Production Planner

VISION PROFILES LTD; Gloucester; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days' annual leave plus bank hols

Birthday day off

Fridays finishing at 12

Monthly team lunches

Staff social events

Employee Assistance Programme

Growing range of employee benefits

Job summary

Vision Profiles is seeking a Production Planner to own day-to-day planning and coordination of production on site. The role involves working closely with Production, Purchasing, Sales, Quality and Dispatch to keep work flowing and meet customer requirements.

You will be responsible for creating schedules, planning material picking, monitoring progress and adapting plans as priorities change, while maintaining accurate information in the systems.

Qualifications

• Experience in production planning, scheduling and manufacturing coordination.
• Familiar with MRP/ERP systems and capacity planning.
• Experience in aluminium fabrication, CNC machining or similar manufacturing environments is useful.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain production schedules.
• Plan material picking for orders, CNC machining, fabrication, assembly and packing.
• Balance customer requirements against machine and labour capacity.
• Monitor production progress and adjust plans as priorities change.
• Identify delays before they become problems.
• Coordinate with Production Team Leaders and operators.
• Check material availability and liaise with Purchasing.
• Coordinate subcontract and external requirements as needed.
• Maintain accurate planning information in company systems.
• Communicate delivery dates and changes to relevant departments.
• Help improve planning processes and efficiency.
• Support longer-term capacity and resource planning.

Skills

Production planning

Production scheduling

Manufacturing coordination

MRP/ERP systems

Capacity planning

CNC/engineering environments

Tools

MRP/ERP systems

Job description

Vision Profiles is a growing aluminium manufacturing business supplying customers across a range of sectors. We are looking for an experienced Production Planner to join our team and take ownership of the day‑to‑day planning and coordination of production.

Reporting directly to the Operations Manager, this is a hands‑on manufacturing planning role. You won't be sitting away from the factory simply moving dates around a computer system. You'll work closely with Production, Purchasing, Sales, Quality and Dispatch to make sure work flows through the factory efficiently and customer requirements are met.

What you'll be doing

• Creating and maintaining production schedules
• Planning picking of material for orders, CNC machining, fabrication, assembly and packing activities
• Balancing customer requirements against machine and labour capacity
• Monitoring production progress and adjusting plans when priorities change
• Identifying potential delays before they become problems
• Working closely with Production Team Leaders and operators
• Checking material availability and liaising with Purchasing
• Coordinating subcontract and other external requirements where required
• Maintaining accurate planning information within the company's systems
• Communicating realistic delivery dates and changes to relevant departments
• Helping improve production planning processes and efficiency
• Supporting longer‑term capacity and resource planning

What we're looking for

We're looking for someone who understands manufacturing, not just administration.

You will ideally have experience in:

• Production Planning
• Production Scheduling
• Manufacturing Coordination
• MRP/ERP systems
• Capacity planning
• CNC or engineering/manufacturing environments

Experience of aluminium fabrication, CNC machining or a similar manufacturing environment would be particularly useful, but we are also interested in candidates with strong planning experience from other manufacturing sectors.

You will need to be:

• Highly organised
• Able to take ownership and follow through to completion
• Able to prioritise when everything is urgent and able to challenge priorities when necessary
• Practical and commercially aware
• Comfortable working under pressure, can remain calm and organised in a fast-moving environment.
• A strong communicator - communicates clearly and confidently with people at all levels.
• Able to build good working relationships with both office and factory teams.
• Proficient with Excel, IT literate, and comfortable working with production planning systems.
• Someone who naturally looks for solutions rather than simply identifying problems

What matters most

The successful candidate will need to be able to walk onto the factory floor, understand what is happening and make sensible planning decisions based on reality.

Production planning is rarely straightforward. Machines go down, materials arrive late, priorities change and customer requirements move. We need someone who can assess the situation, communicate clearly and make practical decisions to keep production moving.

How we work

How you work is just as important to us as what you do. Our values shape how we work together and the kind of team we're building at Vision Profiles.

In this role, that means:

• Second best is not an option;you care about getting the plan right, maintaining accurate information and continually looking for ways to improve how we work.
• People first;you understand that a production plan only works when the people delivering it understand it, and you communicate with respect even when the pressure is on.
• Better together;you work across departments rather than in isolation, sharing information early and involving the right people when priorities or circumstances change.
• Do what's right;you make honest, practical decisions based on what's actually happening, and you're prepared to have a direct conversation when something isn't achievable.
• Your work matters;you take ownership and understand the impact your decisions have on colleagues, production performance and ultimately our customers.
• Be curious;you don't just work around recurring problems; you ask why they're happening and look for better ways of planning and working.

Our motto is simple: All in it together. We're looking for someone who wants to work that way too.

What we can offer

This is an opportunity to join a growing manufacturing business where the Production Planner has a genuinely important role in how the factory operates. Alongside a competitive salary, we offer:

• 25 days' annual leave plus bank holidays
• An additional day off for your birthday
• Fridays finishing at 12
• Monthly team lunches
• Staff social events throughout the year
• Employee Assistance Programme
• A growing range of employee benefits as we continue to invest in making Vision Profiles a great place to work

People First is one of our core values, and we're committed to making that mean something in practice. We're continuing to develop our benefits and the wider employee experience as part of building a workplace where people feel valued, supported and able to do their best work. As part of a growing business, this role offers the opportunity to:

• Take ownership of the production planning function.
• Work closely with all areas of the business.
• Improve planning processes and systems.
• Influence how production is organised and prioritised.
• Develop your role as the business continues to grow.
• Make a visible and measurable difference to production performance.

Salary: £30-35K dependent on experience.