Senior Production Planner

Role Title

Senior Production Planner

Bedford

c£45,000 + Benefits

Role Profile

Establish orders are planned to maximise capacity across all production. Liaise with all teams ensuring workload is planned in an efficient and timely manner.

• Plan and prepare production schedules
• Host daily, weekly planning meetings
• Generate fixed plan and long-term forecast plan for internal review
• Owni the demand and forecast planning process across all customers
• Ensure machine and line speeds are being set correctly by production management.
• Daily plan review and changes based on immediate changes whilst considering commercial and financial implications.
• Liaise with Customer Services to ensuring the plan is full to capacity and report where necessary when capacity is not reached considering customer promised dates and planned production dates.

Skills & Experience

Advanced Excel / office packages

Educated to degree level relevant to Supply Chain / Planning functions

Extensive knowledge of the production environment 5 years plus

Excellent communication skills

Ability to use initiative

Flexible in supporting business needs

Strong organisational skills for the control of self and team workload

Ability to problem solve and proactivity achieve results

Client information

Exceptional high growth international manufacturing operationbased in Bedfordshire.

Remuneration

c £45,000 + Benefits

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