We are recruiting on behalf of our client, who are a leading sheet metal and fabrication company based in the heart of the Black Country. They have urgent requirements for a Production Planner to join their team.
The successfull candidate must be sufficent with using Workplan software or any similiar software.
Duties:
* Planning and scheduling: Planning and organising the production of a company's products.
* Co-ordination between sales, design/production to ensure customer deliveries are achieved.
* Identifying issues: Detecting and resolving issues as they arise
* Improving processes: Finding ways to improve productivity and reduce costs
* Communicating: Working with other employees and suppliers to ensure the production process runs smoothly
* Reporting: Creating status and performance reports and presenting them to managers
* Complying with regulations: Ensuring compliance with health and safety standards and workplace legislation
* Ensure that correct robust data is recorded onto the MRP system
* Managing material and equipment availability, scheduling production and monitoring the production process for problems
Key responsibilties:
Direct impact on cost of production circa - £3-4 million
* Production planners should have strong communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills. They should also be able to work effectively with cross-functional teams.
* A minimum of 2 years supervisory resp...