Production Planner - Skipton, United Kingdom - Solidus
Description
Production Planner
Title:
Production Planner
Line Manager:
Commercial Supply Chain Manager
Role Profile
The production planner will be responsible for ensuring the effective and efficient planning of all production assets at the production site they are assigned as well as covering other production assets when required.
The role requires focus on using the company ERP / MRP system to anticipate and understand the requirements of our customers, ensuring these are translated into production plans to ensure finished goods are available in the timescales required.
Proactively identifying and maximising efficiencies in the production plan to ensure stock levels of both raw materials and finished goods are controlled to optimal levels.
The production planner must work cohesively with all teams across the business to play their vital part in ensuring we supply our customers on time in full with high quality goods, maintaining stocks as agreed where SLA's are in place.
What are you going to do
- Effectively and efficiently planning the production assets.
- Forecasting and ordering raw materials to meet production and ultimately shipping requirements, whilst ensuring optimum stock levels are maintained.
- Managing the workflow for each operation with flexibility to accommodate unforeseen situations.
- Management of finished goods stock, ensuring optimal stock levels and prevention of slow moving stock.
- Arranging the daily delivery materials schedule with the appropriate vendors.
- Working with procurement to ensure all non-conformance events from vendors are managed as per the correct procedure in a timely manner with replacement materials and production planning changes managed as required.
- Assisting the wider team where required with stock taking and other related procedures.
- Analysing plant capacity data in order to produce a logical and effective production plan.
Person Specification
Essential requirements
- Effective time management, prioritising and multi-tasking skills.
- MS office skills in Outlook, Word, Excel.
- Able to think logically and methodically.
- A natural problem solver, able to find solutions outside of the status quo.
- Exceptional attention to detail.
- Able to communicate effectively at all levels.
- Flexible approach managing work within specific deadlines.
- Full UK driving licence and ability to travel UK wide as required with occasional travel to sister sites with overnight stays where required.
- Desirable Requirements
- Experience of working in a BRC approved facility.
- Experience of working in the packaging industry.
This job description is not exhaustive. From time to time you may be required to perform other duties and responsibilities which are not included in the above description; but are within your capabilities and where necessary training will be given.
Regular contact
- Planning team colleagues.
- Site Production Manager(s).
- Commercial Supply Chain Manager.
- Operational & Commercial Supply Chain Colleagues - all levels.
- UKBU Directors.
- Colleagues across the UK business unit as required on a project by project basis.
Our offer
As Production Planner at Solidus, we offer you a challenging position within a dynamic and ambitious international organization that is constantly changing.
The organization has a very flat hierarchies and short decision-making paths, you will have direct communication with UKBU and sales directors, BU managers, Vendors & Suppliers, Operational & Commercial Supply Chain Colleagues - all levels and Colleagues across the UK business unit as required on a project by project basis.
Solidus
We are Solidus. Involved with our environment since 1870.
With pride in our history, we make circular packaging and sustainable solid board solutions for customers all over the world.
In the past from straw, now from recycled paper. Here you get the possibilities. To learn, to develop, to make a difference. We do this with 1500 colleagues throughout Europe. With the passion for technology and driven by progress. Together we contribute to less waste and a cleaner world. An international player and still always close by. Full of innovation, full of new ideas, full of opportunities for everyone. So whatever your talent or ambition is, grow the way you want. Let's grow togetherInterested?
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Commercial acquisition as a result of this vacancy is not appreciated_
Job Types:
Full-time, Permanent
Salary:
£30,000.00-£35,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Life insurance
- Onsite parking
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Skipton: reliably commute or plan to re
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