the day, you’ll issue production orders, and communicate with manufacturing teams to keep things on track. If a line goes down, materials are delayed, or production targets shift, you’ll be the one to pivot the plan, problem-solve, and find solutions that keep us moving forward.

This is a fast-paced, hands-on role where no two days are the same, and your ability to anticipate challenges and adapt will be essential. If you love problem-solving, coordinating multiple moving parts, and keeping things running like a well-oiled machine, this is the role for you.

In this role, you can expect to…

Production Planning & Scheduling

• Develop detailed daily, weekly, and monthly production schedules based on demand forecasts and resource availability.
• Adjust schedules as needed to respond to production bottlenecks, equipment downtime, material shortages, or shifting business needs.
• Track real-time production progress and proactively identify scheduling conflicts or inefficiencies.
• Work closely with Production and People teams to ensure adequate staffing levels and machine capacity utilisation.
• Collaborate with Procurement and Supply Chain teams to ensure timely availability of raw materials and packaging supplies.
• Monitor inventory levels and minimise production delays due to material shortages.
• Balance workloads across multiple production lines while maintaining quality and safety standards.
• Serve as the key point of contact between Manufacturing, Procurement, Supply Chain, and Technical teams to align production schedules with business priorities.
• Keep all stakeholders updated on production timelines, potential delays, and resolution plans.
• Work closely with logistics and warehouse teams to ensure smooth coordination of raw ingredients and finished goods movement.

Performance Tracking & Continuous Improvement

• Monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) such as production output, cycle times, and efficiency rates.
• Identify trends in scheduling, highlight opportunities for process improvement, and recommend optimisations.
• Use data-driven insights to forecast future production needs and improve long-term scheduling accuracy.
• Implement lean manufacturing principles to enhance scheduling efficiency and minimise waste.

A bit about you

• Experience in production scheduling and / or manufacturing planning is essential.
• Technical skills in manufacturing planning software (ERP, MRP, SAP, MS Project, or similar).
• Strong analytical abilities to assess data, identify scheduling trends, and optimise production plans.
• Exceptional organisation & time management skills to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Great communication & collaboration skills to work effectively across departments.
• A proactive mindset - you don’t just react to scheduling challenges, you anticipate and solve them.
• Pragmatic, adaptable, resilient and humble
• Due to the nature of this role full on-site presence would be required
• Loves dogs (naturally)

A bit about Butternut

At Butternut, the mission is to deliver health and happiness to dogs and their humans all over the world. In order to do just that, we need a team of forward-thinking, driven people who love dogs as much as we do. And we need quite a big kitchen too. Which is precisely why we have built one.

Located in Doncaster, Rudie's Kitchen and Ace's Pantry are where all the magic happens, so to speak. It's where the tasty Butternut meals and treats will be gently cooked, using human-quality ingredients because, the way we see it, we wouldn't serve food to dogs that we wouldn't be happy to eat ourselves. At Butternut, we believe dogs deserve better, and if that's something you think too, we want to hear from you.

Butternut has come a long way since Kev & Dave (co-founders) hand-delivered the first Butternut Box, and we are now looking for brilliant people to join the team for this next part of the story.

Are you up for the challenge?

A bit about what we offer

• Enjoy 257.5 hours of holiday per year, plus an extra day for each year of service (up to 5 days).*
• 39 hours of pre-booked paws days to support good wellbeing and self care.*
• Unlock a £500 annual budget for personal learning and development.
• Get discounted Private Medical Insurance with Vitality Healthcare and dental care with Bupa.
• Funded Sabbatical policy after 5 years of service
• Enhanced primary caregiver policy
• Satisfy your taste buds with subsidised food from a variety of street food vans, and of course, pay day pizza!
• Treat your furry friend with an employee discount on Butternut Box.
• Say goodbye to parking woes with free parking and electric car charging.
• Prepare for adorable office dog overload—meet Cleo, Paxo, Cali, Ronnie, Harvey, Milo, and many more!

️ A few things to note

• There is no closing date for this role. However, we normally experience a high volume of applications so if you are interested we suggest applying as soon as possible.
• We aim to respond to all applicants personally. Our recruitment team is small so do bear with us.
• Butternut Box is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity and inclusion. We welcome people of different nationalities, backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives.
• We're not afraid of putting extra weight on candidates from underrepresented groups. We want strong, diverse teams built from different backgrounds, experiences, and identities. We're ready for the ongoing work that goes into building an inclusive, supportive place for you to do the best work of your career.
• We are not looking for external agency support with this role.

Apply for this job

*

indicates a required field

First Name *

Last Name *

Email *

Phone *

Resume/CV *

Enter manually

Accepted file types: pdf, doc, docx, txt, rtf

Enter manually

Accepted file types: pdf, doc, docx, txt, rtf

What made you apply for this role with us?

At Butternut, our values are central to how we behave as a business - and as individuals too. Which of our Butternut values resonates the most with you? * Select...

Why does this value resonate the most with you? *

What are your salary expectations for this role? (gross/annual) * Select...

Keep in mind that this is an indication only, we will continue this topic of discussion with you during the interview process.

Have you worked for Butternut before? (this includes via an agency or as a contractor) * Select...

Let us know your UK Right to Work status: * Select...

We need to know if you have the Right to Work (RTW) in the UK before you join us. Telling us this information will not change the result of your application, unless you do need sponsoring and it's a role we can't sponsor.

Anything else you'd like to add...

How did you hear about us? * Select...

Please read through our Candidate Privacy Notice.It's im-pawtent. * Select...

At Butternut Box, we understand and value that every team member is unique and should be supported to do amazing work as their authentic selves. This demographic survey will help us better understand the people that apply to work with us. It’ll help us see how different groups progress through our hiring process and where we need to make improvements to be more inclusive. If you choose to fill it out (optional) your response will not be used in any hiring decision. Select...