Production Planner

Cloud 9 are thrilled to be working with a leading packaging company to source a Production Planner in the Midlands to join their dynamic and successful team! This is a super opportunity where your main focus will be preparing production planning schedules, ensuring deliveries and lead times are on schedule, meeting customer requirements and managing of stock levels. You will be joining a company that is employee-focused and very supportive of personal and career development.  For more information on the role, please see below:

Key Responsibilities

• Meet customer needs to the highest level ensuring agreed lead times and deliveries are on time.
• Prepare comprehensive production schedules communicating these across the company.
• Make adjustments to plans where necessary to ensure output is achieved.
• Ensure capacity, planning and control are applied in the most effective way by creating, executing and managing systems.  
• Ensure the highest of standards are achieved of capacity planning, controlling any influences that may effect plans being achieved.
• Ensure the correct goods are in place and orders are shipped in a timely manner.
• Anticipate and resolve potential material shortages.
• Make sure the planning schedules support optimisation of efficient production, material use, delivery service etc.
• Develop a good understanding of manufacturing processes to best accomplish supply.
• Provide a strong communication network between all departments and customers.
• Manage and evaluate stock levels.
• Ensure KPI targets  are met and maintained.
• Uphold excellent standards of production planning and comply with the company’s quality standards.
• Maintain and promote company’s Health & Safety Regulations, attending training and activities when required.
• Problem-solve in an effective and timely manner.
• Endeavour to collate the most accurate information in order to maintain highest standards in production and customer requirements.
• Deliver excellent customer service that benefits both the customer and the company.
• Aspire to provide optimum performance of manufacturing department with effective production planning that will in turn increase sales and capacity.

Skills and Experience

• You will have at least 2 years’ experience in production planning, preferably in the packaging industry, though not essential.
• Ability to challenge and develop new methods of improving operations and capacity.
• A creative and analytical thinker.
• Technically minded with ability to accurately interpret customer requirements.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Excellent IT skills.
• Excellent relationship building skills.
• Team Player.
• Organised, ability to prioritise a heavy workload.
• Good judgement.
• Confident to implement change by taking necessary action.

Remuneration

You will receive a salary of £25k-£28k DOE.

CLOUD 9 IS ACTING AS A RECRUITMENT AGENCY