Production Planner — Lead Plans & Operational Excellence

Escape; Hawick; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Escape in Hawick is seeking an experienced Production Planner to own and optimize production plans, ensuring customer demand is met while maximising manufacturing efficiency. The role requires strong planning, scheduling, and capacity management skills in a busy manufacturing environment.

You will develop short and medium-term production plans, balance capacity with demand, and work across Manufacturing, Procurement, Engineering, Quality and Customer Service to drive improvements in planning

Qualifications

• Three years' experience in Production Planning within a manufacturing environment.
• Strong knowledge of production scheduling and capacity planning.
• Experience managing complex production plans and competing priorities.
• Good understanding of wider supply chain principles, including inventory management.
• Experience with ERP/MRP systems, ideally SAP.
• Strong Microsoft Excel and analytical skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.
• A proactive, organised and solutions-focused approach.

Responsibilities

• Developing and managing short and medium-term production plans.
• Scheduling and sequencing production orders to meet customer demand and forecasts.
• Balancing production capacity, labour availability, machine constraints and material requirements.
• Monitoring inventory levels to ensure materials are available when required.
• Working closely with Manufacturing, Procurement, Engineering, Quality and Customer Service.
• Monitoring planning performance, including schedule adherence and plan achievement.
• Identifying and implementing opportunities to improve planning efficiency and operational performance.
• Supporting wider planning processes, including S&OP and S&OE.
• Contributing to improvements in ERP systems, planning processes and data accuracy.

Skills

Production planning

Production scheduling

Capacity planning

Excel skills

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in relevant field

Tools

SAP

ERP/MRP systems

Plant Master

Job description

Escape in Hawick is seeking an experienced Production Planner to own and optimize production plans, ensuring customer demand is met while maximising manufacturing efficiency. The role requires strong planning, scheduling, and capacity management skills in a busy manufacturing environment.

You will develop short and medium-term production plans, balance capacity with demand, and work across Manufacturing, Procurement, Engineering, Quality and Customer Service to drive improvements in planning