Production Planner

Production Planner - Packaging

Location: Sunderland

Salary: DOE

Company: A leading flexible packaging manufacture.

Role: The Production Planners primary function is to plan and prepare production schedules for the manufacture of finished products.

• Continual improvement in key target areas - productivity / output efficiencies and downtime
• Maintain established procedures and ensure compliance with company policies, work instructions and safe working practices; implement and maintain 'best practice' disciplines
• Attend daily production meetings and communicate any issues affecting adherence to the scheduled production plan
• Liaise with the sales and purchasing department as well as print and conversion managers to arrange timings of workflow through each department, to achieve required delivery dates
• Use of MIS systems and Excel to maintain workflow and productivity
• Produce and maintain a master schedule
• Plan production schedule on a weekly basis considering lead times, due dates and resources; clarify and optimise the plan
• Review progress of production schedule at the daily operations meeting; identifying potential issues and developing mitigation plans to reduce risk
• Work closely with all main functions of the business to ensure you are continually improving and constantly meeting the business objectives

Requirements:

• Relevant experience in a similar Supply Chain / Operations / Forecasting role working within a manufacturing company
• Experienced within a packaging manufacturer would be preferred
• Other industries considered i.e., automotive etc.
• Solid demand planning / forecasting / inventory management experience - essential
• SAP experience an advantage
• Results driven, process oriented and strategic, with the ability to delegate as needed
• Excellent communicator and relationship builder at all levels, both internally and externally - a natural people person with excellent negotiation skills
• Highly organised and an excellent multi-tasker, with the ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines simultaneously
• Positive outlook, a proactive approach, and a key team player
• Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team
• Excellent computer literacy skills
• High standards of personal conduct and professional performance
• Reliability

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