Owen Daniels
Senior Production Planner
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Owen Daniels is supporting a leading advanced manufacturing business, seeking an experienced Senior Production Planner to play a pivotal role in driving production planning, materials scheduling, and operational performance across a busy manufacturing site.
This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced planner looking to take ownership of planning activities whilst working closely with senior leadership to ensure materials availability, production efficiency, and on-time customer delivery.
Operating within a highly regulated manufacturing environment, you'll be a key link between Operations, Supply Chain, Procurement, and Customer Service, helping to optimise planning processes, improve inventory performance, and support continuous improvement initiatives. This role would suit a Senior Production Planner, Master Scheduler, Supply Chain Planner, Planning Manager, or Materials Planner looking for a new challenge within a growing manufacturing business.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead production planning and scheduling activities to ensure customer demand is achieved efficiently.
- Develop short, medium, and long-term production plans in line with customer requirements and manufacturing capacity.
- Ensure material availability to support production schedules and minimise disruption.
- Monitor inventory levels, stock accuracy, and planning parameters to optimise working capital.
- Work closely with Procurement, Operations, and Engineering to resolve material shortages and capacity constraints.
- Support warehouse and logistics teams to ensure efficient material flow throughout the manufacturing process.
- Participate in Sales, Inventory & Operations Planning (SIOP/S&OP) activities, providing accurate planning data and recommendations.
- Analyse planning performance and implement improvements to increase efficiency and delivery performance.
- Maintain ERP planning data, Bills of Materials, and system parameters to ensure planning accuracy.
- Drive continuous improvement projects across planning, scheduling, and material flow.
- Produce planning reports and KPIs for senior management.
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About You
We're looking for an experienced planning professional who combines excellent organisational skills with a proactive, solutions-focused approach. You'll be confident working within a fast-paced manufacturing environment and able to build strong relationships across multiple departments.
Experience Required
- Previous experience as a Senior Production Planner, Master Scheduler, Planning Manager, Supply Chain Planner, Materials Planner, or similar.
- Strong production planning and scheduling experience within a manufacturing environment.
- Good understanding of materials planning, inventory management, and supply chain processes.
- Experience using ERP/MRP systems.
- Experience participating in SIOP/S&OP planning processes would be highly advantageous.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels.
- Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing and Continuous Improvement principles would be beneficial.
- Experience within regulated manufacturing sectors such as aerospace, automotive, medical devices, defence, electronics, or advanced engineering would be advantageous.
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What's on Offer
- £55,000 - £65,000 salary.
- Enhanced pension scheme.
- Private medical insurance.
- Excellent company benefits.
- Opportunity to join a market-leading advanced manufacturing business.
- Genuine career progression and development opportunities.
- Collaborative, supportive working environment.
If you're an experienced planning professional looking to take the next step in your career with a forward-thinking manufacturing organisation, we'd love to hear from you.
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