Production Planner - Wolverhampton, United Kingdom - Plastic Bottle Supplies Ltd

Description

Plastic Bottle Supplies are a specialist UK manufacturer of HDPE Plastic Bottles, based in Wolverhampton, West Midlands, UK. stablished in 1997, the company has grown rapidly to become a major supplier of HDPE containers. Plastic Bottle Supplies deliver to a range of markets throughout the UK and Europe.

We are a dynamic, innovative and fast growing general purpose plastic bottle manufacturer based in the Midlands.

Our 24/7 business has a flexible approach producing high quality products and delivering customer excellence in a fast paced environment.

Ongoing investment in machinery and people enables the business to continue to be a pioneering and progressive company.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Production Planner to join our team in Wolverhampton. The working hours are Monday to Friday, 08:30am - 17:00pm with 30 minutes lunch break.

The successful applicant will be responsible for planning and preparing the production schedule to meet customers' orders and company targets working with the Commercial Operations Manager.

Other duties include the following:

• Plan and prepare the Production schedule to achieve customer requirements.
• Managing Internal filing of Live Orders and the Efficiency tracker to assess Production performance against planned output.
• Ensuring that products are delivered efficiently and on time and work closely with the logistics coordinator.
• Liaising with the HR Department to ensure staffing levels meet requirements alongside with the Commercial Operations Manager.
• Planning effectively and efficiently by understanding minimum and maximum stock levels against "Stock items" and replenish when required.
• Ensuring timely communication of production activities to the production team in the absence of the Commercial Operations Manager.
• Ensuring that stock takes are constantly monitored so that they are replenished on time to meet company demand and to prevent stock levels diminishing.
• Assisting with the rest of the Commercial Ops team by understanding and assisting when required in Logistics and Customer Service.
• Communicating to Sales on availability of future planned runs to generate Orders.
• Presenting KPI's to Commercial Operations Manager on a Weekly basis.
• Primary machine utilisation is no lower than 85%.

We are looking for applicants with previous production planning and logistics experience.

IPL Global is a global leading sustainable packaging solutions provider that manufactures specialty rigid packaging products used in the food, consumer, agricultural, logistics and environmental markets.

Sustainability is essential to the long-term success of our business.

As a packaging company that develops plastic-based solutions for our customers, it is imperative that we meet the customer needs while being mindful of our operational impacts and the need to preserve our planet.

We are committed to running our business responsibly and in ways that drive environmental, social and economic value for our stakeholders, including shareholders, customers, employees and local communities.

We employ over 2,500 people in 20 manufacturing facilities worldwide.


Salary:
£24,000 - £30,000. Depending on Experience.


Job Types:
Full-time, Permanent


Salary:
£24,000.00-£30,000.00 per year


Benefits:

• Company pension
• Onsite parking
• Referral programme

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Experience:

• Planning: 2 years (preferred)

Language:

• English (required)

Work Location:
One location