Production Planner

Azenta LTD; Abinger; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Azenta LTD is seeking a Production Scheduler in the UK to manage end‑to‑end planning for plastic injection moulding and related processes. You will work with demand planning, maintain capacity schedules, and coordinate with maintenance and warehouse teams to ensure on‑time production.

The role requires 3+ years in planning and strong spreadsheet/ERP skills, with a proactive, collaborative approach. Own transport is preferred due to the rural location.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in planning, coordinating, scheduling, inventory management and production control.
• Proficient with Oracle or similar MRP-based planning system.
• Strong capability in modern planning concepts and practice.
• Ability to handle multiple priorities with capacity constraints.
• Experience in a global organization headquartered in North America preferred.
• Excellent spreadsheet skills with strong analytical attention to detail.
• Ability to create interlinked spreadsheets.
• Flexible and proactive to meet customer requirements.
• Ability to establish working relationships with cross‑functional colleagues.
• Good fit with Azenta values: honest and ethical.
• Collaborative and communicative with management to drive direction and execution.
• Commitment to Continuous Improvement.
• Own transport due to rural area.

Responsibilities

• Own all production scheduling across injection moulding, clean room processes, and instrument cell.
• Collaborate with demand planning to meet business priorities.
• Schedule maintenance tasks to keep equipment efficient within capacity.
• Schedule trials of new tools and refurbishments, including R&D.
• Provide lead time data and alert of delays to demand planning.
• Solve demand-related problems and optimize lead times.
• Coordinate with warehouse to ensure timely materials for production.
• Generate metrics for production performance.
• Support annual inventory audits with planning and execution.
• Handle ERP transaction support and create works orders for new products.
• Review holiday schedules to plan resources.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Oracle/MRP proficiency

Spreadsheet skills

Multitasking

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

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Key responsibilities:

• Responsible for all production scheduling, this includes but is not limited to, injection moulding, other clean room processes and work in the instrument cell.
• Works with demand planning to ensure business priorities are met.
• Ensures maintenance tasks to maintain operating equipment efficiency are planned into capacity schedules.
• Schedule trials of new tools and refurbished / repaired tools & R&D activities.
• Provide lead time data to the demand planning team, responsible for notification of any lead time delays.
• Problem solving demand issues.
• Working with warehouse to ensure materials and stock are available on time for production start.
• Generating metrics for production performance.
• Supports and plans production around annual inventory audits.
• Production admin support tasks, such as assisting with ERP transactions, scrappage forms & creating works orders for new products.
• Reviews holiday schedules to plan resources.
• Other reasonable duties as assigned.

CANDIDATE REQUIRESKnowledge and Experience:

• Minimum 3 years of planning, coordinating, scheduling, inventory management and production control experience preferably with plastic injection moulding processes.
• Good understanding of Oracle (or similar) MRP based planning system.
• Strong capability in modern planning concepts and practice.
• Abilities to handle multiple competing priorities, such as prioritizing orders running through the same production facility due on the same date with capacity constraints, minimizing inventory and lead times, etc.
• Experience working for a global organization headquartered in North America preferred.
• Must have excellent spreadsheet skills with strong analytical abilities and excellent attention to detail.
• The ability to generate new spreadsheets with interlinking with be essential.
• This role requires the ability to be flexible and proactive to meet customer requirements.
• Requires sense of urgency, and the ability to provide detailed information when needed.
• Must be able to establish working relationship with cross‑functional colleagues.
• A good fit with the Azenta Values, honest and ethical.
• Collaborative and communicative: Able to communicate with and effectively work with the management team; to leverage strengths of the culture, while instilling sense of direction, execution, and achievement.
• Commitment to Continuous Improvement.
• Due to the rural area, applicants will require their own reliable transport.

If any applicant is unable to complete an application or respond to a job opening because of a disability, please email at ##### for assistance. Azenta is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This company considers candidates regardless of race, color, age, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.

SummaryLocation: UK - WottonType: Full time