Production Planner

A manufacturer in North Bristol is seeking an experienced Production Planner to join their team – £35K.

Your new company
A rapidly expanding manufacturer in North Bristol is now seeking to add a Production Planner to their team following an internal movement. With an ever-growing portfolio of businesses across the globe, this business is able to boast year-on-year growth across the last 5 years, culminating in record-shattering profits at their Bristol plant. They can offer short-term development and a long-term career with their continued global growth plans.

Your new role
As the Production Planner, you will be reporting in to the Production Manager with a dotted reporting line in to the Factory General Manager. You will be expected to work on SAP systems, ensuring that work orders are planned and executed on time to meet customer demands. Working with very short-term lead times, some the next day and some within 5 days, you will be required to be flexible when required but also push back to internal stakeholders, ensuring that they produce the required volumes. You will be expected to build a rolling 13-month forecast, get involved in monthly S&OP meetings and work closely with the sales team to ensure all surplus product is available for them to process.

What you’ll need to succeed
To be successful in your application for this Production Planner vacancy, you must have worked in a Planning capacity within a Manufacturing business previously. In addition to this, you must have a sound working knowledge of SAP; this will be crucial to your application. It would be highly beneficial to have worked in the FMCG / Food industry.

What you’ll get in return
As the Production Planner, you will be paid a salary of up to £35,000; there may be some flexibility in this, so please contact me directly to discuss the salary further. In addition to the salary, you’ll be entitled to a wide range of company benefits.

What you need to do now
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