Production Planner

Location: Manchester

Salary: £28k-£30k

Following a period of sustained growth my client is seeking a Production Planner to manage production process.

Production Planner - Responsibilities would include:

• Ensures goods produced by employer are produced in a cost-effective way that meets quality specifications.
• Makes sure that goods are ready to distribute to customers in a timely fashion.
• Improves a company's production and distribution processes.
• Ensures the production and distribution of products runs smoothly.

Production Planner – Person Requirements & Benefits:

• Liaises with customer service division to determine customer requirements
• Approves materials, costs, manufacturing equipment, and the size of workforce needs to manufacture goods
• Predicts how long a project will take to complete
• Develops a production schedule detailing all tasks and when they should be completed by to meet predicted completion date
• Liaises with customers, suppliers, the human resources department, and maintenance employees to ensure all workers, materials, and machinery will be available when required
• Monitors project's progress to ensure it's following the schedule
• Troubleshoots problems that occur during production, including staff shortages and machinery malfunctions
• Organizes project paperwork, including purchase orders, and maintains records
• Monitors production and raw material costs
• Collects and assesses data about the production and team's performance
• Prepares reports about production processes for upper management and suggests ways to improve efficiency
• Bi - lingual would be desirable
• Pension.
• Loyalty Awards (Recognises employees with 5, 10-, 20-, 30- and 40-years’ service).
• Employee Benefits Platform (Includes a Cycle to work scheme and access to a range of offers and discounts).
• Life Assurance
• Employee and customer referral schemes.