Production Planner

Production Planner

Wise Employment are looking for a Production Planner to join a rapidly growing company in Cornwall. This role is a full time permanent position offering a competitive salary along with some fantastic benefits such as:

• Enhanced pension and private health scheme
• Employee discount programme
• Ongoing training, development, and progression opportunities
• A supportive, inclusive, and team-focused working environment

This specific role is working the weekend shift so Friday to Monday 06 30.

As a Production Planner your key responsibilities include:

• Producing daily plans for prep, production, and packing, plus 7-day and 2-week capacity plans
• Balancing capacity and minimising planned downtime through effective scheduling
• Monitoring despatch stocks, date life, and finished goods availability
• Acting as the guardian of customer service and communicating performance daily and weekly
• Generating and sharing KPI dashboards covering service, plan conformance, and waste
• Coordinating product trials, promotions, samples, and third-party production
• Liaising with commercial teams regarding service risks and concessions
• Supporting stock control and resolving despatch-related issues
• Completing handovers to the night shift team
• Analysing data to identify trends and improvement opportunities
• Supporting training documentation and delivery within the planning team

The Ideal Candidate

The successful candidate will be highly organised, detail-focused, and comfortable working in a demanding operational environment.

You will bring:

• Previous planning or scheduling experience, ideally within food manufacturing
• Strong Excel skills and experience with planning systems
• A high level of accuracy, problem-solving ability, and calmness under pressure
• Strong communication skills and the ability to influence across departments
• Commercial awareness and understanding of how planning impacts service and profitability
• A proactive, accountable approach with a focus on continuous improvement
• The ability to adapt to changing priorities and business needs
• A collaborative mind-set with the ability to coach and support others

If you feel you have what it takes then do not delay apply today!