Plant Planner

UPL; Sandbach; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

UPL is seeking a Plant Planner / Scheduler to develop and maintain a finished goods supply plan for multiple UK & EU affiliates. The role collaborates with customer service, demand planning, and the manufacturing team to optimize production and material flow.

You will manage daily and long-term production schedules, ensure capacity and material feasibility, and communicate plans to sites while monitoring performance and risk. A degree in chemistry and 1–3 years planning experience are preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in chemistry or equivalent.
• 1–3 years of planning experience.
• Experience with SAP ERP.
• UK/EU region experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain daily production plan for UK & EU affiliates.
• Coordinate raw material requirements from forecast SNP.
• Monitor plan performance and escalate capacity constraints.
• Attend routine Site Meetings.

Skills

Production planning

Demand planning

Inventory management

Capacity planning

Education

Bachelor’s / Master’s degree in chemistry or equivalent

Tools

SAP

Job description

Job Summary

The role of Plant Planner / Scheduler is to develop and maintain a finished goods supply plan for multiple affiliates in the UK & EU Region through working collaboratively with customer service, demand planning, and the manufacturing team.

Key Responsibilities applicable to Planning

Production Planning

• Manages the Daily Production Plan / short term plan to the plant and is the primary contact for any issues relating to it.
• Manages the short-term & long-term element of the production schedule in terms of creating process orders, smoothing and sequencing them to make best use of available capacity and minimise down time.
• Effective communication of Production plan to the production facility and monitor its performance against these plans.
• Ensures that capacity and material feasibility are checked for the Daily Production Schedule and highlights in a timely manner any capacity or Material constraints that will prevent us meeting business needs.
• Communicates any customer/shipment orders that cannot be accommodated in the schedule.
• Attend routine Site Meetings.

Planning of Raw Material

• Calculate the raw material requirements to meet production demands from forecast/SNP
• Review supply requirements from the monthly SNP output in line with current capacity and throughput assumptions and highlight any areas of risk.
• Manage the Purchase Plan as it relates to supply of product to be given to procurement for creation of Purchase requisitions.
• Track manufacturing schedule adherence with appropriate escalation as required
• Input data sheet with Planned verses Actuals
• Reschedule production if there is a problem with raw material
• Aiming for 3 month rolling planning schedule and long term 15 months plan as per SNP demand
• Request for SKU amendments on master data queries.

Other

• Identify and manage items at risk of becoming aged or excess and implement plans to ensure there is always zero write off / expiry of product.
• Conduct current and future inventory analysis.

Education

• Bachelor’s / Master’s degree in chemistry or equivalent.

Experience

• Minimum 1 to 3 years of experience in Planning role.
• Experience of working with ERP tool such as SAP.

Diversity & Inclusion at UPL

UPL is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or preference, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.