Production Planner

MacGregor Black; York and North Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 41,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

MacGregor Black are partnering with an FMCG manufacturing business in North Yorkshire to appoint an experienced Production Planner. This permanent role focuses on data-driven planning to ensure on-time, in-full delivery to retail customers.

The ideal candidate will have strong planning and Excel skills, with experience in ERP/MRP within a fast-paced food manufacturing environment and the ability to liaise across production, supply chain, procurement, and despatch teams.

Qualifications

• Experience in FMCG production planning.
• Data-focused planning background.
• Experience with planning/ERP/MRP in food manufacturing.
• Strong Excel skills.
• Ability to work with production, supply chain, technical, and commercial teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain production plans to ensure orders are fulfilled on time, in full, and to quality standards.
• Ensure compliance with Food Safety Regulations and BRC/audits.
• Proactively address production issues, shortages, or capacity constraints.
• Collaborate with production, supply chain, procurement, and despatch teams to optimise material flow.

Skills

Planning

ERP/MRP

Excel

Stock control

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Planning software

Job description

Are you an experienced production planner within FMCG manufacturing?

Do you have a background in data focused planning?

Are you experienced in ensuring retail customers receive goods on time and in full?

MacGregor Black are partnering with an FMCG manufacturing business on the search for a Production Planner. This is a perm role based in North Yorkshire.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensuring all products produced and dispatched are compliant with Food Safety Regulations
• Ensuring that all activities managed in line with external audit standards (BRC) and or customer specifications
• Taking a pro-active approach to product quality and good manufacturing practice.
• Develop and maintain effective production plans that ensure customer orders are fulfilled on time, in full, and to the required quality standards.

What are we looking for?

• Strong planning, organisational, and prioritisation skills, with the ability to manage changing production requirements and customer demand.
• Good understanding of production planning, stock control, capacity planning, and scheduling within a fast-paced food manufacturing environment.
• Strong attention to detail, with the ability to maintain accurate planning data, reports, schedules, and system records.
• Confident communicator, able to work effectively with production, supply chain, procurement, technical, despatch, and commercial teams.
• Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to respond quickly to production issues, material shortages, capacity constraints, or changes in customer demand.
• IT literate, with good Excel skills and experience using planning, ERP, MRP, or stock management systems.

Salary up to £45k + package