Production Planner – Permanent
40k-50k salary
Early Finish Every Friday
Location: Co Tyrone
Are you an experienced Production Planner looking for your next challenge?
Reed Recruitment is delighted to be recruiting on behalf of a leading and highly respected manufacturing business for a Production Planner to join their growing operations team.
This is an excellent opportunity to join an award-winning organisation that continues to invest heavily in both its people and technology. You’ll play a key role in coordinating production schedules, ensuring customer delivery expectations are met, and helping drive operational efficiency across a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Schedule and plan production across multiple work centres with finite capacity constraints.
- Develop weekly and daily production plans to maximise efficiency.
- Work closely with the sales team to ensure production capacity aligns with customer demand.
- Liaise with purchasing and production teams to ensure materials and resources are available when required.
- Monitor production progress and provide timely updates on delivery schedules.
- Lead Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) meetings to review load versus capacity.
- Manage order scheduling and confirm delivery lead times.
- Maintain production output and dispatch records.
- Monitor customer forecasts and provide feedback on planning accuracy.
- Support continuous improvement initiatives and help develop planning processes within the ERP system.
- Act as the key point of contact for production scheduling and delivery-related queries
Essential Criteria:
- Previous experience in a production planning / scheduling role
- Experience of working in a high-volume role with a meticulous eye for detail.
- Experience in a customer facing role with proven ability to proactively deal with and resolve any customer queries
- Experienced in both master scheduling and detailed production planning in a multi work centre environment.
- Strong IT skills including Microsoft Office and previous MRP/ERP experience.
- Excellent planning & organisational skills
- Strong numeracy & literacy skills
- Clear and confident communicator with a good standard of both written and verbal English.
Desirable Criteria:
- Third level education
- Previous experience with advanced scheduling tools
- Previous experience in the engineering sector
- Good time management, interpersonal skills and an ability to work as part of a team to achieve company objectives
Hours of Work:
Monday – Thursday: 08:00 – 17:00
Friday: 08:00 – 14:00
Please submit an up-to-date CV today via the “Apply” link, or call the Branch and speak to Donna
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