Senior Production Planner

D R Newitt & Associates; Rothienorman; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus linked to profitability

Healthcare after a qualifying period

Job summary

D R Newitt & Associates are recruiting a Senior Production Planner based in Aberdeenshire to join a busy food manufacturing site. You will learn the operation, map processes and build relationships with colleagues to drive smoother production planning.

You will own the planning system, identify improvements, troubleshoot issues and ensure information flows clearly across teams. The role suits a proactive planner who can influence how things work through collaboration and ownership.

Responsibilities

• Learn operation, understand processes and build relationships with colleagues to improve planning.
• Own planning processes and improve communication between teams.
• Identify improvements to the existing planning system and ensure accurate information flows.

Job description

Senior Production Planner

Aberdeenshire

If you enjoy getting to grips with how a factory works, solving planning challenges and seeing your ideas make a difference, this could be an opportunity to put your experience to good use with an established food manufacturer.

The business is investing in its people and preparing for further growth. You would play an important part in that next stage, bringing your planning experience to make processes more efficient and improve communication between colleagues.

Your starting point would be to learn the operation, understand its processes and build relationships with the people around you. From there, you would have the opportunity to identify improvements and put your ideas into practice.

There is an established planning system in place, with scope for you to improve how it is used. You would bring your troubleshooting skills to understand where issues arise, improve the consistency of information going into the system and help colleagues work more effectively together. If you enjoy joining the dots between people, information and production, there are meaningful improvements for you to make.

You would bring production planning experience, but your approach will matter just as much. You will be someone who listens, asks questions and takes colleagues with you when making changes. There are no direct reports, so this would suit someone who enjoys taking ownership of planning and influencing how things work through strong working relationships.

• Based in Aberdeenshire, five days on site
• Monday to Friday
• Potential hours of 8 am-4 pm or 9 am-5 pm, subject to agreement
• Annual bonus linked to company profitability
• Healthcare after a qualifying period