Production Planner

Production Planner Sedgefield, County Durham Competitive Salary + Excellent Benefits Jackson Hogg are supporting a leading North East manufacturer in the recruitment of a Production Planner to join their growing operations team based in Sedgefield. This is an excellent opportunity to join a highly technical manufacturing environment where you will play a key role in ensuring customer demand, production capacity and material availability are aligned to support operational performance and delivery targets. The Role As Production Planner, you will be responsible for creating, maintaining and coordinating production plans that support efficient manufacturing operations across multiple product lines. Working closely with Production, Engineering, Supply Chain and Project teams, you will balance customer demand, material availability and manufacturing capacity whilst ensuring plans remain realistic, visible and achievable. Key Responsibilities * Develop and maintain production plans and schedules * Convert customer orders and demand forecasts into achievable manufacturing plans * Monitor material availability and production capacity * Maintain ERP/MRP planning data and ensure system accuracy * Support daily and weekly planning reviews * Identify and escalate risks that may impact customer delivery * Work closely with Production, Engineering and Supply Chain teams * Support continuous improvement i...