Production Planner - Cross-Functional Factory Scheduling

Castle Employment Agency Ltd; Scarborough; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

5% STIP bonus

Holiday buy/sell up to 5 days

Share incentive plan

Pension scheme

Job summary

Castle Employment Agency Ltd is recruiting for an established manufacturing business in Scarborough for a Production Planner responsible for scheduling and planning in a busy factory, balancing capacity, materials and priorities to meet delivery dates. The role is site-based and cross-functional, partnering with production, engineering, projects, contracts and stores to keep products moving on schedule.

You will own the plan from scheduling to delivery, chair planning meetings and generate

Qualifications

• Experience in production planning or manufacturing supply chain planning.
• Experience creating, managing and owning production plans.
• Practical knowledge of finite capacity planning.
• Experience with SAP would be particularly useful.

Responsibilities

• Create, maintain and adjust production plans for one to two manufacturing lanes.
• Plan production against finite capacity and available resources.
• Balance workloads and coordinate priorities across different work centres.
• Work closely with lane leaders, engineering, projects, contracts, stores and other departments.
• Monitor production progress and identify shortages, bottlenecks, risks and delays.
• Chair weekly cross-functional planning meetings and participate in daily planning/team meetings.
• Use MRP and SAP to support production and material planning.
• Produce and maintain detailed planning reports and production data.
• Use Excel extensively to analyse information and support planning decisions.

Skills

Production planning

Finite capacity planning

MRP/ERP systems

MS Excel

Data analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

SAP experience

Tools

SAP

ERP software

Job description

Castle Employment Agency Ltd is recruiting for an established manufacturing business in Scarborough for a Production Planner responsible for scheduling and planning in a busy factory, balancing capacity, materials and priorities to meet delivery dates. The role is site-based and cross-functional, partnering with production, engineering, projects, contracts and stores to keep products moving on schedule.

You will own the plan from scheduling to delivery, chair planning meetings and generate