Production Planner

3 Sixty Resourcing; Mansfield; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Friday early finish (Fridays) with 12:

Private medical care

Employee assistance programme (EAP)

Holidays 24–26 days + bank holidays

Cycle to Work scheme

Sick pay

Job summary

3 Sixty Resourcing is recruiting a Production Planner in Mansfield/Nottingham area to take ownership of the production schedule across facilities. You will work with Production, Fabrications, Engineering, Finance, Business Support, Sales and Procurement to mitigate supply chain risks and support on-time delivery.

The role involves creating and maintaining the Master Production Schedule, coordinating weekly work plans, leading production meetings, and driving continuous improvement through

Qualifications

• Proven experience in production planning, scheduling, manufacturing, or a similar role.
• Strong understanding of production planning and manufacturing processes.
• Experience creating, maintaining and managing Production Schedules.
• Excellent organisational skills
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
• Experience using production planning, scheduling or ERP systems.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret data and identify trends, risks and opportunities.
• Ability identifying continuous improvement opportunities.
• Ability to work effectively under pressure and meet customer delivery requirements.

Responsibilities

• Create, maintain, and update the Master Production Schedule for assigned manufacturing facilities.
• Prepare and communicate weekly work schedules to Production Management, subcontract partners and the Management Team.
• Hold production meetings.
• Ensure the Master Production Schedule is aligned with inventory and On-Time-Delivery-In-Full targets.
• Review and revise schedules as required, ensuring appropriate stakeholders are alerted to any changes, risks or delays.
• Provide labour resource requirement plans to the Production Management team and support agreed load-levelling targets.
• Develop capacity across the end-to-end manufacturing process, identifying variances and supporting action plans.
• Facilitate weekly cross-functional performance reviews to assess progress against plan and agree rescheduling requirements and production priorities.
• Recommend feasible solutions to recover backlogs or address late supply chain enablement.
• Maintain agreed Advanced Planning & Scheduling KPIs, undertake root cause analysis, and drive completion of corrective actions across the organisation.
• Lead and encourage process and systems improvements through Continuous Improvement methodologies.

Skills

Production planning

Scheduling

Analytical thinking

Communication

Stakeholder management

Tools

ERP systems

Manufacturing software

MS Excel

Job description

Production Planner
£45,000 - £55,000 P.A (DOE) Plus Excellent Benefits
Full time, Permanent
Mansfield / Nottingham area

Applications from outside the UK will not be considered.

In a nutshell…

Our client is one of the fasting growing companies in the UK, and are looking for an experienced Production Planner to take full ownership of the production schedule, ensuring efficient and effective planning across their manufacturing facilities.

Working closely with key stakeholders across Production, Fabrications, Engineering, Finance, Business Support, Sales and Procurement, you will play a critical role in mitigating supply chain risks, supporting on-time delivery, and identifying opportunities for continuous improvement.

What's involved for the Production Planner…

• Create, maintain, and update the Master Production Schedule for assigned manufacturing facilities.
• Prepare and communicate weekly work schedules to Production Management, subcontract partners and the Management Team.
• Hold production meetings.
• Ensure the Master Production Schedule is aligned with inventory and On-Time-Delivery-In-Full targets.
• Review and revise schedules as required, ensuring appropriate stakeholders are alerted to any changes, risks or delays.
• Provide labour resource requirement plans to the Production Management team and support agreed load-levelling targets.
• Develop capacity across the end-to-end manufacturing process, identifying variances and supporting action plans.
• Facilitate weekly cross-functional performance reviews to assess progress against plan and agree rescheduling requirements and production priorities.
• Recommend feasible solutions to recover backlogs or address late supply chain enablement.
• Maintain agreed Advanced Planning & Scheduling KPIs, undertake root cause analysis, and drive completion of corrective actions across the organisation.
• Lead and encourage process and systems improvements through Continuous Improvement methodologies.

What you'll need…

• Proven experience in production planning, scheduling, manufacturing, or a similar role.
• Strong understanding of production planning and manufacturing processes.
• Experience creating, maintaining and managing Production Schedules.
• Excellent organisational skills
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
• Experience using production planning, scheduling or ERP systems.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret data and identify trends, risks and opportunities.
• Ability identifying continuous improvement opportunities.
• Ability to work effectively under pressure and meet customer delivery requirements.

Benefits for Production Planner…

• 5-day working week with Friday afternoons off
• Competitive salary of £45,000 - £55,000, DOE
• Great career opportunities
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• BUPA Private Medical Care
• Service-related annual leave up to 24-26 days, plus Bank Holidays
• Holiday buy scheme
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Death in service benefit
• Company sick pay
• Flexible start and finish times with a 12pm finish on Fridays