Production Planner

Production Planner

Salary – Up to £34,000

Monday – Friday

Oldham

BX2 are recruiting for a Production Planner for a well-established client based in the Oldham area.

Production Planner

Skills, Experience, and education required:

* Previous experience as a Production Planner

* Experience working within a fast-paced manufacturing environment

* Competent using Microsoft packages (Excel and Word)

* Proven problem solver

* Proactive approach to customer needs

Production Planner

Key Responsibilities and Duties

* Plan and prepare production schedules to meet business and customer demands

* General control and housekeeping of Production Work Orders

* 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

* 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

* duties as reasonably requested by your manager