Production Planner

Location: Winsford 
Salary: £35,000 – £45,000 (DOE)

Monday to Friday 40 hours

The Role

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Production Planner to join a fast-paced manufacturing environment. This position plays a key role in ensuring production operations run efficiently, with a strong focus on planning, scheduling, and coordinating workloads to meet customer demand.

You will be responsible for balancing production capacity, materials, and delivery schedules, ensuring orders are completed on time and operations run smoothly.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain production schedules in line with customer demand and operational capacity
• Coordinate with purchasing, inventory, and production teams to ensure materials are available when required
• Analyse order data, forecasts, and historical trends to plan production effectively
• Plan and coordinate transport schedules for deliveries using an internal fleet
• Liaise with production, logistics, and customer service teams to ensure delivery commitments are met
• Monitor work-in-progress and adjust plans to respond to changing priorities
• Communicate schedules and updates clearly across all relevant departments
• Identify and resolve scheduling conflicts, bottlenecks, and capacity constraints
• Produce reports on production performance, delays, and operational issues
• Support continuous improvement across planning and operational processes

Skills & Experience

• Proven experience in production planning, scheduling, or supply chain within a manufacturing environment
• Strong understanding of coordinating production against demand and capacity
• Experience with delivery scheduling or transport planning (advantageous)
• Advanced Excel skills and strong analytical capability
• Excellent organisational and problem-solving skills
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Strong communication skills with the ability to collaborate cross-functionally
• Experience with stock control, material planning, and resource management
• Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing or Six Sigma (beneficial)

Additional Information

• Office-based role within a manufacturing setting
• Regular interaction with production teams, logistics, and customer service
• Involvement in coordinating in-house transport operations
• Occasional communication with external stakeholders

Interested?

If you have the skills and experience required and are looking for your next opportunity, we would love to hear from you.

Leanne Dennis – leanne@kpir.co.uk
01270 589943

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