Production Planner

Job Title: Production Planner

Salary: Up to £35,000

Location: Oldham

Our client is currently looking for an experienced Production Planner to join the business on a permanent basis due to consistent growth year on year. An excellent opportunity to join a business that values and promotes from with in and progressing employees to enhance their careers.

Key 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

Skills and Experience:

·      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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