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Production Planner

Production Planner

  • Location

    Leicester

  • Sector:

    Technical & Engineering, Manufacturing & Production

  • Salary:

    £25,000 - £27,000

  • Contact:

    Danny Turnock

  • Contact email:

    d.turnock@europrojects.co.uk

  • Job ref:

    DT-EPR093529

  • Published:

    over 2 years ago

  • Expiry date:

    2021-10-16

  • Consultant:

    ConsultantDrop

Production Planner

  • Production Planner, Materials Planner, Supply chain coordinator, Operations Coordinator or similar.
  • Working for a multinational business based in Leicester who are big on employee engagement & development – They are members of Investors for people.
  • You most likely will have worked within production & manufacturing in a Supply chain, Purchasing, logistics type position.  This role is the link between sales and production.
  • Based in Leicester, you must be able to commute into their facility.

This Production Planner job will suit:

  • Someone with experience working within a production or manufacturing environment will be ideal.
  • Accustomed to working within an SME business environment, the role will be varied working with a number of different departments, so we need a dynamic person with a can do attitude.
  • Must be able to chase things through – you will drive projects forward, liaise with production teams for updates and give regular updates to customer accounts.

The Production Planner job’s working environment, opportunities and rewards:  

  • Lots of training and career development opportunities – looking for someone to establish a long term career within the business. 
  • Joining a growing business, recent investments into a modern facility and technologies within the company.
  • Diverse role which will offer a lot in terms of long term prospects and commercial experience within a professional B2B company.
  • We suspect in the region of £25,000 - £27,000 sort of salary region to start.

The Production Planner job will involve:

  • Managing customer orders and processing them through to production.
  • Placing Purchase Orders with suppliers ensuring on time delivery
  • Expedite/De-expedite products from supplier logging timescales within systems to maintain stock levels.
  • Resolving with the relevant party any enquiries in relation to supply of product
  • Liaise effectively with warehouse / production employees and third party transport providers, resolving any issues.
  • Lead or participate in supplier meetings to drive improvements in performance
  • Compilation of ad hoc reports/ad hoc data input

This job is commutable from Leicester, Cosby, Wigston, Kibworth, Lutterworth, Syston, Melton Mowbray, Loughborough and the surrounding areas.

To apply please contact Danny Turnock at Euro Projects Recruitment Ltd.

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“Please note that if you are not contacted within the next ten days then your application, on this occasion, has not been successful.  We thank you for taking the time to apply.”