Production Planner

Cast UK Limited; Skelmersdale; Presencial; GBP 36.000 - 42.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Cast UK Limited is partnering with a UK manufacturer in Skelmersdale to recruit a Production Planner. You will own the rolling production plan, coordinating with production, purchasing and stores to align with customer delivery dates.

Initially focus on improving control and visibility of Excel-based planning tools, and play a key role in the transition to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, ensuring data integrity and practical scheduling across the operation.

Formación

• Three years of experience in production planning or related roles.
• Experience with multi-stage manufacturing and works orders.
• Strong Excel skills to analyse and present data.
• Ability to communicate with operators, supervisors and managers.
• Evidence-based decision making and keeping to realistic dates.

Responsabilidades

• Own and maintain the rolling production plan, across a 15-working-day horizon.
• Translate customer requirements into daily and weekly production schedules.
• Balance production needs with labour, capacity, materials and delivery dates.
• Identify bottlenecks and risks early and propose solutions.
• Collaborate with Production, Technical, Purchasing and Stores on recovery actions.
• Monitor progress and adjust schedules as priorities change.
• Provide visibility of priorities and required decisions to senior management and shop-floor.
• Improve Excel-based planning tools and reports for accuracy and usability.
• Support data cleansing/validation for Dynamics 365 Business Central.
• Validate work centres, calendars, routings, lead times and planning parameters with teams.
• Become the principal user of Business Central for planning adoption.
• Support continuous improvement of production flow and communication.

Conocimientos

Production planning

ERP systems

Microsoft Excel

Stakeholder communication

Organisational skills

Decision making

Herramientas

Business Central

Descripción del empleo

Production Planner

Skelmersdale

£36,000 to £42,000 + Benefits

Cast UK are delighted to be partnering an established and growing UK manufacturer, in their recruitment of a Production Planner to join the team. You'll take ownership of production planning across a varied, project-led manufacturing operation, balancing customer requirements with materials, labour and machine capacity to create realistic and achievable production schedules.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Production Planner looking to take ownership of a key operational function, joining a specialist manufacturing business where planning accuracy, visibility and effective communication are critical. The role will initially focus on improving control and visibility across existing manual and Excel-based processes, before playing a key role in the transition to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and maintain the rolling production plan, initially across a 15-working-day horizon.
• Translate customer requirements and approved manufacturing work into realistic daily and weekly production schedules.
• Balance production requirements across labour, machine capacity, material availability and customer delivery dates.
• Identify bottlenecks, capacity constraints, material shortages and delivery risks at an early stage.
• Work closely with Production, Technical, Purchasing and Stores to agree practical solutions and recovery actions.
• Monitor progress against plan and make controlled adjustments when priorities or constraints change.
• Provide clear visibility of production priorities, exceptions and required decisions to senior management and shop-floor supervisors.
• Improve the structure, accuracy and usability of existing Excel-based planning tools and reports.
• Support the definition, cleansing and validation of planning data for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central.
• Work with internal teams and the implementation partner to validate work centres, calendars, routings, lead times and planning parameters.
• Become the principal production-planning user of Business Central and support the successful adoption of the new planning process.
• Support continuous improvement across production flow, work-in-progress control and communication between departments.

Key Skills & Experience

• At least three years' experience within production planning, production control, manufacturing scheduling or a closely related role.
• Good understanding of multi-stage manufacturing, production routings, capacity, material availability and works orders.
• Experience using an ERP or MRP system within a manufacturing environment.
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills, with the ability to organise, analyse and present operational data accurately.
• Strong organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and changing requirements.
• Confident communicating with operators, supervisors, departmental managers and senior stakeholders.
• Ability to make evidence-based decisions and challenge unrealistic dates constructively.