Production Planner

Job Role: Production Planner Location: Leicestershire Shift: Monday - Friday Salary: up to £38k (doe) The Company: A role has become available for a Production Planner at a well-established design business based in Loughborough (Leicestershire).
Reporting to the Operations Manager you will be responsible for the creation and execution of the Production Plan to fulfil customer demand (on-time and in-full).
Job Role Responsibilities: Check and run capacity plan.
Plan and schedule all manufacturing orders on daily basis to meet on time customer delivery promised date.
Develops manufacturing work orders in accordance with Material Requirement Planning (MRP) planned order requirements.
Calculate and provide accurate lead time expectations and delivery estimates to sales.
Confirm to sales via updating ERP system with confirmed duel date after planning and reviewing capacity and resources.
Liaise and check on shop floor with production to ensure plan is running to schedule.
Run daily backlog report and action recovery plan.
Analyse sales and shipment data daily and ensure order remain on time within 95% OTD target.
Resolve any exceptions (over or under capacity) by changing available labour or equipment The Candidate: Understanding of the principles of production planning and supplier management.
MRP knowledge/experience is essential.