Do you Have great communication skills? Have experience in planning and scheduling? Have previous experience in FMCG? We have a great opportunity as a Production Planner at our Carrickmacross site in County Monaghan, Ireland You will use the principles of OPEX to plan all factory activity short & medium term. Benefits Competitive salary 25 days holiday plus bank holidays Pension contribution up to 10% Life Assurance 4x salary Your Accountabilities Leadership Safety is a condition. Plan all activities in a way that permits safe manufacture for all site teams. People Communicate effectively with key internal stakeholders; Planning, Operations, Engineering, Technical, OPEX, R&D etc. on risks, issues and key changes required to deliver optimised customer service at the lowest cost. Excellent Results Planning all site activity and ensure schedules are sufficient to deliver customer service level targets. Optimise product sequences, volumes, allergen sequences, maintenance windows, training events and new product trials to drive improved business performance across the balanced scorecard. Alongside Operation teams, plan site labour requirement to deliver production plans. Create and continuously improve ideal production sequences that optimise delivery at the lowest cost. Build strong relationships with the site Operations team. Utilise these relationships to solve problems quickly & effectively. Build strong relationships with customer supply chain contacts. Utilise these relationships to optimise product flow across the end-to-end supply chain. Standard Work & Problem Solving Document planning standards, raise standards, and confirm standard work daily. Create and maintain master performance data sets for all SKUs and all processes. Identify key problems areas and set targets to improve planning effectiveness. Use data analysis to make problems visible, quantifiable and to guide decisions. Ensure planning systems are optimised to drive effective and efficient planning, scheduling and material call off. Identify repeat problems within Operations and work with the Operations team to root cause and countermeasure. Use data analysis to make problems visible, quantifiable and to guide decisions. Your Skills Experience in production Planning & Scheduling with an in depth understanding of planning systems and their optimisation. Strong communication skills and the ability to influence multiple levels of the site and customers. Strong analytical & problem-solving skills. Advanced Excel capability