Production Planner

Travail Employment Group; Corby; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

32 days leave

Pension

Training

Parking

Job summary

Travail Employment Group is assisting a UK head office of a global manufacturing company to recruit a Production Planner. You will develop and maintain production schedules based on orders, forecasts and capacity.

You will coordinate with procurement and stock control, monitor progress and adjust plans to minimise delays. You will work with manufacturing and engineering to optimise workflow and analyse capacity, tracking KPIs and reporting to management.

Qualifications

• Good working knowledge of production planning or scheduling processes.
• Excellent communication skills and strong analytical abilities.
• Experience in manufacturing/planning roles and readiness to progress.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain production schedules based on customer orders, forecasts and capacity.
• Coordinate with procurement and stock control teams to ensure timely material availability.
• Monitor production progress and adjust schedules to minimise delays and disruptions.
• Work closely with manufacturing and engineering teams to optimise workflow and resource utilisation.
• Analyse capacity requirements and identify potential bottlenecks.
• Track key performance indicators including on-time delivery, schedule adherence and inventory levels.
• Produce planning reports and provide regular updates to management.

Skills

Production planning

Scheduling

Analytical skills

Communication

Job description

£30,000 to £35,000pa d.o.e, 32 days leave, hours to suit successful candidate 39hrs between 6am and 4pm Monday to Friday (one hour early finish Friday), Pension, Training, Parking

Due to continued success, a UK head office location of a global manufacturing company has an exciting opportunity for a Production Planner to join them. You will provide key and varied support to the production function:

Develop and maintain production schedules based on customer orders, forecasts, and capacity.

Coordinate with procurement and stock control teams to ensure timely material availability.

Monitor production progress and adjust schedules to minimise delays and disruptions.

Work closely with manufacturing and engineering teams to optimise workflow and resource utilisation.

Analyse capacity requirements and identify potential bottlenecks.

Track key performance indicators including on-time delivery, schedule adherence, and inventory levels.

Communicate production priorities and changes across departments.

Support continuous improvement initiatives to enhance planning accuracy and operational efficiency.

Produce planning reports and provide regular updates to management

We would expect the successful Production Planner to be able to demonstrate a good working knowledge of production planning or scheduling processes, be an excellent communicator with strong analytical skills. You will be supported 1 to 1 become familiar with the company processes and procedures. This would be an ideal role for you if you have worked within Production Planner or a Manufacturing Planner or a Production Scheduler position, we are also keen to hear from candidates who have production administration experience and are looking to progress into a planner role.

You will be joining the UK Head Office of a global manufacturing of a technical nature that has been established for over 60 years with an enviable reputation in their field. Working directly with the Production Manager, Sales Team and CNC Planner position.

32 days paid holiday per year

Permanent

Immediate start

Day shift Monday to Friday full-time hours to suit

Friendly working environment