Job Title: Production Planning Coordinator
Hours: Monday – Friday (40 hours)
Salary: Competitive (DOE)
Benefits: Private medical insurance, increasing annual leave with service, additional annual leave salary sacrifice scheme, employee discount platform, med24 digital GP, EAP, Bike2work & more.
Job Purpose: The Production Planning Coordinator is responsible for planning, coordinating and optimising production activities to ensure customer orders are manufactured efficiently, delivered on time and aligned with business priorities.
Reporting to the Operations Manager, the role acts as the operational link between the factory and the commercial team. Working closely with the Sales team, the Production Planning Coordinator reviews the sales pipeline, open quotations and confirmed orders to identify opportunities to bring work into production earlier, improve material utilisation, maximise production capacity and support profitable sales conversion.
The role is responsible for balancing customer demand, manufacturing capacity, material availability and operational priorities to ensure production decisions support both commercial objectives and operational performance.
Responsibilities:
- Own and optimise the production planning process, developing and maintaining the daily and forward production plan to maximise capacity utilisation across the CNC, Assembly and Glazing production lines.
- Partner with the Sales team to review the sales pipeline, quotations and confirmed orders, identifying opportunities to improve factory utilisation, accelerate production and support commercial decision-making.
- Coordinate production readiness by ensuring materials, components, documentation and resources are available to maintain uninterrupted production and minimise downtime.
- Manage production priorities by working closely with Operations, Supply Chain, Inventory and Warehouse to balance workload, resolve material constraints and optimise production flow.
- Monitor production progress, identifying bottlenecks, risks and capacity constraints, implementing solutions to improve delivery performance and operational efficiency.
- Maintain accurate production planning data, ensuring work orders, schedules and planning records are current, accurate and aligned with business priorities.
- Drive continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to enhance planning processes, material utilisation, productivity, cost efficiency and customer service.
- Take ownership of production planning performance, monitoring and reporting against agreed KPIs including production schedule adherence, production readiness, factory capacity utilisation, On-Time-In-Full (OTIF) delivery and planning-related downtime, using performance data to support operational and commercial decision-making.
Skills and Experience Required:
- Proven experience in a production planning, production coordination or manufacturing planning role within a manufacturing environment.
- Strong understanding of production planning, scheduling, capacity planning and material availability, with experience using ERP/MRP systems.
- Excellent analytical, organisational and problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and make informed planning decisions.
- Strong communication and relationship-building skills, with the ability to work collaboratively across Sales, Production, Purchasing and Operations.
- Competent in Microsoft Office with experience using production data and KPIs to support planning, continuous improvement and operational decision-making.
Personal Attributes:
- Highly organised and proactive, with the ability to plan ahead, prioritise effectively and anticipate production requirements.
- Excellent communicator and relationship builder, able to collaborate effectively across Sales, Production, Purchasing and Operations.
- Commercially aware, analytical and solutions focused, with the ability to make informed decisions, drive continuous improvement and balance customer and operational priorities.
Company Overview:
Precision Door Solutions is a leading manufacturer of glazed and pre-hung internal door sets, providing to door specialists, builders’ merchants, and independent door shops across the UK.
Having full control of the manufacturing process from end to end sets us apart from our competitors, allowing us to deliver a consistent and superior product to the UK market.
Our continued success is driven by our ability to produce high-quality doors at competitive and accessible costs, pivoting to meet customer needs and bringing new and innovative designs to market. All of this is delivered by our agile and forward-thinking team.
Benefits:
- Additional leave
- Company events
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Enhanced maternity leave
- Enhanced paternity leave
- On-site gym
- On-site parking
- Private medical insurance
Work Location: In person
