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Production Planner

Job Posted: 19 days ago

Salary: £ 35,000 - 40,000 / Annum
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire

Expire in: 8 days

Job Description

Are you an experienced Production Planner with experience in a precision engineering environment?

GMP Recruitment Agency Limited are re proud to be in partnership with an engineering company who are experts in precision engineering, located in Tewkesbury. We are currently recruiting on their behalf for an experienced Production Planner to join their team on a full time, permanent contract.

This is a full-time position working Monday – Friday and can offer a salary up to £40K pending relevant experience.

The Production Planner will be responsible for utilising the company’s ERP/MRP systems (SAGE 200 and Preactor) to optimise shop floor scheduling, ensure efficient resource loading, and achieve On-Time In-Full (OTIF) customer delivery performance.

Proven experience in a Production Planning role within a fast-paced manufacturing environment, ideally precision engineering, is essential to be considered.

Production Planner main duties:

· Develop and maintain efficient production schedules, ensuring work is loaded effectively while safeguarding customer delivery commitments.

· Maintain accurate, real-time tracking of live works orders within the ERP/MRP systems.

· Produce weekly and monthly forward-loading plans for all production resources, including manual operations (e.g., deburring, inspection, packing and despatch).

· Monitor performance against the production schedule, proactively identifying delays, communicating with machinists, and driving adherence to output targets.

· Coordinate the timely physical movement of jobs between processes to maintain workflow continuity.

· Ensure subcontract operations are identified and purchase requisitions raised in a timely manner.

· Manage the timely issuing of raw materials to works orders.

· Maintain accurate Bills of Materials (BOM), ensuring set-up and cycle times are correctly recorded.

· Ensure raw material and finished goods stock accuracy, with correct allocation to works orders.

· Identify production constraints and collaborate with Shop Floor Management to allocate appropriate resources to resolve bottlenecks.

Production Planner required skills and experience:

· Proven experience in a Production Planning role within a fast-paced manufacturing environment (essential).

· Experience of lean manufacturing principles and process optimisation (desirable).

· Strong analytical and hands-on problem-solving skills with a focus on efficiency and quality.

· Excellent IT proficiency, including Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.

· Experience with SAGE 200 or IFS is desirable (training will be provided).

An immediate start is available for the successful candidate.

If the above role sounds perfect for you, or you require more information, please click apply.

GMP Recruitment Agency Limited are recruiting for this role on behalf of their client and are acting as an Employment Agency

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