Production Planner

  • Prime Appointments
  • Basildon, Essex
  • Apr 24, 2026
Full time Manufacturing

Job Description

A client of ours in the Basildon area are recruiting a Production Planner to join their team. This is a full-time permanent position working Monday - Thursday 8.00am - 5.00pm and Friday 7.30am - 12.30pm. Paying 30,000 - 35,000 per annum depending on experience.

This role is a mix between office-based duties and factory floor duties.

Key Duties include but are not limited to:

  • Manage 1 account within the business
  • Deliver on time to cost and quality
  • Provide program update reports
  • Manage the dispatch schedules
  • Own the business metrics of quality, cost and delivery regarding parts passing through the company
  • Liaise with internal departments
  • Maintain, improve and stabilise the customer demand signals
  • Effectively plan and manage for program recovery if required
  • Generate visual business metric, which enable business performance to be tracked
  • Support business development, growth and improvement projects as required


Skills and Experience required to be considered for this Production Planner position:

  • Extensive knowledge of production processes and customer relationship management preferably within the aerospace or automotive industry or similar
  • MRP Management
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Account management experience


If you feel like you meet the above criteria & would like to be considered for this Production Planner position, please apply with your CV.