Production Planning Manager

White Label Recruitment Ltd; Ashington; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

White Label Recruitment Ltd is recruiting a Production Planning Manager in Ashington, Northumberland for a permanent, full-time, office-based role. The position offers a GBP60,000–GBP75,000 per annum salary depending on experience, with standard hours of 8:00am to 5:00pm (Mon-Thu) and 8:00am to 3:00pm Friday.

The successful candidate will lead the planning team and oversee how customer projects are scheduled through design, manufacture, delivery and installation, ensuring quality, reliable

Qualifications

• Requires background as a planner in manufacturing or construction.
• Experience leading a planning team.
• Relevant qualification in construction, manufacturing or planning.
• Experience building project or production programmes with planning software.
• Strong Excel skills and ability to interpret technical drawings.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the planning team, allocating workloads and setting standards for planning and reporting.
• Oversee project programmes from design to installation, coordinating with Technical and Contracts.
• Lead factory capacity planning balancing orders and forecast demand with resources.
• Maintain milestones and schedules, ensuring manufacturing schedules are accurate and issued on time.
• Track outputs, identify bottlenecks and agree recovery plans with teams.
• Coordinate with Logistics and Contracts to align deliveries with production progress.
• Improve planning systems and reporting for senior management visibility.

Skills

Planning

Planner

Excel skills

Critical path analysis

Capacity planning

Project scheduling

Team leadership

Stakeholder communication

Education

Construction qualification

Manufacturing qualification

Planning qualification

Tools

ERP systems

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Production Planning Manager Ashington, Northumberland

GBP60,000 GBP75,000 per annum, depending on experience
Permanent, full-time and office-based
8:00am 5:00pm Monday to Thursday and 8:00am 3:00pm Friday
Further package details available on application

White Label Recruitment is working with a manufacturing business in Ashington to recruit a Production Planning Manager. As factory activity increases, the business needs someone to lead its planning team and oversee how customer projects are scheduled through design, manufacture, delivery and installation.

The business supports a range of customer projects, each with its own technical requirements and deadlines. It places a strong emphasis on quality, reliable delivery and customer service, and continues to invest in its people, systems and manufacturing capability. You ll have the scope to develop the planning team and improve how work is planned as the operation grows.

What you ll be doing

• Lead and develop the planning team, allocating workloads, setting priorities and maintaining clear standards for planning and reporting.

• Oversee project programmes from design through to installation, working with Technical and Contracts to align design approvals, factory schedules, site readiness and customer deadlines.

• Lead factory capacity planning, balancing confirmed orders and forecast demand against labour, equipment and material availability.

• Keep milestones, dependencies and critical paths up to date, and make sure manufacturing schedules and daily production worksheets are accurate and issued on time.

• Track factory output and project progress, identify bottlenecks or delays early and agree practical recovery plans with the teams involved.

• Work with Logistics and Contracts to align deliveries with production progress and site requirements, and give Sales realistic lead times for upcoming work.

• Improve planning systems, processes and reporting so senior management has a clear view of capacity, programme performance and emerging risks.

What we re looking for

• A background as a Planner with manufacturing or construction industry experience.

• Experience managing, leading or supervising a planning team.

• A relevant qualification in construction, manufacturing or planning.

• Experience building and managing project or production programmes using planning software, including critical path analysis.

• Strong Excel skills, the ability to interpret technical drawings and experience balancing capacity and resources across competing priorities.

• The confidence to challenge unrealistic timescales, explain constraints clearly and agree a workable plan with colleagues and customers.

Experience improving ERP or planning systems, coordinating deliveries to site, or overseeing stock and material planning would be useful.