Strategic Production Planner – Electronics & High-Reliability

Baltic Recruitment Services Ltd; Sedgefield; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

Life Assurance

Income Protection

SAYE share scheme

EV scheme

Cycle to Work

Volunteering day

Learning & development

Job summary

Baltic Recruitment are delighted to be supporting an innovative advanced manufacturing business with the recruitment of a Production Planner to join its Operations team at its state-of-the-art facility. You will create, maintain and coordinate production plans that support customer delivery, balance demand with material availability and capacity across multiple product lines.

The role requires experience in production planning, ERP/MRP systems and strong Excel skills, with organisation and clear

Qualifications

• Experience in production planning, manufacturing planning, scheduling, supply chain planning or materials control, ideally gained within a manufacturing, engineering, electronics or high-reliability production environment.
• Good working knowledge of ERP/MRP systems and strong Excel skills.
• Organised, detail-focused and confident communicating with stakeholders across Operations, Engineering and Supply Chain.

Responsibilities

• Create, maintain and coordinate production plans that support customer delivery, efficient use of manufacturing resources and smooth flow through production.
• Balance customer demand, material availability, manufacturing capacity and operational priorities across multiple product lines.
• Convert customer orders, demand signals and project requirements into achievable manufacturing plans, monitoring material availability and capacity.
• Support daily and weekly production planning reviews, providing clear updates on priorities, risks and required actions.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of planning processes, schedule adherence, operational visibility and production flow.

Skills

Production planning

Scheduling

Capacity planning

Materials control

ERP/MRP knowledge

Tools

ERP/MRP systems

MS Excel

Job description

Baltic Recruitment are delighted to be supporting an innovative advanced manufacturing business with the recruitment of a Production Planner to join its Operations team at its state-of-the-art facility. You will create, maintain and coordinate production plans that support customer delivery, balance demand with material availability and capacity across multiple product lines.

The role requires experience in production planning, ERP/MRP systems and strong Excel skills, with organisation and clear