Production Planner

Job title : Production Planner
Contract type : Permanent
Location : Canterbury, Kent
Sectors :
Salary : £25000 - £31000 per annum + pension
Start date : ASAP
Duration : Permanent
Job Reference : SYN2193_1582580499
Contact name : James Curtis
Contact email : james@syntechrecruitment.co.uk


Production Planner

  • £25,000 - £31,000

  • Pension

  • Monday to Thursday 8am-5.30pm and Friday 8am-1pm



Our client based on the outskirts of Canterbury are recruiting for an experienced Production Planner to work alongside a team of knowledgeable and experienced professionals. The successful Planner will be an integral part of this business and work to ensure the assembly line have a constant flow of work.

Key Responsibilities include:

  • Developing Production Plans that meet customer requirements and are in line with production capacity
  • Actioning customer Defer and Expedite requests, where possible
  • Publishing customer open order book schedules as requested
  • Attending and contributing to all relevant Planning / Operations meetings as required
  • Maintaining and updating MRP Planning data to ensure current accurate information is available to the wider business
  • Releasing supply call off's to secure Just in Time material infeed
  • Liaising with suppliers to ensure material delivery dates are met and reporting any missed deliveries to the Buyer
  • Proactively liaising directly with the Customer Services team to feedback any changes to the Production Plan that may impact customer delivery



Essential Qualities Include:

  • GCSE or equivalent in English and Maths Grade C or above
  • Production Planning / Scheduling experience within a manufacturing environment
  • Experience preparing production plans against capacity hours and material availability, as well as exporting and analysing data
  • Experience working with high volume part numbers and orders
  • Use of an MRP production planning system
  • Good understanding of planning process requirements
  • Advanced Microsoft Excel knowledge and experience, including pivot tables, VLOOKUPs, etc



We will endeavor to respond to all applicants, but if you do not receive a response within 5 working days, please consider yourself unsuccessful on this application.
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