Supply and Production Planner

MPA Recruitment; Ballymena; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

MPA Recruitment are partnering with an established manufacturing company in Ballymena to recruit a Supply & Production Planner. You will create and maintain production schedules, manage materials and align with customer requirements to keep orders on time.

The role requires strong IT and systems skills, excellent organisation and a collaborative approach as you work across manufacturing, engineering and compliance teams.

Qualifications

• Strong IT and systems skills.
• Excellent organisation and the ability to manage changing priorities.
• A resilient, adaptable approach when working through challenges.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
• Clear communication and the ability to build effective working relationships.
• A collaborative attitude and willingness to learn.
• Experience in production planning, manufacturing or FMCG would be an advantage, with familiarity with ERP or MRP systems.

Responsibilities

• Create and update production schedules to meet customer requirements.
• Monitor stock levels and coordinate material availability with the supply chain team.
• Work with manufacturing, engineering and compliance teams to maximise efficiency and minimise downtime.
• Adjust schedules in response to breakdowns, material delays, staffing changes and customer demand.
• Provide updates at daily operational meetings and highlight risks and solutions.
• Lead weekly production planning meetings.
• Liaise with customers and the commercial team to coordinate deliveries.
• Review production capacity to support short, medium and long term planning.
• Identify opportunities to improve planning accuracy and production performance.
• Support health and safety, environmental and quality standards.

Skills

IT skills

Organisation

Adaptability

Analytical thinking

Communication

Collaborative

Tools

ERP/MRP systems

Job description

Job Description

MPA Recruitment are working with an established manufacturing company in Ballymena to recruit a Supply & Production Planner.

You will play a key role in keeping production running efficiently, bringing together schedules, materials and customer requirements. Working closely with teams across the business, you will adapt plans as priorities change and help ensure orders are delivered on time and in full.

The working hours are Monday to Friday, 8.00am to 4.30pm.

If you are confident with systems, organised and resilient, with a collaborative approach to solving problems, this could be an excellent next step.

What you will be doing

• Creating and updating production schedules to meet customer requirements.
• Monitoring stock levels and coordinating material availability with the supply chain team.
• Working with manufacturing, engineering and compliance teams to maximise efficiency and minimise downtime.
• Adjusting schedules in response to breakdowns, material delays, staffing changes and customer demand.
• Providing updates at daily operational meetings and highlighting risks and solutions.
• Leading weekly production planning meetings.
• Liaising with customers and the commercial team to coordinate deliveries.
• Reviewing production capacity to support short, medium and long term planning.
• Identifying opportunities to improve planning accuracy and production performance.
• Supporting health and safety, environmental and quality standards.

What you will bring

• Strong IT and systems skills, with the confidence to learn new software.
• Excellent organisation and the ability to manage changing priorities.
• A resilient, adaptable approach when working through challenges.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
• Clear communication and the ability to build effective working relationships.
• A collaborative attitude and willingness to learn.

Experience in production planning, manufacturing or fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) would be an advantage, as would familiarity with ERP or MRP systems.

Interested?

Whether you already work in planning or have transferable skills that would help you succeed, we would love to hear from you.