Production Planner

Elevation Procurement & Supply Chain are working with a leading partner in the manufacturing market, based in Lincoln, in the search for a Production Planner.  My client is a growing business with a £35million turnover, looking at expanding on its current 250 employee base.

My client is looking for a Production Planner with experience of working within a Heavy Manufacturing and fast-moving environment. This role will require excellent communication skills in order to develop strong relationships with internal stakeholders, to maximise efficiency and ensure sales demand is met. The successful candidate will be expected to contribute to the effective prioritisation of workflow through the production process and ensuring that customer requirements are scheduled, produced and despatched on time, in full.

Key duties and responsibilities will include:

• Support on the generation of various production schedules to meet planned deliveries and minimise non-productive time.
• Contribute to the capacity planning process
• Through the use of bespoke systems, produce work orders for the production process
• Ensure deliveries are made on time, in full to meet customer specifications
• Maintain any stock levels or raw, intermediate and finished material
• Liaise with shipping on dispatch availability in line with customer orders

Elevation Procurement & Supply Chain would be keen to speak with candidates who have the following skills and experiences:

• Scheduling experience within a Heavy Manufacturing / Fast-moving environment
• Experience working with Microsoft Office – particularly Excel
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills
• Ability to work in a structured manner and react to changes quickly and effectively
• Experience of working within a KPI driven environment

Elevation Procurement & Supply Chain is a specialist division of Elevation Recruitment focusing on engineering, operational and technical positions in Yorkshire and surrounding regions. If you match the specified criteria and are interested in discussing the position in more detail, we would love to hear from you.