At STEM Recruitment our client is seeking a dedicated Production Planner to join their team based in Whitburn. This is a great opportunity to start your journey in the world of production planning or progress and enhance your existing skills within production planning, with a company who offer great salary and benefits. Duties will include: • Process SOC’s and Production Requests from internal departments and Sales/Internal sales, create routings and raise work orders to manufacture required items and sub-items. • Ensure all planned work is scheduled successfully through the Factory Planning scheduling system, liaise with Inventory Controller, Stores and Materials department to issue and deliver materials to production in a timely manner. • Review production schedules and prioritize production process to meet delivery deadlines. • Coordinate with production supervisors to resolve production and delivery issues. • Ensure materials are available for production by coordinating with purchasing and inventory control. • Monitor shop floor processes and collaborate with departments for adherence to procedure and highlight any opportunities for improvement – material issues, pick-listing & WO Completions. • Control of shop floor documentation. • Oversee and develop both push and pull methods to achieve efficient and effective production processes. • Monitor and maintain WIP ensuring efficient system processing for raw materials/forgings. STEM Recruitment Solutions Ltd operates as both a Recruitment Agency and a Recruitment Business. We endeavour to reply to all applications when possible however on occasions this may not be possible due to the volume of responses. STEM Recruitment is a Scientific, Engineering and Manufacturing Recruitment business supplying talented staff to permanent and temporary opportunities