Senior Production Planner – Long-Range MRP & Scheduling

Kingdom People - Professional Services; Fareham; On-site; GBP 41,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Fareham, Hampshire-based organisation seeks an experienced Production Planner to develop and maintain production plans, ensuring materials, capacity, resources and customer demand stay aligned. You will interrogate ERP/MRP data, challenge system outputs, and work with Production, Purchasing, Customer Services and Finance to minimise disruption and improve on-time delivery.

The role emphasizes ownership of the Master Production Schedule, risk identification and proactive planning in a fast-paced

Qualifications

• 3 years' experience in Production, Resource or Manufacturing Planning.
• Strong working knowledge of MRP and ERP systems.
• Experience with finite production scheduling or Advanced Planning & Scheduling.
• Experience balancing production demand, capacity and material availability.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Strong attention to detail and data accuracy.
• The confidence to challenge planning assumptions and identify potential risks.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• The ability to work effectively in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Experience within an engineering or manufacturing environment would be highly advantageous, as would knowledge of Master Production Scheduling, VAPS or similar planning systems, NPI, Lean Manufacturing or 5S.

Responsibilities

• Lead long-range production and resource planning.
• Balance supply, demand, materials and manufacturing capacity.
• Develop and maintain the Master Production Schedule.
• Review MRP action messages and job creation recommendations.
• Create and manage works orders in line with production requirements.
• Monitor forward production loading and identify capacity constraints.
• Identify material, resource and supply risks at an early stage.
• Work closely with Production to achieve manufacturing schedules and OTD targets.
• Liaise with Purchasing regarding material availability and supply constraints.
• Coordinate with Customer Services to ensure planning remains aligned with the customer order book.
• Support inventory management, including excess and obsolete stock reviews.
• Work with Finance to investigate WIP variances.
• Support New Product Introduction (NPI) activity.
• Contribute to continuous improvement, 5S and process development initiatives.
• Support customer, BSI and regulatory audits when required

Skills

Production planning

MRP

ERP systems

Finite scheduling

Analysis

Data accuracy

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Manufacturing environment

Tools

Master Production Scheduling

VAPS

Job description

Fareham, Hampshire-based organisation seeks an experienced Production Planner to develop and maintain production plans, ensuring materials, capacity, resources and customer demand stay aligned. You will interrogate ERP/MRP data, challenge system outputs, and work with Production, Purchasing, Customer Services and Finance to minimise disruption and improve on-time delivery.

The role emphasizes ownership of the Master Production Schedule, risk identification and proactive planning in a fast-paced