Production Planner
Oldham
Mon-Fri Flexi Start till 9am
Production Planner
The Role
This role will support the Production Manager in planning the Production order book ensuring that customer requirements are scheduled, produced and despatched on time, in full. Key to this role is the ability to effectively problem solve and collaborate with key stakeholders.
Production Planner
Main Responsibilities
• Plan and prepare production schedules in order to meet business and customer demands
• General control and housekeeping of Production Work Orders
• Reviewing Warehouse stock availability
• Responsible for establishing and communicating daily work priorities to Supervisors for them to discharge
• Communication between Production and Customer Service and Purchasing Functions
• Effective capacity management of production lines, material and labour resources
• Creation of new item numbers and associated BoM information in Navision
• Maintain and communicate department KPI’s
• Proactively seek and implement improvements to the Production planning and execution processes
• General administrative duties for the Production Department
• To work within business guidelines and procedures. Notify Manager of Safety Hazards.
• The above is a non-exhaustive list of duties, and you are expected to undertake any other duties as reasonably requested by your Manager
Production Planner
The Candidate
• Excellent communication skills
• Proactive approach to colleagues and customer needs
• Flexibility and the ability to prioritise
• Organised approach to work
• Proven problem solver
• Competent in use of Microsoft packages Excel and Word
• A knowledge of the Navision in house system would be beneficial
• Planning experience within a production environment is preferred
• Educated to at least G.C.S.E. standard and relevant work experience
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