Production Planner - Rotherham, United Kingdom - IPL

IPL

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Rotherham, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

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

We have over 2,500 colleagues in 20 manufacturing facilities, two corporate & sales offices and three R&D facilities across the U.S., Canada, the U.K., Ireland, Continental Europe, and China.

IPL operates in a fast paced and dynamic environment and has significant growth plans, acquiring four businesses within the past year.

The Materials, Planning and Logistics Manager is looking to fill the role of Production Planner in their Rotherham facility.

The Production Planner will be responsible for planning and preparing the production schedule on site to ensure the customer orders and SLAs can be consistently met.

IPL Rotherham is part of the IPL Group and is a well-established, leading plastic injection moulding manufacturer.

The company is highly regarded in the plastics industry and has won numerous awards ranging from environmental & efficiency to employee recognition awards.

We heavily invest in our people as well as equipment.

The business already has one of the most extensive collections of large tonnage injection moulding machines in the UK with continued investments planned.

Position Title:
Production Planner

Location:
Barbot Hall Industrial Estate, Mangham Road, Rotherham, S61 4RJ

The Role:

Plan and prepare the Production schedule to achieve customer requirements.
Manage the internal filing of live orders and the efficiency tracker to assess production performance against planned output.
In conjunction with the Logistics Coordinator, ensure that products are delivered efficiently, on time and in full
Through the use of bespoke systems, produce work orders for the production process
Plan effectively and efficiently by understanding minimum and maximum stock levels against "Stock items" and replenish these when required
Liaise with the Stock Controller to ensure that demand can be met whilst ensuring stock levels remain at the required level
Lead the weekly planning meetings with sales to ascertain, availability of future planned runs to generate orders.
Ensure that primary machine utilisation does not drop below 85%.
Previous experience working in a similar role (essential), with experience as a Production Planner / Scheduler being beneficial
Strong communication, written and oral skills, with the ability to work well as part of a multi disciplinary team
A good level of IT skills with the ability to utilise the Microsoft suite of packages and in house systems
Advanced Excel skills
Ability to prioritise workload with a high level of organisation
Exceptional attention to detail