Production Planner

Job Specification

The Role

• The candidate will ensure all manufactured parts are planned into production capacities to meet sales order demands and maintain minimum stock levels in line with expected customer service standards.
• Taking an active role within the department, the candidate will also adopt an approach of continuous improvement, ensuring the department works in a system driven manner, with effective processes and minimal waste.
• The role is a varied role, required to proactively approach the Planning function to ensure workloads are planned and executed effectively.
• Ensuring all works orders are planned into production capacities to meet sales order demands and maintain minimum stock levels.
• Working closely with Customer Services to ensure all orders are planned and confirmed within 24 hours.
• Handling customer driven sales queries, delivering a prompt and professional response and striving to meet expectations.
• Handling internal queries relating to planning, supporting and ensuring system accuracy is maintained.
• Advocating system accuracy, encouraging and supporting discipline in all areas to ensure accurate system data, including due dates and stock figures.
• Ensuring Sales and Production departments are kept informed of shortages preventing production output and resultant changes to the production plan.
• Supporting new product introductions.
• Supporting and implementing engineering changes.
• Running regular system maintenance to ensure accurate and up-to-date system data.
• Ensuring the company housekeeping expectation in the office is adhered to at all times.
• Any other tasks or assignments as requested by the company.

The Person:

• Previous experience within a fast paced, industrial manufacturing environment.
• Proven experience of carrying out and achieving projects linked to continuous improvements.
• Calm under pressure.
• Team worker.
• IT literate.
• Excellent organisational and planning skills.
• Accepts responsibility and takes ownership.
• Ability to communicate at all levels within the business.