Production Planner

1 week ago

Aylesford ME PP, United Kingdom Prinova Europe Full time £35,000 - £40,000 per year

Production Planner (Full-time, Permanent)

On site - Aylesford, Kent

Unlock your potential with Prinova

We are Prinova, a leading global supplier of ingredients and premix manufacturing solutions and trusted by the world's best-known food, beverage, and nutrition brands.

Part of the NAGASE Group, our expertise lies in Ingredient Distribution, Manufacturing Solutions, and Customized Services. Our global network of colleagues, located in offices and manufacturing facilities around the world, deliver sustainable value-added solutions to our customers. We are recognized for our deep expertise, commitment to excellence, and bold innovation which have earned us a strong reputation as a trusted industry leader.

Wherever your career is headed, you'll find direction, opportunity, and belonging with us.

About the Role

This role is responsible for planning all orders into the production and planning schedules to ensure the customers' deadlines are met to the best of their abilities. Oversee all stock control tasks related to Production Planning. Communicating with departments such as Customer Support, Quality, Production and Warehouse to help ensure schedule adherence and help with completion of objectives. The Production Planner must be able to understand and manage the new MRP system in order to optimize production and customer service levels.

What's on offer?

  • Personal growth, including training and development opportunities.
  • Health Cash Plan.
  • Subsidised gym membership.
  • Discretionary bonus.
  • Access to flexible pay with Aslan.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Planning all customer orders in the most efficient way to maximise production capacity.
  • Responsible for raw materials allocation for all work orders in the plan, to meet production dates aligned with customer required delivery dates.
  • On a daily basis, review the MRP plan to production performance, and report any changes on customer delivery dates.
  • Liaise with Purchasing and Quality departments to ensure raw materials arrive and can be sampled within the necessary timescales.
  • Daily planning of the production/packing programs to meet 24 hours KPI from date PO was received.
  • Overseeing allocation or document queries and authorising batch changes for Production/Warehouse.
  • Participation and support in projects as and when required.
  • Minimising plan changes wherever possible by working closely with Production Team Leaders to match workload with resources to maximise productivity in the plant.
  • Investigate system errors and issues to provide effective and timely solutions.
  • Work on reducing system errors and issues where possible,
  • Advising the Warehouse team on transfers of raw materials from external Warehouses to the plant, to meet Production deadlines.
  • Provide cover for the other team members during holidays or absences.
  • Support stock takes and cycle counting.

The ideal candidate will have:

  • Experienced in a similar scheduling or planning role, ideally in FMCG or food manufacturing
  • Self-motivated, ambitious, and looking for career progression
  • Confident communicator who works well under pressure and prioritises effectively
  • Highly organised with a sharp eye for detail and a commitment to high standards
  • IT literate, comfortable using Excel, MRP systems, and planning tools like Orchestrate
  • Degree-level qualification (especially in a Supply Chain-related discipline)

Interested? Our client would love to hear from you

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