Job Title: Production Planner
Location: Tonbridge, Kent
Salary: £42,000 per annum + Excellent Benefits DOE
Job Type: Full-time, Permanent
Reporting to: Supply Chain Manager
Team Leadership: Materials & Production Planners
Are you a proactive leader with a passion for driving efficiency and improving production processes? We're recruiting for an experienced Production Planning Supervisor to join a forward-thinking manufacturing company that values innovation and teamwork. This is an exciting opportunity to make a real impact on the production planning process, ensuring that customer demands are met with precision and excellence.
What You'll Be Doing:
As the Production Planning Supervisor, you'll be the vital link between departments to ensure seamless production. You'll manage a dedicated team of planners while collaborating with key stakeholders to keep everything running like clockwork.
- Master the Schedule: Create and maintain the Master Production Schedule in SAP, ensuring the entire manufacturing team is aligned and ready to meet deadlines.
- Lead & Inspire: Manage a dynamic planning team, providing mentorship, identifying training needs, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
- Collaborate Across Teams: Lead crucial meetings like Frozen Zone and Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP), ensuring everyone is on the same page when it comes to schedules and forecasts.
- Optimize with SAP: Use SAP to streamline production documentation, track progress, and ensure that everything flows smoothly on the shop floor.
- Capacity Planning: Provide critical data for effective decision-making on overtime and subcontracting needs, ensuring production stays on track.
- Drive Improvement: Spearhead continuous improvement projects, enhancing efficiency and reducing build times, while promoting lean manufacturing principles.
- Stand-In Leadership: Be ready to step up as the Supply Chain Manager when needed, ensuring smooth operations across the board.
What We're Looking For:
- Manufacturing Experience: You'll have a solid background in production scheduling, planning, and logistics within a manufacturing environment.
- SAP Expert: Proficiency in SAP, particularly MM (Materials Management) & PP (Production Planning) modules, is essential.
- Leadership Skills: Proven experience leading and developing teams, with the ability to inspire and drive positive change.
- IT & Data Savvy: Strong MS Office skills, especially Excel, and an ability to analyze KPIs and performance data to make informed decisions.
- Problem Solver: A proactive and innovative approach, with a talent for identifying opportunities to improve processes and lead teams through change.
Why You'll Love Working Here:
- Career Growth: Be part of a company that invests in your development, offering training and progression opportunities to help you reach your full potential.
- Innovative Environment: Work in a dynamic, fast-paced manufacturing setting where your ideas for improvement will be valued and implemented.
- Collaborative Culture: Join a team that prides itself on respect, open communication, teamwork, and recognising everyone's contribution.
- Impactful Role: Your work will directly contribute to the efficiency and success of the company's production, giving you the chance to make a real difference.
What's in It for You?
- Pension after 3 months
- Life cover from day 1
- Health Shield cash plan after 7 months
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Great company culture
- EAP
- Long service awards
- Lots of employee well-being initiatives
Ready to Take the Next Step?
If you're ready to step into a role where you can lead a team and optimize production processes within a well-established and innovative company, we'd love to hear from you!
Morgan Jones
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