Ready to step into a critical role that requires proactive thinking, commercial awareness, and a continuous improvement mindset?
Join our dynamic Production team and take ownership of Production Planning! You will be supporting our Oldham Manufacturing site while being situated at our Telford Offices!
This is your chance to make a real impact, balancing customer demand, production capacity, and material logistics to keep our operation running smoothly.
This role operates Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 5pm, onsite, right where the magic happens!
About the Role
You'll create and issue production schedules (daily and weekly) that align with demand and capacity.
You will react swiftly to machine breakdowns, labour constraints, and material shortages.
We'll rely on your expertise in optimising production efficiency by balancing priorities, changeovers, and site capacity.
You will collaborate remotely with site operations managers to validate plans.
You will be pivotal in managing stock levels, monitoring slow-moving inventory, and reducing waste to help us achieve greater sustainability.
You'll coordinate outbound transport and inter-site stock transfers.
Continuous improvement will be a key part of your role, including planning processes and stock flow across the supply chain
Benefits
Company pension
Life assurance
Free company products
Free on-site parking
Food, retail, holidays, cinema, and gyms discounts
Wellness programmes, including Employee Assistance Program and OnDemand GP service
Free early access to pay scheme
Salary sacrifice schemes
Employee referral scheme
Requirements
What we're looking for in our Production Planner:
Minimum of 2 years' experience in a production planning or scheduling role
Previous experience in a manufacturing or FMCG environment
Proactive problem-solving, anticipating issues before they arise.
Detail-oriented planning with a sharp eye for accuracy.
Clear and adaptive communication, ensuring stakeholders are informed and aligned.
Commercial awareness with a strong understanding of cost and service impacts.
Accountability for seeing plans through from initiation to conclusion.
Growth mindset with a focus on continuous improvement.
Proficient in Microsoft Office/365, particularly Excel