Production Planner

Production Planner £48,000-52,000 + 6% pension + bonus Hinckley. Permanent. Monday-Friday Daytime 8.30-4.30pm. The Production Planner job vacancy is at an award-winning engineering manufacturer. The Production Planner will collaborate with colleagues, use data to create a production plan, and work with inventory suppliers to ensure materials availability for manufacturing. The Production Planner will be joining a growing £25m turnover engineering and manufacturing business that designs and manufactures in the UK and exports to an increasing number of countries. Benefits: £48,000-52,000 salary, 6% employer pension contribution, 25 days off (+BHols), & company bonus of roughly 5%. Join a proactive group of people working in a fantastic workspace at a growing business that invests in equipment and people. Growing business, customers worldwide, great job security and career prospects. Responsibilities: Take responsibility for materials availability by creating a production plan from confirmed orders and forecasts. Create a production plan which allows colleagues to order inventory from suppliers, including electrical components and mechanical assemblies. Optimise the production plan to utilise manufacturing capacity, avoid peaks and troughs, and enable planned downtime. Be a pro-active communicator with colleagues in sales, manufacturing, purchasing, and warehouse. Work on mid to long-term projects like stock accuracy and obsolescence. Minimum Requirements: Experience of production planning, production scheduling, or manufacturing planning. A collaborative and proactive communication style with colleagues. Experience of having supplier conversations is useful but not essential. Confidence with ERP systems to build Production Plans and collaborate with colleagues. The ability to problem solve, contribute ideas, and create solutions as part of a team.

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