Production Planner

Closing Date for Application: Tuesday 08/09/2026

Established in 1966, Nuaire is a UK based ventilation solutions provider designing and manufacturing products for the domestic, commercial, and industrial construction sectors. Our state-of-the-art facilities in Caerphilly operate with minimal impact on the environment, driven by ambitious targets to drive forward green manufacturing practices. Our exceptional teams apply their first-class technical, customer service and manufacturing expertise to understand our customers’ needs and solve today’s ventilation challenges. Our loyal and highly skilled workforce are key to our success in delivering clean air, everywhere.

Now part of the Genuit Groups’ Climate Management Solutions (CMS) business unit, Nuaire has ambitious growth plans.

The Role

Our production teams build our ventilation products to the highest standards, ensuring that Nuaire’s reputation for quality, safety and innovation is upheld. Working closely with internal cross-functional teams, we ensure that customer orders are built to schedule, providing them with the excellent products they have come to expect from Nuaire.

Reporting to the Labour planner the role is to organise production according to demand and quality standards. The goal is to ensure the smooth and cost-efficient flow of our production operations. It will involve working with cross-functional teams to ensure the smooth coordination of current and new programmed demands and build schedules.

Working hours: 37 hours per week; Monday – Friday 07:00 – 15:00 (with 2 out of 3 Fridays finishing at 13:00). Working style: Onsite, Caerphilly.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate production workflow for multiple products via capacity planning & lead time systems.
• Maintain production schedules for all assembled manufactured products in line with customer requirements and available capacity and review regularly to maintain efficiency levels and Target OTIF level.
• Evaluate inventory levels of raw materials, finished goods and personnel to ensure adequate supply for production and customer sales.
• BOM integration to support material planning activities.
• Organise production builds to satisfy customer demand & avoid productivity stoppage.
• Regular liaison with Labour planner regarding line running rates and any potential line problems, reviewing production reports, monitor reasons for variance, and advise Labour planner of the effects.
• Investigate all large schedule fluctuations, liaise with sales to ascertain reasons while keep Labour planner informed evaluating the costs where necessary.
• Ensure adequate checks exist regarding the availability of parts for build avoiding supply shortages.
• Obtain purchased part/material rescheduling requirements with relevant buyer and confirm delivery dates.
• Keep up to date with supplier performance and discuss with Purchasing Team Leader on a weekly basis.
• Monitor finished goods stock levels maintaining inventory policies in line with agreed KPI’s.
• Investigate and resolve purchased part/material stock and delivery queries with relevant departments.
• Prepare and submit status and performance reports.
• Collaborate with production teams, purchasing and sales to ensure timely completion of orders/quotes.
• Proactively help to resolve customer product concerns by root cause analysis and implementation of corrective actions, ensuring team buy-in to changes.
• Analyse data and make recommendations for process improvements to enhance efficiency and reduce costs.
• Actively take part in S&OP process, to balance supply and demand, optimising resource to achieve strategic goals.