The Production Planner is responsible for planning, scheduling, and coordinating manufacturing activities to ensure products are produced efficiently, on time, and within budget. The role works closely with Production, Procurement, Logistics, Engineering, and Sales teams to balance customer demand, inventory levels, and production capacity.
Job Duties
- Develop and maintain daily production schedules.
- Convert customer orders to production orders and demand forecasts into achievable production plans.
- Monitor inventory levels and ensure material availability for production.
- Coordinate with Procurement to resolve material shortages.
- Manage capacity planning for labour, machinery, and production lines.
- Track production performance and adjust schedules when required.
- Analyse production data and identify opportunities for efficiency improvements.
- Support Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) activities.
- Maintain accurate planning data within ERP/MRP systems.
- Communicate production priorities and schedule changes to stakeholders.
- Ensure on-time delivery and customer service targets are achieved.
- Actively supports Peli’s commitment to Quality and all quality objectives, with an emphasis on continual improvement.
- Tracks monthly machine OEE to reduce change over downtime
- Tracks and reports monthly Customer OTD for KPI reporting
- Prepare monthly graphs for SIOP slide desk to report out capacity concerns.
- Report out monthly standard lead times, coordinating with procurement.
- Work closely with the Customer Service and Sales teams and ensure any issues with orders are communicated in a timely manner
- Ensures effective communication with Planning Manger regarding any discrepancies/issues/delays.
- Performs other duties and works on special projects as required or assigned by the Planning Manager.
- Performs additional duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
- Good Knowledge and experience of SAP within Supply Chain Planning, Production planning and purchasing or similar ERP system.
- 2 years relevant experience in a manufacturing environment
- Excellent analytical and organizational skills.
- Must be able to operate in a fast-paced organization and handle multiple projects simultaneously within set timeframes.
- Must be resilient and tenacious.
- Must have excellent oral, written, negotiation and presentation skills and the ability to communicate effectively and diplomatically with other employees at all levels.
- This position requires the ability to be Self-motivated and assertive.
- Must be proficient with Word, Excel and other IT software.
- Excellent decision-making skills.
- Able to work effectively as an individual and as part of a team.
What we offer
- Competitive salary of circa £34,000 per annum
- Hybrid working
- Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
- Cycle to Work scheme
- WPA – Optional private medical insurance and/or dental and optical cash plan
- Two Employee Assistance Programmes (EAPs)
- SmartHealth
- Free eye tests
- 26 days' annual leave, plus bank holidays
- Long service awards
- Pension scheme with employer contributions matched up to 6%
- Death in service benefit
- Life assurance (4x annual salary)
- Plus many more!
