Job Description
Job Title: Lead Production Planner
Location: Bristol
Salary: Up to £55,000 plus benefits
Employment Type: Permanent
Working Arrangements: Hybrid following probation (3 days on site, 2 from home)
An established engineering and technology company is seeking a Lead Production Planner to oversee its planning team and drive operational excellence across the full product and project lifecycle.
This is a senior, hands on leadership role where you ll guide planning activity, optimise production flow, and ensure seamless alignment from customer order through to shipment. You ll lead a team of five planners responsible for production scheduling, capacity planning, and inventory control, while strengthening processes, improving data accuracy, and supporting the introduction of new products.
Key Responsibilities
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Location: Bristol
Salary: Up to £55,000 plus benefits
Employment Type: Permanent
Working Arrangements: Hybrid following probation (3 days on site, 2 from home)
An established engineering and technology company is seeking a Lead Production Planner to oversee its planning team and drive operational excellence across the full product and project lifecycle.
This is a senior, hands on leadership role where you ll guide planning activity, optimise production flow, and ensure seamless alignment from customer order through to shipment. You ll lead a team of five planners responsible for production scheduling, capacity planning, and inventory control, while strengthening processes, improving data accuracy, and supporting the introduction of new products.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead, mentor, and develop a team of five planners, fostering high performance and continuous improvement.
- Own the production and capacity planning framework, ensuring accurate and reliable schedules.
- Build and maintain the Master Production Schedule and associated planning tools.
- Oversee demand forecasting, inventory planning, and material availability.
- Improve planning processes using Lean and data driven methods.
- Ensure planning data integrity and effective use of ERP/MRP systems.
- Work closely with engineering, sales, supply chain, quality, and operations to align plans and mitigate risks early.
- Strong planning experience within a manufacturing or engineering environment.
- Solid understanding of MRP II, ERP/MES systems, and modern planning methodologies.
- Confident working with data, forecasting, and scenario modelling.
- Proven leadership capability with experience coaching or supervising a team.
- Customer focused, analytical, and able to influence effectively across functions.
- Degree or equivalent experience in Supply Chain, Engineering, Operations, or similar.
- APICS, Lean, or CI certifications are advantageous.
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