Production Planner

Dungannon

Vickerstock are working in partnership with a leading food manufacturing business based in Dungannon to recruit a Production Planner.

Reporting to the Planning Manager, you will play a key role in coordinating production activities, ensuring efficient factory utilisation and delivering exceptional customer service levels. This is an excellent opportunity to join a well-established business offering long-term career prospects within a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

The good bit:

• Competitive salary (depending on experience)
• Benefits package to include: Life Assurance cover, Death in Service, refer a friend, discounted products/subsidised canteen
• Career development opportunities
• Opportunity to play a key role within the planning function

Your day to day:

• Prepare daily production plans and forecasts for slaughter and boning operations.
• Coordinate factory resources including labour, facilities and packaging to maximise efficiency.
• Develop commercially focused weekly slaughter and boning schedules.
• Monitor production performance against plan and implement corrective actions where required.
• Ensure customer orders are fulfilled to agreed service levels.
• Maintain and update forecasting data and KPI reports.
• Work closely with production, operations and sales teams to optimise stock availability and minimise surplus inventory.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives across planning and production functions.

Your essential ingredients:

• Previous experience in a Production Planner role within a fast-paced production environment.
• Experience within food manufacturing or meat processing would be highly advantageous.
• Strong planning, scheduling and analytical skills.
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• High level of attention to detail, strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and confidence using Microsoft Office packages.

Your next step...
To find out more about this opportunity and a more detailed job description alongside responsibilities and requirements contact Paul Muir in complete confidence. T 028 9031 3720

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