Senior Production Planner: Drive Service & Efficiency

Trouw Nutrition; Compton; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Company pension scheme

Health cash plan

Cycle to Work Scheme

25 days annual leave plus bank holid​a

Learning and development opportunities

Global career opportunities across Nut

Job summary

Trouw Nutrition, a Nutreco company, is seeking a Senior Production Planner to translate demand into executable production plans for diverse animal nutrition operations in the UK. The role combines hands-on scheduling with data-driven decision making, balancing capacity, materials and logistics to protect service levels.

You will lead a team of planners, drive continuous improvement, and collaborate with Operations, Customer Service, Procurement and Quality to enable informed decision-making and

Qualifications

• Experience in production planning, supply planning or manufacturing scheduling.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills.
• Experience working within a complex manufacturing or supply chain environment.
• The ability to translate customer demand into practical, executable production plans.
• Experience working across multiple stakeholders and functions to influence outcomes and resolve challenges.
• Strong communication skills with the confidence to challenge constructively when required.
• Experience identifying and managing operational risks while maintaining service levels.
• A continuous improvement mindset and a passion for driving operational excellence.
• Leadership experience, or experience managing and developing planners, would be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain robust, executable production plans that balance customer demand, manufacturing capacity, labour availability, raw materials, quality requirements, formulation needs, warehouse constraints and logistics capability.
• Translate demand and confirmed customer requirements into clear production priorities, providing direction to Operations and ensuring plans remain achievable and aligned to business objectives.
• Work closely with Customer Service, Demand Planning, Material Planning, Procurement, Formulation, Quality, Production, Warehouse, Transport and external supply points to coordinate activities and resolve planning challenges.
• Monitor risks to the production plan, including material shortages, quality holds, equipment breakdowns, labour constraints, logistics disruptions and changes in customer demand, coordinating rapid replanning when required.
• Support short, medium and long-term capacity planning by providing visibility of constraints, highlighting risks and opportunities, and contributing to the Integrated Business Planning (IBP) cycle.
• Protect customer service by balancing competing priorities and ensuring risks and trade‑offs are visible and understood by stakeholders.
• Maintain accurate planning data, reporting and governance standards, using data and insights to improve schedule adherence, reduce inefficiencies, minimise avoidable downtime and support better business decisions.
• Lead, coach and support a team of Production Planners, ensuring appropriate cover is in place while driving continuous improvement initiatives that enhance planning effectiveness and operational performance.

Skills

Production planning

Supply planning

Manufacturing scheduling

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Cross-functional collaboration

Leadership

Communication

Job description

Trouw Nutrition, a Nutreco company, is seeking a Senior Production Planner to translate demand into executable production plans for diverse animal nutrition operations in the UK. The role combines hands-on scheduling with data-driven decision making, balancing capacity, materials and logistics to protect service levels.

You will lead a team of planners, drive continuous improvement, and collaborate with Operations, Customer Service, Procurement and Quality to enable informed decision-making and