Production Planner

Overview

In this role you will coordinate daily and weekly production plans to meet customer demand while minimizing waste and cost. You will collaborate with Operations, Technical, Supply Chain and Commercial teams to keep plans aligned and data up to date. You’ll anticipate risks, adjust forecasts, and provide clear updates on stock and performance. This is a hands-on, cross-functional role in a growing food manufacturing environment that values continuous improvement and proactive problem solving.

Pay / Benefits

• company pension scheme
• health and well-being support
• employee discount scheme
• experience annual pay reviews
• profit related pay
• on-site parking

Responsibilities

• Create daily and weekly production plans to guide what to make and when
• Ensure materials and stock are available for each production run
• Maintain optimal stock levels to avoid excess or shortages
• Process and update customer orders with clear, accurate information
• Coordinate with Operations, Technical, Supply Chain, Commercial and others to align plans
• Update forecasts and planning data to reflect demand changes
• Identify risks like shortages, delays or bottlenecks and escalate as needed
• Monitor production performance against plan and update systems with live data
• Support meetings with clear stock, service and performance updates
• Keep planning data and systems accurate and up to date

Key requirements

• Experience in production planning, supply chain or operations
• Confidence with data, planning systems and Excel
• Understanding of production in a food manufacturing setting
• Experience managing changes to plans, solving problems and making decisions quickly
• Calm, organized and proactive approach

• collaborative
• proactive
• calm under pressure
• planning systems
• Excel
• data handling/analysis

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