Senior Manufacturing Production Planner

Senior Manufacturing Production Planner

Salary: £50,000 – £60,000 (depending on experience)

Location: Feltham, Middlesex (Onsite)

We are seeking an experienced and proactive Senior Manufacturing Production Planner to join our dynamic production team. This is a key role within the business, responsible for leading planning activities across the shop floor to ensure materials, capacity, and resources are aligned to deliver customer requirements efficiently and on time.

As a Senior Manufacturing Production Planner, you will play an integral part in driving operational excellence. You will take ownership of production planning processes, ensuring the right materials are in the right place at the right time, while maintaining an executable operational plan that reflects capacity and demand.

The appointed Senior Manufacturing Production Planner will carry out the following Key Responsibilities

• Lead shop floor planning activities to support operational delivery
• Prioritise materials and resolve issues across functions including Goods In, Stores, Dispatch, Purchasing, and Engineering
• Liaise closely with Purchasing to ensure material availability and supply quality
• Raise, manage, and control Works Orders in line with MRP requirements
• Review and action MRP exception messages
• Maintain and manage MRP parameters in accordance with company policies
• Ensure full traceability across the shop floor, with an understanding of Aerospace/Medical requirements
• Align with Operations to support sales forecasting and site planning activities

The Selected Senior Manufacturing Production Planner will need to meet the following key criteria for the role;

• Proven experience in a production planning role within a manufacturing environment
• Strong knowledge of MRP systems and planning processes
• Excellent organisational and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work collaboratively across multiple departments
• Proactive communicator with a continuous improvement mindset
• Understanding of traceability requirements within highly regulated industry.
• Demonstrated experience working across complex and varied Bill of Materials (BOM) product lines

This position in other businesses can be referred to as; Production Planner or Production Scheduler, Production Planning Engineer or Lead Production Engineer, Production Planning Manager or Production Controller or Production Demand Planner or Demand Planner.

Ready to take the next step in your career? Apply today.