Strategic Materials & Production Planner (Hybrid)

Acorn by Synergie; Bridgwater; Hybrid; GBP 18,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus program

Hybrid work

Mon-Fri schedule

Career development

Supportive team

Job summary

Acorn by Synergie is recruiting a Materials & Production Planner to join a busy manufacturing business. This is an excellent opportunity for an organised and analytical planner with experience in production planning, scheduling, supply chain, or order management to play a key role in ensuring customer demand is balanced with production capacity.

Working closely with Customer Service, Supply Chain, Production, Purchasing, Dispatch, Quality, and Product Engineering teams, you'\'ll manage the

Qualifications

• GCSE Grade C (or equivalent) in Maths and English.
• Previous experience in production planning, scheduling, supply chain, or order management.
• Experience using ERP systems with accurate data entry.

Responsibilities

• Manage the short-term production plan and customer order schedule within planning parameters.
• Balance demand with available production capacity.
• Review demand with Customer Service and Supply Chain to confirm achievable delivery dates.
• Communicate production risks, delays and schedule changes to stakeholders.
• Assess capacity constraints and support bottleneck reduction and backlog management.
• Adjust production priorities and schedule changes for urgent orders and workload balancing.
• Enter and maintain customer orders in the ERP system.
• Create and release production orders after checks are completed.
• Monitor shortfalls and coordinate rescheduling and lead time changes.
• Respond to lead time and order enquiries via internal systems and email.
• Prepare production documentation and escalate issues when required.
• Liaise with Purchasing and Dispatch regarding commitments.
• Attend daily planning meetings and maintain accurate planning records.

Skills

Production planning

Scheduling

ERP systems

Microsoft Office

SAP

Education

GCSE Maths & English

Tools

Fourth Shift

SAP

Job description

Acorn by Synergie is recruiting a Materials & Production Planner to join a busy manufacturing business. This is an excellent opportunity for an organised and analytical planner with experience in production planning, scheduling, supply chain, or order management to play a key role in ensuring customer demand is balanced with production capacity.

Working closely with Customer Service, Supply Chain, Production, Purchasing, Dispatch, Quality, and Product Engineering teams, you'\'ll manage the