Senior Production Planner

Copello Global Ltd; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package

Job summary

Copello is seeking a Senior Production Planner to coordinate manufacturing activity and align production plans with customer requirements and business priorities. The role is on-site in County Durham, with formidably involved planning across Production, Engineering and Supply Chain teams.

You will develop and maintain realistic schedules, manage capacity and material availability, monitor progress and identify risks to delivery in a fast-paced, electronics-focused environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in production planning, manufacturing planning, scheduling, materials control or supply chain planning within a complex manufacturing or engineering environment.
• Developing and maintaining production plans and schedules.
• Working with ERP/MRP systems and production planning data.
• Strong Excel skills and ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain production schedules, balancing demand, material availability and manufacturing capacity.
• Monitor progress, identify risks to delivery and help ensure efficient flow of work across production of high-value electronics.
• Collaborate with Production, Engineering and Supply Chain teams to manage priorities and delivery requirements.
• Ensure projects are delivered on time and to high standards.

Skills

Production planning

Scheduling

Materials control

Supply chain planning

Excel skills

Tools

ERP/MRP systems

Job description

Copello is working with a leading engineering and manufacturing organisation to recruit a Senior Production Planner for their operations team in County Durham.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Production Planner to play a key role in coordinating manufacturing activity and ensuring production plans support customer requirements and business priorities.

Working closely with teams across Production, Engineering and Supply Chain, you will be responsible for developing and maintaining realistic production schedules, balancing demand, material availability and manufacturing capacity in a fast paced, ever changing environment. You will monitor progress, identify potential risks to delivery and help ensure an efficient flow of work through production of complex, high value, electronic goods.

What we're looking for

We are interested in candidates with experience in production planning, manufacturing planning, scheduling, materials control or supply chain planning within a complex manufacturing or engineering environment.

You should have experience of:

• Developing and maintaining production plans and schedules
• Working with ERP/MRP systems and production planning data
• Capacity planning, material availability and work-in-progress management
• Coordinating with multiple teams to manage priorities and delivery requirements
• Identifying risks and resolving issues that could impact production schedules
• Ensuring our clients expectations are met and all manufacturing projects are delivered on time, to the high standard we expect.
• Strong Excel skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment will also be beneficial.

Experience within electronics, aerospace, defence, high-reliability manufacturing or another complex engineering environment would be advantageous, although candidates from a wider manufacturing background are encouraged to apply.

Role is on site, flexibility on hours can be negotiated, strong benefits package and the opportunity to develop significantly. Candidates must undergo a 3 year background check and hold full right to work in the UK.