Manufacturing Production Planner & Admin Coordinator

Confidential; Wolverhampton; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Confidential in Wolverhampton is seeking a Production Administrator to coordinate customer orders and prepare jobs for production. You will work with Sales Admin, Estimating and Production to translate requirements into actionable instructions and ensure every job is documented correctly.

This role requires strong organisational skills, attention to detail and the ability to drive smooth production through coordinated scheduling, BOMs and material coordination.

Qualifications

• Experience in a manufacturing environment is essential.
• Strong organisational and administrative skills with high attention to detail.
• Ability to interpret technical and customer information into clear instructions.
• Experience coordinating activities across internal departments.
• Analytical approach with comfort working with figures and production data.
• Good communication skills across management and production teams.
• Ability to manage multiple jobs and deadlines.
• Proactive, able to question processes and suggest improvements.
• Good IT skills, especially Microsoft Office and Excel; experience with ERP systems.

Responsibilities

• Understand customer requirements and prepare each job for production in collaboration with Sales Admin and Estimating.
• Organise and coordinate internal job review meetings, ensuring requirements and production considerations are discussed.
• Translate customer and estimating information into clear production instructions, orders and documentation.
• Prepare and maintain production records, BOMs, routings and item information in internal systems.
• Liaise with Production, Procurement, Quality, Warehouse and other departments to share information.
• Coordinate materials, components and external services, checking availability, costs and lead times.
• Update the internal production scheduling system with job information.
• Support estimating activities by gathering information and providing basic estimating cover.
• Keep Sales Admin and internal teams updated on job progress and any issues.
• Work with production team leaders to understand requirements and resolve queries.
• Maintain records and reports for easy access by relevant departments.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes and drive operational improvements.

Skills

Organisational skills

Attention to detail

Communication

Analytical thinking

Multitasking

Process improvement

Tools

Microsoft Office

Microsoft Excel

ERP systems

Microsoft Dynamics Business Central

Job description

Confidential in Wolverhampton is seeking a Production Administrator to coordinate customer orders and prepare jobs for production. You will work with Sales Admin, Estimating and Production to translate requirements into actionable instructions and ensure every job is documented correctly.

This role requires strong organisational skills, attention to detail and the ability to drive smooth production through coordinated scheduling, BOMs and material coordination.