Senior Production Planner

Castle Employment Agency Ltd; Pickering; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading manufacturing company in North Yorkshire is seeking a Senior Production Planner for a full-time permanent position. The role involves overseeing the Planning team, supporting strategic planning, and ensuring timely and budget-compliant production processes. The ideal candidate will have previous experience in a manufacturing environment and leadership skills. This position offers competitive salary and benefits, requiring work Monday to Friday, 37 hours per week.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Great benefits

Qualifications

• Previous relevant experience in a similar role in manufacturing.
• Experience within an engineering business is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Day-to-day responsibility for the Planning team and their development.
• Support strategic and operations planning.
• Create and maintain communication with relevant teams.
• Generate and update production status reports.
• Manage MRP maintenance and resolve issues.
• Analyse data to update staff schedules.
• Monitor production process for timely completion.

Skills

Leadership experience

Ability to read engineering drawings

Analytical skills

Job description

A well-established and leading manufacturing company based in North Yorkshire is looking for a Senior Production Planner to join the business. This is a full-time permanent position working in a busy, fast-paced, demanding environment. Working Monday to Friday 37 hours and offers attractive salary & benefits.



The successful Senior Production Planner will be responsible for:

• Day-to-day responsibility for the Planning team and their development
• Work with management team to support strategic and operations planning
• Creates and maintains a clear lines of communication with Team Leaders, Production Managers, Project Manager, Sales and Buying teams
• Generate and update daily, weekly and monthly production status reports
• Manage all related MRP maintenance, including resolving problems with Engineering and Receiving and Inspection as necessary
• Analyse data to update staff schedules (Capacity) to reach the agreed quota in the manufacturing process
• Closely monitor the production process to ensure that production orders are completed on time and within budget

The ideal Senior Production Planner will have previous relevant experience of working in a similar role ideally within a manufacturing environment. Experience of the production process within an engineering business would be an advantage. You must have leadership experience and the ability to read and interpret engineering drawings. This is a great opportunity to join a fantastic manufacturing business



The Senior Production Planner role offers a highly competitive salary, great benefits and the working hours are 37 per work(8.30am to 4.30pm Mon-Thurs & to 4pm Friday)and is commutable from Pickering, Malton, Scarborough, York, Thirsk & surrounding areas.