Job Title: Production Planner
Location: Durham
The Company: An entrepreneurial UK manufacturer known for innovation, quality, and service in the steel industry. The group includes trusted brands and employs over 250 people.
Salary: Competitive
Benefits:
* Competitive salary
* Opportunities to join a share scheme
* Pension
Job Description: As a key member of the Supply Chain team, the Production Planner will manage production planning and maintain strong working relationships with operations, purchasing, and customer services.
Key Duties:
* Produce and issue level-loaded manufacturing plans to meet OTIF targets.
* Maintain long-term capacity plans and identify potential risks.
* Attend daily operations and planning meetings.
* Ensure a plan attainment of >95%.
* Meet Inventory and DOS targets in collaboration with the supply chain manager.
* Agree on a dispatch schedule with logistics to meet customer delivery dates.
* Facilitate communications between operations, purchasing, and customer services.
* Report daily and monthly planning KPIs and propose improvement projects.
* Monitor and analyze production planning and order intake KPIs.
* Streamline current processes and innovate to improve services.
* Provide analysis on order book and stock levels as needed.
Skills & Experience: Essential:
* Minimum of 2 years of experience as a production planner.
* Advanced Excel skills.
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