Planner
Location
sunderland, england
Job Type
Full-time
Category
Management & Operations
Posted
June 06, 2026
The Company
Your client is a market leading manufacturing company. Due to growth, they are now looking to recruit a Planner.
The Role
- The Planner is responsible for developing, maintaining and communicating production schedules to ensure efficient manufacturing operations and on-time delivery to customers.
- The role coordinates demand forecasts, inventory levels and manufacturing capacity to create achievable production plans while minimizing downtime, shortages and excess inventory.
- The Planner works closely with Operations, Procurement, Warehousing and Commercial teams to ensure alignment between customer demand and production capability.
- Create and maintain daily and weekly production schedules based on demand forecasts, inventory levels and manufacturing capacity.
- Ensure production plans support customer deliveries.
- Monitor production progress and adjust schedules to manage changes in demand, d...