Production Planner

1 week ago

Gateshead, United Kingdom Graphic Packaging International - Europe Full time

At Graphic Packaging International, we produce the paper cup that held your coffee this morning, the basket that transported those bottles of craft beer you enjoyed last weekend, and the microwave tray that heated your gourmet meal last night. We’re one of the largest manufacturers of paperboard and paper-based packaging for some of the world’s most recognized brands of food, beverage, foodservice, household, personal care and pet products. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, we are collaborative, diverse, innovative individuals who create inspired packaging while giving back to our communities.


With over 25,000 employees working in more than 130 locations worldwide, we strive to be environmentally responsible in our industry and in the communities where we operate. We are committed to workplace diversity and offer compensation and benefits programs that are among the industry’s best to reward the talented people who make our company successful.

If this sounds like something you would like to be a part of, we’d love to hear from you.


A World of Difference. Made Possible.


for our Plant at Gateshead, we are looking for a production planner, reporting into the Operations Manager.

The purpose of this role is to organize production plans according to demand and quality standards. The production planner will assume responsibility to manage and maintain the production plans to ensure our goods are produced on time for distribution in a profitable manner to achieve customer demand. This role is key to ensuring the smooth and cost-efficient operation of our production processes.


Specific Responsibilities:

  • Coordinate production workflow for multiple products over various Machinery.
  • Plan and prioritize operations to ensure maximum performance and minimise delays
  • Determine manpower, equipment and raw materials needed to cover production demand
  • Schedule shift according to production needs and customer commitment Dates.
  • Monitor jobs to ensure they will finish on time and within budget
  • Address issues when they arise aiming for minimum disruption, looking forward to plan accordingly .
  • Obtain output information (number of finished products, percentage of defectives etc.)
  • Prepare and submit status and performance reports
  • Administrative tasks
  • Collaborate with all departments to ensure any changes to plans are communicated and managed effectively.


Required Skills:

  • Experience in a fast paced production planning role
  • Excellent knowledge of production planning and quality control principles
  • Experience in MRP II (Manufacturing resource planning)
  • Working knowledge of MS Office and ERP systems
  • Strong analytical skills
  • Strong organizational and problem-solving skills and Flexibility .
  • Excellent communicator
  • Experience with planning nested trays and punnet forming machinery will be an advantage.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication
  • Strong stakeholder management
  • Able to prioritise in a fast paced environment where commitments may regularly change through the shift .
  • Pro-active with a can-do attitude
  • Works well in a team or equally unaided


How Graphic Packaging International can bring value to you:

Where to start? Not only are you part of a company that is effectively making a difference to make this world a better one and reduce our carbon footprint, but you are also part of the GPI family where people come first. Are we the perfect company? no we are not, but we striving every day to become that perfect company and therefore we are proud of our 3 P's: People - Packaging - Planet

This role in our Gateshead Plant is a challenging one where you can do more than just your daily tasks. You can make your mark and for this you will be rewarded appropriately and market competitive.






Graphic Packaging is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All candidates will be evaluated on the basis of their qualifications for the job in question. We do not base our employment decision on an employee's or applicant's race, colour, religion, age, gender or sex (including pregnancy), national origin, ancestry, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic identity, genetic information, disability, veteran/military status or any other basis prohibited by local, state, or federal law. Click here to view the EEO is the Law Poster

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