Production Planner

The Company:
• The company is a leading manufacturer of sustainable packaging, offering packaging solutions to both food and non- food markets. They have an opportunity for a Production Planner Salary up to £36,000pa depending on experience.

Job Title:
• Production Planner

Job role of the Production Planner:
• Reporting directly to the Plant Manager and collaborating closely with the Sales, Manufacturing and Supply Chain, the jobholder will be responsible for planning the production schedule and managing the transport of products to customers.

Key Responsibilities of the Production Planner:
Production Planning
• Logility - APS planning system: organizing, maintaining and coordinating Production planning of jobs on winders, drying and finishing process lines (Brodbeck, Stapler, Groover, GCP, Textile Finishing Lines)
• Monitor and replenish FG stock
• Maintain stock for recut products (check orders if correct and correct/amend when needed)
• Monitor and plan drying process, stretch wrapping and repacking of PMC cores - update supervisors about extra activities included in process
• Coordinate and participate in daily planning meeting(s)
• Monitor performance and data and update routings as required
• Communicate late orders and potential late orders to CSR’s
• Communicate any concerns with Quality Team
• Machine forecast update on weekly/ daily basis with supervisors to optimise capacity utilisation

Transport planning
• Create weekly transport log and update on the daily basis
• Send logs to haulier to book loads (typically on a Thursday) and update as the week progresses
• Advise Daily Transport log to carriers and to dispatch FLT drivers
• Book in deliveries with customers
• Process delivery notes (ensure they are 'ship confirmed’ to create invoice)
• Update weekly transport log (daily) with delivery note numbers and costs for accounts

Stock Management
• Daily check of WIP Value report - maintain and correct where required - Accounts to be updated on daily basis to allow them to close jobs
• Maintain parents’ stock for recut machines
• Manage Quarantine and Loose stock
• Manage finished goods inventory and conduct month end counts and corrections of FG stock

System and Data maintenance
• Work with Oracle and Accounts Teams to ensure data is accurate

Skills & Experience:
• Must have a degree
• At least 5 years’ experience in a production/manufacturing environment
• Excellent computer skills with experience in Oracle, Excel, PowerPoint and Word
• Leadership ability, managing and leading teams, projects
• Developed time management skills, with an ability to balance demand among various projects
• Decisive and actions oriented
• Team player, results oriented

Salary:
• £36,000pa depending on experience plus benefits

If you feel you have the right skill set and attributes for this role and that it’s the challenge, you are looking then please contact us on a confidential basis.