Production Planner

Production Planner

Location: Hawick, Scottish Borders
Salary: Between £30,000 - £35,000 DOE
Working Pattern: Full-time, site-based

Are you an experienced Production Planner looking for an opportunity to take ownership of production planning, improve operational efficiency and play a key role in a busy manufacturing environment?

We are recruiting for a Production Planner to develop, manage and optimise production plans, ensuring customer demand is met while maximising manufacturing efficiency.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone with a strong background in production planning, scheduling and capacity management who enjoys working collaboratively and identifying opportunities to improve processes.

The Role

Working closely with manufacturing and wider supply chain teams, you will be responsible for:

• Developing and managing short and medium-term production plans.

• Scheduling and sequencing production orders to meet customer demand and forecasts.

• Balancing production capacity, labour availability, machine constraints and material requirements.

• Monitoring inventory levels to ensure materials are available when required.

• Working closely with Manufacturing, Procurement, Engineering, Quality and Customer Service.

• Monitoring planning performance, including schedule adherence and plan achievement.

• Identifying and implementing opportunities to improve planning efficiency and operational performance.

• Supporting wider planning processes, including S&OP and S&OE.

• Contributing to improvements in ERP systems, planning processes and data accuracy.

About You

To be successful in this position, you will ideally have:

• At least three years' experience in Production Planning within a manufacturing environment.

• Strong knowledge of production scheduling and capacity planning.

• Experience managing complex production plans and competing priorities.

• A good understanding of wider supply chain principles, including inventory management.

• Experience using ERP/MRP systems, ideally SAP.

• Strong Microsoft Excel and analytical skills.

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.

• A proactive, organised and solutions-focused approach.

Experience with advanced planning systems or Plant Master would be advantageous.

A relevant degree or equivalent industry experience will be considered.

The Opportunity

This is an opportunity to join an established operation where you can make a genuine contribution to production performance, planning accuracy and continuous improvement.

If you have the production planning experience and analytical ability to make an impact, we'd love to hear from you.

Apply today to find out more.