Job Title: Production Planner
Location: Gainsborough
Job Type: Contract
Salary: £29,000 + Benefits

Hours: Monday – Friday, 8.30am – 5pm

Planning

• The planning function will plan orders end to end of the production routing, ensuring each job is delivered “On Time” and “In Full” through the manufacturing processes, while linking with materials, internal sales and logistics.
• Co-ordinate the daily loadings for all Production orders.
• Maintain a weekly plan initially working to operational efficiencies while achieving OTIF.
• Work under the direction of the Demand, Planning & Customer Service Manager & the rest of the planning team to level load demand to meet customer delivery.
• Balance factory output to ensure WIP coverage to maintain efficiencies.
• Review daily call off lists with the conversion team to pro-actively identify any potential delivery issues.
• Issue job stock dates to the internal sales teams working closely with them to communicate any delays to jobs.
• Manage wip ensuring all available is planned to jobs. Close jobs when complete

Reporting

Produce and communicate daily reports including:

• Plan adherence
• Lost Production time
• Order escalations
• Daily 24-hour fixed plan.
• Communicate daily OTIF numbers (request & promise).

Relationship Management (Internal and External)

• Establish strong working relationships with Sales and Operational teams
• Establish strong relationships with colleagues

Person specification – Who you need to be

• Self-motivated individual
• Excellent communicator (written and verbal) at all levels within client and internal arenas
• Proactive, positive, enthusiastic – demonstrates “can do” attitude
• Great attention to detail
• Organised and calm under pressure
• Friendly, approachable and flexible – a team player
• Computer literate – ideally with a working knowledge of Microsoft Outlook, Word and Excel
• Ability to learn new systems will be key in our transition to a new ERP system in 2026