Peli BioThermal
Production Planner
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Production Planner
About the Role
The Production Planner is responsible for planning, scheduling, and coordinating manufacturing activities to ensure products are produced efficiently, on time, and within budget. The role involves close collaboration with Production, Procurement, Logistics, Engineering, and Sales teams to balance customer demand, inventory levels, and production capacity.
Job Duties
- Develop and maintain daily production schedules
- Convert customer orders to production orders and demand forecasts into achievable production plans
- Monitor inventory levels and ensure material availability for production
- Coordinate with Procurement to resolve material shortages
- Manage capacity planning for labour, machinery, and production lines
- Track production performance and adjust schedules as required
- Analyse production data and identify opportunities for efficiency improvements
- Support Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) activities
- Maintain accurate planning data within ERP/MRP systems
- Communicate production priorities and schedule changes to stakeholders
- Ensure on-time delivery and customer service targets are achieved
- Actively supports Peli’s commitment to Quality, emphasising continuous improvement
- Tracks monthly machine OEE to reduce change-over downtime
- Tracks and reports monthly Customer OTD (On-Time Delivery) for KPI reporting
- Prepares monthly graphs for the S&OP slide deck to report on capacity concerns
- Reports out monthly standard lead times, coordinating with Procurement
- Works closely with Customer Service and Sales teams to ensure order issues are communicated in a timely manner
- Ensures effective communication with the Planning Manager regarding any discrepancies/issues/delays
- Performs other duties and works on special projects as required or assigned
- Undertakes additional duties as directed by the Planning Manager
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Minimum Qualifications
- Good knowledge and experience of SAP within Supply Chain Planning, Production planning, and purchasing (or similar ERP system)
- 2 years of relevant experience in a manufacturing environment
- Excellent analytical and organisational skills
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple projects simultaneously within deadlines
- Must be resilient, tenacious, and self-motivated
- Strong oral, written, negotiation, and presentation skills, with the ability to communicate effectively and diplomatically across all levels
- Must be assertive, proficient with MS Word, Excel, and other IT software, and a strong decision-maker
- Able to work independently and as part of a team
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What We Offer
- Competitive salary of circa £34,000 per annum
- Hybrid working
- Electric vehicle (EV) salary sacrifice scheme
- Cycle to Work scheme
- WPA – Access to optional private medical insurance, dental, and optical cash plan
- Two Employee Assistance Programmes (EAPs)
- SmartHealth benefits
- Free eye tests
- 26 days’ annual leave, plus bank holidays
- Long-service awards
- Pension scheme with employer-matched contributions (up to 6%)
- Death-in-service benefit
- Life assurance (4x annual salary)
- Plus many more benefits!
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