Lead Production Planner

Lead Production Planner

Location:Telford

Package: Up to £40k per annum

Hours: 37.5hrs per week Monday Friday (Early finish on a Friday)

Benefits:25 days annual leave + Stats

Healthcare Cashplan

Company Pension

Life Assurance

Employee Assistance Programme

Employee Discount Scheme

Are you an experienced Planner who is looking for a role with future growth?

Im working with a well-established, national, multi-site manufacturing business who have some imminent growth plans for their Telford site, so they need to recruit a Lead Planner to support the manufacturing plant with the extra orders that are now coming through the facility. As they are already leaders in their sector, and have a well-trusted and respected brand, this is a fantastic opportunity for someone to work in a driven and experienced team in a fast paced, and growing business.

The Lead Production Planner will be responsible for:

• Producing and creating production schedules to support the manufacture of both made to stock and bespoke products
• Updating and maintaining data within the manufacturing intelligence software
• Liaising with production and commercial teams regarding production progress
• Utilising data within SAP to ensure production schedules are effective in-line with customer demand data
• Producing long term and short-term fixed production plans
• Resolving any issues/bottlenecks in production and adjusting plans as necessary to react to any changes

Skills and Experience

• Good working knowledge of MS Excel
• Significant experience of Production Planning within a manufacturing business
• Previous experience as Senior Planner / Lead Planner or significant experience in a Production Planner / Production Controller / Production Scheduler role ready to step up into a Lead position
• The ability to work well under pressure and be a pragmatic problem solver
• Good knowledge of MRP / ERP systems will be essential

The application process:

Our mission is to support our clients in their creation of an equal, diverse and inclusive workforce. We are committed to providing a barrier-free recruitment process, so if you require any reasonable accessibility adjustments within the application process, then please make it known at the earliest opportunity.

We will carefully consider your details and advise you if we're able to progress with your application within 72 working hours.If you do not hear from us within this time your details wont be retained. So, if you're not successful on this occasion, do continue to respond to future roles we advertise. In the meantime, all good wishes and continued success with your search for employment.

About Us

Prince Personnel are an employment agency working on behalf of our client.Whether youre seeking a new permanent position, temporary assignment or contract youll find us easy to deal with.Located in thriving Telford, we focus on jobs in Shropshire, Staffordshire and North Wales.Prince Personnel specialise in commercial, accounts and finance and technical recruitment.With the best jobs around we are an independent agency working hard for you.

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