Manufacturing Production Planner - 4 Day Week & Flexible Hours

Ernest Gordon Recruitment; Coleford; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

4 Day Week

Flexitime

/ Compressed Hours

Enhanced Holiday

Subsidised Food

Training

Job summary

Ernest Gordon Recruitment is assisting a long-established British manufacturer in Coleford to recruit a Production Planner / Buyer. The role focuses on ownership of production scheduling and material procurement within a multi-stage manufacturing environment.

You will coordinate schedules across steel processing, welding, painting and finishing, manage stock and supplier performance, and help shape planning procedures that improve operational efficiency.

Qualifications

• Experience in production planning, scheduling, material control or procurement within manufacturing.
• Ability to establish planning processes and improve information flow across the business.
• ERP/MRP experience; EFACS familiarity is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Manage production schedules across steel processing, welding, painting, finishing and bracket manufacturing.
• Monitor work-in-progress, identify bottlenecks and adjust schedules to meet delivery requirements.
• Purchase steel and materials, raise purchase orders and monitor supplier performance.
• Manage stock levels, material availability and supplier lead times.
• Work closely with Production, Logistics and Administration teams.
• Develop planning processes and reporting to improve operational efficiency.

Skills

Production planning

Materials planning

Buyer/procurement

Job description

Ernest Gordon Recruitment is assisting a long-established British manufacturer in Coleford to recruit a Production Planner / Buyer. The role focuses on ownership of production scheduling and material procurement within a multi-stage manufacturing environment.

You will coordinate schedules across steel processing, welding, painting and finishing, manage stock and supplier performance, and help shape planning procedures that improve operational efficiency.