Production Planner

Bela Recruitment is hiring a Production Planner to work in Downpatrick Co. Down, Northern Ireland.
Salary £30,000 - £39,000 depending on skills & experience.

You will be joining a truly remarkable company, which has invested huge amounts of money, energy, and innovation to ensure they can produce world-leading products. This is somewhere you can forge a long career.

*We are open to talking with anyone with strong MS Excel skills and / or any type of planning experience as training can be provided. This might even suit someone from a Finance/Accounts/Production or Supply Chain background looking for a change in career.*

Responsibilities
· Create daily & weekly production schedules for a factory.
· Load multiple forecasts into the planning tool (Excel worksheet), analyse the data and create the plans from here.
· Review the previous day’s production activity and replan any missed production activity.
· Investigate and report any missed production from the previous day.
· Production Plans must be planned for labour utilisation & minimising the impact of shift changeovers, ensuring you meet order requirements and optimise our customer service level.
· Account for any planned maintenance works, NPD trials and any prioritisation of products based on the up-to-date production plan and real-time customer orders.
· As a planner, you will align production and demand based on agreed SLA rules.
· Communicate the production plan to the management team and be responsible for calling off required raw materials and tertiary packaging items based on the production plan whilst adhering to internal stock control policy.

Requirements
· You will have a min of 1 year of planning or scheduling OR strong MS Excel skills and be willing to learn a planner job.
· Proficient in the use of Excel and have the numerical ability to record, interpret and analyse key process data and trends.
· You must be motivated with a can-do attitude and be a team player.
· Strong IT skills, interpersonal skills and communication skills are a must.

Working Hours - You can work either;
Sun – Thu 5 days per week doing an 8hr day shift. Sunday can be from home once trained.
OR
Sun – Wed 4 days per week doing 10hr day shift. Sunday can be from home once trained.

Rewards
£30,000 - £39,000
Plus great benefits including
Hybrid working
Pension
30 Holidays
Brand New Electric Car Salary Sacrifice Scheme
Company celebration events
Heavily subsidised restaurant.
Retail discount card.
Discounted gym membership.
Cycle to work scheme.
Free parking.
Health schemes.
Death in service scheme.
Length of Service Perks
Social & Sport Clubs
Career development opportunities & training
Work for an employer of choice
Enhanced Maternity Leave after 2 years of service.

How to Apply
Click on Apply button & send your cv to Jason Corr at Bela Recruitment ASAP or call 0-7-5-4-8 3-6-9 5-5-7

All applications will be strictly confidential and no cv’s will be sent to any employer without your permission.