Global Production Planner

Collins McNicholas Recruitment & HR Services Group; Connacht; On-site; EUR 42,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Collins McNicholas Recruitment & HR Services Group is seeking a Global Production Planner with 5+ years' manufacturing experience for a Mayo-based company. You will develop, review and maintain production plans aligned with the Master Production Schedule and plant priorities.

The role requires strong forecasting, inventory management, ERP/MRP experience, and cross-functional collaboration to optimise schedules, meet customer demand, and minimise disruption.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience in production planning, forecasting, inventory management, MRP, and lean manufacturing processes.
• Strong people management, organisation and communication skills.
• Ability to balance supply and demand within a dynamic plant environment.
• Capable of improving forecasts to support production planning and inventory decisions.
• Ability to make decisions using current plant priorities and market needs.
• Thrives in a fast-paced, multi-tasking manufacturing environment.
• Strong data analysis and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Working knowledge of ERP systems and CPQ systems.
• Understanding of product configurations and critical components.

Responsibilities

• Develop, review, and maintain production plans and schedules aligned with the Master Production Schedule and plant priorities.
• Manage and maintain demand forecasts, ensuring forecast accuracy, timely updates, and alignment with customer demand patterns, business inputs, and plant capacity constraints.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to evaluate demand changes, capacity limitations, material constraints, and operational risks, translating inputs into actionable production plans.
• Reconcile order discrepancies, customer order changes, and shifting priorities to minimize disruption to the production schedule.
• Coordinate price lists, buying groups and dealer setup with the Sales Director and Finance, ensuring approved changes are applied accurately.
• Oversee load lists, freight coordination and the information needed for timely dispatch.
• Communicate with Operations, Purchasing, Sales, Marketing, Engineering, and other stakeholders to ensure alignment on customer priorities, forecast changes, and production requirements.
• Continuously evaluate forecast inputs, demand trends, inventory positions, and capacity availability to recommend schedule and production plan adjustments.
• Continuously evaluate Customer Estimated Ship Dates, re-calculating and updating at key milestones.
• Participate in cross-functional meetings to resolve delayed shipments, component shortages.
• Identify opportunities to improve forecast processes, planning parameters, schedule stability, and overall plant planning effectiveness.

Skills

Production planning

Forecasting

Inventory management

MRP

Lean manufacturing

ERP systems

Data analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem-solving

Communication

Tools

ERP systems

CPQ systems

MRP logic

Job description

Global Production Planner required with 5 years plus experience in manufacturing for a Mayo based company.

Responsibilities:

• Develop, review, and maintain production plans and schedules in alignment with the Master Production Schedule and plant priorities.
• Manage and maintain demand forecasts, ensuring forecast accuracy, timely updates, and alignment with customer demand patterns, business inputs, and plant capacity constraints.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to evaluate demand changes, capacity limitations, material constraints, and operational risks, and translate those inputs into actionable production plans.
• Reconcile order discrepancies, customer order changes, and shifting priorities to minimize disruption to the production schedule.
• Coordinate price lists, buying groups and dealer setup with the Sales Director and Finance, ensuring approved changes are applied accurately.
• Oversee load lists, freight coordination and the information needed for timely dispatch.
• Communicate with Operations, Purchasing, Sales, Marketing, Engineering, and other stakeholders to ensure alignment on customer priorities, forecast changes, and production requirements.
• Continuously evaluate forecast inputs, demand trends, inventory positions, and capacity availability to recommend schedule and production plan adjustments.
• Continuously evaluate Customer Estimated Ship Dates, re-calculating and updating at key milestones.
• Participate in cross-functional meetings to resolve delayed shipments, component shortages.
• Identify opportunities to improve forecast processes, planning parameters, schedule stability, and overall plant planning effectiveness.

KEY SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience in production planning, forecasting, inventory management, MRP, and lean manufacturing processes.
• Strong people management, organisation and communication skills.
• Strong ability to balance supply and demand needs within a dynamic plant environment.
• Demonstrated capability in managing, maintaining, and improving forecasts to support production planning and inventory decisions.
• Ability to make decisions with information based on current plant priorities and market needs.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, multi-tasked manufacturing environment.
• Strong problem-solving, analytical thinking, ownership mindset, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Strong data analysis and data manipulation skills to support planning, forecasting, and decision-making.
• Working knowledge of ERP systems, MRP logic, and production planning processes.
• Understand CPQ systems and workings of same.
• Understanding of product configurations, options, substitutions, and critical functions/components.
• Strong customer service orientation with a commitment to supporting internal and external customer requirements.