Senior Production Planner

  • Jackson Hogg
  • Richmond, Yorkshire
  • Mar 21, 2026
Full time Manufacturing

Job Description

Senior Production Planner

Richmond, North Yorkshire

Full Time, Permanent

If you're commercially sharp experienced Production Planner and thrive in a fast-paced manufacturing environment, this could be a great fit.

Jackson Hogg is supporting a global manufacturing business in their search for a Senior Production Planner to drive production planning, scheduling and operational performance across their Production site.

This is a hands-on role where you'll take ownership of planning activity, ensuring production runs smoothly, materials are in place and customer demand is consistently met.

Role & Responsibilities

  • Lead and manage all production planning and scheduling activities across the site
  • Develop and optimise production schedules to meet customer demand and service levels
  • Own MPS/MRP planning through SAP
  • Identify capacity constraints and bottlenecks, implementing solutions to maintain flow
  • Lead daily and weekly scheduling meetings
  • Ensure material availability across raw materials, WIP and finished goods
  • Work closely with Procurement to manage supplier performance and mitigate shortages

Desirable Skills & Experience

  • Strong background in production planning or scheduling within manufacturing
  • Proven experience developing and implementing planning processes and systems
  • Solid working knowledge of SAP
  • Strong understanding of MRP, capacity planning and inventory control
  • Advanced Excel skills

This is a great opportunity to step into a role where you can genuinely influence operational performance and drive improvements across a complex manufacturing environment. If you're interested in finding out more, please get in touch.

Skye Madden - Managing Consultant at Jackson Hogg