Production Planner

True North Talent; Worcester; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Join an innovative food manufacturing company as a Production Planner in Worcestershire. This role is vital for optimizing production schedules and enhancing coordination among teams, while providing opportunities for professional growth in a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in food manufacturing or similar necessary.
• Strong project management capabilities required.
• Good communication skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Drive and maintain production scheduling systems.
• Create and manage structured production schedules.
• Monitor work-in-progress levels to enhance efficiency.

Skills

Food manufacturing experience

Project management skills

Communication Skills

Proficient with Excel

Tools

SAP

Oracle

Job description

Production Planner - Worcestershire - c 35,000

Overview: Are you a passionate and meticulous planner? Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment where attention to detail is everything? If so, this could be the perfect opportunity for you!

As a Production Planner joining our established manufacturing operation, you will play a vital role in optimizing our production planning and ensuring seamless coordination between our planning, production, and customer service teams.

Experience Required:

• Food manufacturing or similar manufacturing experience.
• Proficient with Excel or similar IT system knowledge (SAP, Oracle etc.).
• Good communication skills
• As Production Planner, you will need strong project management skills.

The Role:

• The Production Planner will drive and maintain production scheduling systems to maximize efficiency.
• Create and manage structured production schedules that optimize capacity and labour resources.
• Monitor and control work-in-progress levels to support production efficiencies.
• Collaborate with production and sales teams to identify and resolve potential scheduling challenges.
• Coordinate with purchasing department to ensure timely material availability.
• Participate in regular production standard reviews and maintain accurate planning data.
• As Production Planner, you will oversee production tracking systems and maintain shift calendars.

Company Overview:

This is a fantastic opportunity to work with a forward thinking, proactive and innovative manufacturer who are going from strength to strength within the industry. They are continuously growing and adding more products to their repertoire. You will have great opportunities for professional development working in a collaborative team environment.

We are seeking applications from talented Production Planners, Production Schedulers and Production Coordinators or Production Controllers who live within Bromsgrove, Redditch, Birmingham, Hereford, Cheltenham, Evesham, Worcester and surrounding areas.

True North Talent is recognised as a trusted supplier of permanent, contract and interim recruitment services to the food manufacturing and FMCG industries. Our teams of specialist recruiters operate across food manufacturing Operations Jobs, food manufacturing Engineering jobs, food manufacturing Technical jobs, food manufacturing NPD jobs, food manufacturing Supply Chain jobs and food manufacturing Commercial jobs. We may hold your data, as per our privacy policy detailed on our website.

We are only able to consider candidates who have the legal right to work in the UK at the time of application. Unfortunately, due to the high volume of applications we receive, we can only contact successful applicants.

For more information on True North Talent or to discuss how we can find talent for your business then please visit our website.