Production Planner

**Production Planner**

**Location**: Stirling, FK7 7QQ.
**Salary**: Commensurate with experience.
**Contract**: Full time, permanent.

Superglass are a manufacturer of mineral glass wool thermal and acoustic insulation. We currently have an opportunity for a Buyer Planner to join our site based in the heart of Stirling.

This is a varied role in our Supply Chain with the primary responsibility of ensuring material availability to support the sales forecast. Other responsibilities include managing inventory levels, supporting material/product level revisions, interacting/coordinatingwith suppliers on a variety of topics, and supporting other business functions as required.

**Production Planner - Accountabilities**
- Create 24 to 72 hours production plans covering 3 production lines over 2 shifts, 24/7, 365 days a year.
- Daily Stock checks to maximise warehouse space utilisation.
- Ensure the production plans & finished goods stock levels are sufficient to cover customer demand and the flexibility required for a demanding and fast changing order book.
- Work closely with production stakeholders, maximising production output & efficiencies.
- Manage Quarantine stocks, ensuring material is dealt with accordingly in a timely manner.
- Liaise with Sales, Customer Service & Transport teams to ensure a industry leading OTIF level is achieved.
- Organise & lead a daily planning meeting with relevant stakeholders to identify & address any potential problems with supply.
- Collection, maintenance & analysis of data for KPI’s & daily/weekly/monthly reporting.
- To assist and support the other roles within the Supply Chain Team, overlapping responsibilities & holiday cover may require completion of tasks in addition to your normal duties.

**What we need from you**

**Essential Skills**
- Experience of planning within a manufacturing environment.
- Strong communicator who works well as part of a team.
- Highly numerate with a strong focus on detail & accuracy.
- Ability to work to deadlines.
- Problem solving skills.
- Highly organised;
- Ability to learn and desire to develop
- Interpersonal skills

**Desired Skills**
- Experience of working with ERP/MRP systems, especially SAP S4HANA

**If you have the right to work in the UK and have the skills and experience to be our new Production Planner we’d love to hear from you