Production Planner

Swift Recruitment; Wrocław; Hybrid; PLN 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Swift Recruitment is seeking a Production Planner in Wrocław to join a newly established planning team. The role focuses on developing detailed production plans and optimizing schedules for European manufacturing sites.

Hybrid work model: 3 days per week in the office. The candidate will coordinate with Manufacturing, Operations, and Order Management to ensure on-time order completion and OTIF targets.

Qualifications

• Experience in production planning or scheduling.
• Experience in manufacturing environment.
• Understanding of production processes.
• Experience with ERP systems; SAP advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain short-term production plans.
• Create and optimize schedules, blocks, sequences.
• Plan production across machines and lines.
• Ensure effective utilization of resources.
• Translate orders into feasible schedules.
• Communicate instructions to operations teams.
• Monitor progress and completion of orders.
• Coordinate corrective actions when plans change.
• Support OTIF and inventory optimization.
• Collaborate with supply chain stakeholders.
• Provide reporting on risks and delivery issues.

Skills

Production planning

Scheduling

ERP systems

SAP experience

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Tools

SAP

Production software

Job description

Working model: Hybrid – 3 days per week in the office

About the role

For one of our international clients, we are currently looking for a Production Planner to join a newly established Production Planning team in Wrocław.

The team will be responsible for production planning for manufacturing sites located across Europe.

The role combines detailed production planning and scheduling with close cooperation with Manufacturing, Operations, Order Management and other Supply Chain functions.

You will be responsible for creating feasible production plans, optimizing production runs, monitoring execution and supporting reliable, on-time order completion.

What you will do

• develop and maintain short-term and detailed production plans,
• create and optimize production schedules, production blocks, sequences and production runs,
• plan production across manufacturing machines and production lines,
• ensure effective utilization of available manufacturing resources,
• translate customer and order requirements into feasible production schedules,
• create and communicate production instructions to operational teams,
• monitor production progress and order completion,
• coordinate corrective actions when production plans cannot be executed as expected,
• support reliable and on-time production and achievement of OTIFtargets,
• monitor intermediate inventory levels and support inventory optimization,
• support the management of non-standard stock and production situations,
• work closely with Production Managers, Supervisors, Order Management, Procurement and other Supply Chain stakeholders,
• provide proactive reporting on risks, exceptions and potential delivery issues,

What we are looking for

• professional experience in production planning, production scheduling, supply planning or a related area,
• experience gained within, or good understanding of, a manufacturing / production environment,
• good understanding of production planning, scheduling and manufacturing processes,
• ability to understand the relationship between customer orders, production priorities, inventory and available manufacturing resources,
• experience working with ERP or production planning systems; SAP experience would be an advantage,
• strong analytical and problem-solving skills,
• strong communication and interpersonal skills,
• collaborative and results-oriented approach,