Production Planner

Continuum Recruitment Group; Redditch; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Continuum Recruitment Group Ltd is seeking a hands-on Production Planner in Redditch to develop and maintain production plans within a complex engineering and manufacturing environment.

You will translate customer demand into achievable schedules, plan across multiple processes, monitor capacity and material availability, and work closely with Production, Supply Chain, Purchasing and Engineering to meet delivery targets.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Production Planner, Manufacturing Planner or Production Controller in a complex manufacturing environment.
• Strong understanding of production scheduling and plant processes.
• Experience planning products across multiple operations.
• Good working knowledge of ERP/MRP systems.
• Experience balancing customer demand with capacity and materials.
• Strong Excel and general systems skills.
• Confident working with production teams in a fast-moving environment.
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to react quickly when priorities change.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain production plans across a complex manufacturing environment.
• Translate customer demand and orders into achievable schedules.
• Plan production across multiple processes, operations and work centres.
• Monitor capacity, materials, labour and constraints affecting delivery.
• Track work through production and identify delays or bottlenecks.
• Re-plan and adjust schedules as priorities shift or material availability changes.
• Collaborate with Production Managers and Supervisors to ensure plans are realistic.
• Liaise with Purchasing and Supply Chain on material availability and shortages.
• Support improvements in OTIF and customer delivery performance.
• Maintain accurate planning data within ERP/MRP systems.
• Support continuous improvement across planning and production processes.

Skills

Production planning

Scheduling

Excel

Team collaboration

Problem solving

Tools

ERP/MRP systems

Job description

We are recruiting for a Production Planner to join a well-established engineering and manufacturing business in the Redditch area.

Operating within a complex manufacturing environment, the business produces technically demanding, engineered products with multiple operations, processes and competing production priorities.

This is a hands‑on planning role, working closely with Production, Supply Chain, Purchasing and Engineering to ensure customer requirements are translated into realistic and achievable production plans.

The Role

• Develop and maintain production plans across a complex manufacturing environment.
• Translate customer demand and order requirements into achievable manufacturing schedules.
• Plan production across multiple processes, operations and work centres.
• Monitor capacity, materials, labour and production constraints that could impact delivery.
• Track work through production and identify potential delays or bottlenecks.
• Re‑plan and adjust schedules in response to changing priorities, material availability and operational issues.
• Work closely with Production Managers and Supervisors to ensure plans are realistic and understood.
• Liaise with Purchasing and Supply Chain around material availability and shortages.
• Monitor progress against plan and support improvements in OTIF and customer delivery performance.
• Maintain accurate planning information within ERP/MRP systems.
• Support continuous improvement across planning, scheduling and wider production processes.

About You

We are looking for someone with previous production planning experience gained within a complex manufacturing or engineering environment.

You will ideally have:

• Experience as a Production Planner, Manufacturing Planner, Production Controller or similar.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing processes and production scheduling.
• Experience planning products involving multiple manufacturing operations.
• Good working knowledge of ERP/MRP systems.
• Experience balancing customer demand against capacity and material availability.
• Strong Excel and general systems skills.
• Confidence working directly with production teams in a fast‑moving manufacturing environment.
• Good communication and problem‑solving skills.
• The ability to react quickly when production priorities change.

This is a fully onsite position based in the Redditch area and would suit someone who enjoys being close to the manufacturing operation rather than planning remotely.

Continuum Recruitment Group Ltd are acting as an employment agency in relation to this vacancy. Applicants must have permanent right to work in the UK. We are committed to equal opportunities and process personal data in accordance with applicable data protection legislation.