Planner

The Company Our client is a market leading manufacturing company. Due to growth, they are now looking to recruit a Planner. The Role * The Planner is responsible for developing, maintaining and communicating production schedules to ensure efficient manufacturing operations and on-time delivery to customers. * The role coordinates demand forecasts, inventory levels and manufacturing capacity to create achievable production plans while minimizing downtime, shortages and excess inventory. * The Planner works closely with Operations, Procurement, Warehousing and Commercial teams to ensure alignment between customer demand and production capability. * Create and maintain daily and weekly production schedules based on demand forecasts, inventory levels and manufacturing capacity. * Ensure production plans support customer deliveries. * Monitor production progress and adjust schedules to manage changes in demand, delays, or operational issues. * Maintain a stable production plan while balancing customer requirements and operational efficiency. * Coordinate production across manufacturing lines to maximize utilisation and minimise changeovers. * Review sales forecasts and customer orders to ensure alignment with production planning. * Work with the commercial team to monitor changes in demand and update schedules accordingly. * Ensure raw materials and packaging materials are available in line with production requirements. * Collaborate with procurement and stock control teams to avoid shortages or excess inventory. * Monitor inventory levels for finished goods, raw materials and work-in-progress. * Support the development and maintenance of inventory policies that balance availability and working capital. * Identify risks of stock shortages, overstock or obsolete inventory. * Liaise with manufacturing teams to confirm production capacity and operational constraints. * Participate in planning and operational meetings to review schedules and resolve issues. * Work with operations to reduce downtime, changeover time, and inefficiencies. * Maintain planning master data such as: Bills of Materials (BOMs), lead times, production rates, planning parameters. * Ensure planning systems and ERP data are accurate and up to date. * Generate and analyse planning reports to support decision making. * Identify opportunities to improve planning processes, efficiency, and forecasting accuracy. The Person * Must have previous experience as a Planner within manufacturing. * You will have experience using MRP systems and excellent IT skills. * Attention to detail. * Strong time management and prioritisation skills. * Problem solving skills. * Good communication skill. * Have good interpersonal skills. The Benefits You will be working for a well-established growing employer. An excellent salary. A company experiencing continued growth, expansion and investment. The company are fully compliant with the latest health and safety requirements for current safe working practices