Senior Production Planner

D R Newitt Recruitment; Scotland; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Job summary

D R Newitt Recruitment is seeking a production planner for an established food manufacturer in Aberdeenshire. This on-site role requires you to learn the operation, map processes, and collaborate with colleagues to identify improvements that make planning more efficient.

You will own the planning approach, troubleshoot issues, and help ensure accurate information flows into the system. Expect a hands-on role with stakeholder collaboration and no direct reports.

Qualifications

• Experience in production planning in a factory setting.
• Ability to learn processes and improve data flow.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills.

Responsibilities

• Understand current processes and build relationships.
• Identify improvements and implement ideas.
• Improve information flow into the planning system.
• Own planning processes and influence how they work.

Skills

Production planning

Troubleshooting

Communication

Stakeholder management

Tools

ERP system

Excel

Job description

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