Production Planner - County Clare

Production Planner - County Clare.

Reporting to the Head of Production, as Production Planner you will be responsible for developing, maintaining and optimising the production schedule to ensure customer delivery commitments are achieved while maximizing manufacturing efficiency.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop, maintain and manage the production schedule through the ERP system to support customer demand and operational objectives.
• Plan and balance production workloads to maximize capacity utilisation, efficiency and on-time delivery performance.
• Monitor production progress and proactively adjust schedules in response to changing priorities, resource constraints or machine downtime.
• Work closely with Customer Service to align production plans with customer delivery requirements and communicate schedule changes where necessary.
• Coordinate with Purchasing and Warehouse teams to ensure material availability supports the production schedule.
• Liaise with Quality and Incoming Inspection teams to ensure critical materials are prioritised and available for production in a timely manner.
• Monitor Work in Progress (WIP) and identify potential bottlenecks or delays, coordinating with relevant departments to maintain schedule adherence.
• Track and coordinate outsourced processing activities to ensure supplier delivery commitments align with production requirements.
• Monitor production performance against schedule and highlight risks, constraints and improvement opportunities to management.
• Develop a strong understanding of the ERP system and utilise system data to support effective planning and decision-making.

Skills & Qualifications requirements:
• Experience in production planning, supply chain, or a similar operations role (manufacturing environment preferred).
• Strong organisational and problem-solving abilities with a proactive approach to issues.
• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment and manage competing priorities.
• Proficiency with ERP systems