Lead Production Planner - Optimize Plans & Capacity

Escape Recruitment Services; Hawick; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Escape Recruitment Services is seeking a Production Planner in Hawick, UK. The role is full-time, site-based, with salary between £30,000 and £35,000 DOE.

You will develop and optimise production plans, ensuring customer demand is met while maximizing efficiency. You will work closely with Manufacturing, Procurement and other functions to improve planning processes, ERP data accuracy and overall performance.

Qualifications

• Three years' experience in Production Planning within manufacturing.
• Strong knowledge of production scheduling and capacity planning.
• Experience managing complex production plans and competing priorities.
• Good understanding of wider supply chain principles, including inventory management.
• Experience using ERP/MRP systems, ideally SAP.
• Strong Excel and analytical skills and stakeholder management.
• Proactive, organised and solutions-focused.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage short and medium-term production plans.
• Schedule and sequence production orders to meet demand and forecasts.
• Balance capacity, labour, machine constraints and material requirements.
• Monitor inventory to ensure materials are available when needed.
• Collaborate with Manufacturing, Procurement, Engineering, Quality and Customer Service.
• Monitor planning performance and schedule adherence.
• Identify opportunities to improve planning efficiency and operations.

Skills

Production planning

Production scheduling

Capacity planning

Inventory management

Stakeholder management

Excel & analytics

Communication skills

Education

Relevant degree or equivalent experience

Tools

SAP ERP

MS Excel

Job description

Escape Recruitment Services is seeking a Production Planner in Hawick, UK. The role is full-time, site-based, with salary between £30,000 and £35,000 DOE.

You will develop and optimise production plans, ensuring customer demand is met while maximizing efficiency. You will work closely with Manufacturing, Procurement and other functions to improve planning processes, ERP data accuracy and overall performance.