Permanent role
£Day shift, Monday to Friday - 35 hours per week
Annual bonus scheme
Private Healthcare
Company pension scheme
Cycle to work scheme
Onsite parking THE BUSINESS
Due to business growth, an opportunity for a Production Planner has become available at our client’s factory in North Tyneside.
Our client is a global brand with over 100 years of history. They are the world’s largest manufacturer in their field. The company’s reputation is founded on quality, service and innovation.
but to focus on long-term growth they rely on their people. They are a big believer in their people and have a culture to encourage constant learning and personal development.
This is an exciting opportunity to work for a global brand.
.You will ensure production is planned effectively to balance the needs of the business focusing on manufacturing efficiency and demand requirement
You will be involved with creating and developing reports, liaising with the production team to implement an effective strategy to suit the current business requirement
Your role focuses on décor treatment demand and CPL planning
You will occasionally take on any ad-hoc tasks, contribute to ongoing business projects
You will work alongside the team to effectively plan the factory
You will work alongside colleagues in planning and raw materials to highlight and prevent potential issues that will affect the plan
You will be working with production to ensure the plan is delivered effectively THE PERSON
This role will suit a person with a manufacturing background but has recently moved into a production planning role with at least 1 years’ experience on the below points
You will have good knowledge of MS Office, specifically Excel – understand data tables, create pivots and use basic functions (e.g. vlookup)
You must have experience of working in a busy manufacturing environment
You will be commercially astute and aware of the long term plan for business growth
Laminate production process, logistics / distribution is desirable
Demand planning knowledge is desirable