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Job Title: Production Planner
The Skills You'll Need: Production Planning, Manufacturing, Chemicals, Advanced Excel
Office based OR Hybrid: 3 Days in Office (Taunton Area), 2 at home
Status: Permanent
Start: ASAP
Working hours: 8-5 Mon-Thur, 8-2 Fri, 1 hour lunch break.
Who You'll be Working for: Highly successful chemicals manufacturer.
To be successful in this role our client has said it is essential that candidates:
* Have experience in a Production Planning role, preferably within a manufacturing and/or chemical industry environment.
* Have a visa to work in the UK for more than two years
If that means this job isn’t a match for you please view our other vacancies for one that may be a better fit. To see similar jobs please click here.
Production Planner - What You'll be Doing:
The role is responsible for the day-to-day execution of UK Production Planning activities; the replenishment of chemicals and packaging components; and the ordering of routine site consumables.
* Day-to-day execution of local (UK) Production Planning activities, specifically the scheduling and raising of production orders
* Order placing and associated progress chasing of materials and components to pre-determined stock level requirements
* Liaison with inter-company colleagues to monitor and replenish stocks of materials sourced from other company locations.
* In-House printing of product labels required for weekly production plan issue.
* Placement of orders for replenishment of consumable items.
* To support the wider UK Site team structure to optimise customer service levels and ensure that it continues to meet its planned OTIF target levels.
* To support the Continuous Improvement of Supply Chain activities within the local UK and wider regional organisation.
To be successful in this role our client has said it is essential that candidates:
* Have a visa to work in the UK for more than two years.
* Experience in a Production Planning role, preferably within a manufacturing and/or chemical industry environment.
* Familiarity with operating MRP systems within ERP environments, preferably Microsoft Dynamics.
* Demonstrable track record of planning and scheduling a large and complex finished product item portfolio.
* Replenishment of a large and complex raw material and component inventory from multiple vendors.
* Experience of working with third-party manufacturers (3PM) and suppliers of complete finished product packs.
* Great skills in the Microsoft Office suite, including Word, Excel, Power Point; and experience of using reporting tools such as Power BI.
* Excellent planning, organisational and task prioritisation skills, with the ability to self-prioritise own workload.
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills at all organisational levels.
* Self-motivated, with the ability to develop strong collaborative working relationships with both internal and external customers to deliver organsational goals.
If that means this job isn’t a match for you please view our other vacancies for one that may be a better fit. To see similar jobs please click here
We would be grateful if you could send your CV as a Word document. If your application is successful, you will be contacted within 7 days. We regret that due to the high volume of applications we receive we cannot provide feedback on individual CVs. Please note that we can only consider candidates who are eligible to work in the UK and are able to provide relevant supporting documentation.
People First is committed to increasing diversity, and maintaining an inclusive workplace culture. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of their ethnicity, race, gender, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, age, marital status or whether or not they have a disability.
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Seniority level
* Seniority level
Associate
Employment type
* Employment type
Full-time
Job function
* Job function
Production
* Industries
Chemical Manufacturing
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