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Job Vacancy: Production Planner – Sittingbourne

Location: Sittingbourne, Kent
Position: Full-time
Hours: Monday to Thursday, 07:30 – 16:00 | Friday, 07:30 – 13:30
Salary: £35,000 to £38,000 per annum
Benefits: 33 days holiday (including Bank Holidays), Pension scheme

Our client, a market leader in the aerospace industry, is seeking a Production Planner to join their team at their Sittingbourne foundry. This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced planner to manage production schedules, ensure on-time delivery, and collaborate with internal teams and customers to meet business goals.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Achieve Targets: Ensure daily, weekly, and monthly production and sales targets are met.

  • Customer Relations: Work with customers to resolve issues and maintain 100% on-time delivery performance.

  • Production Planning: Plan and adjust production schedules to meet sales targets.

  • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Coordinate with technical, quality, commercial, and production teams to address any issues.

  • Arrears Management: Proactively manage and reduce arrears risk.

  • Job Routing & Prioritisation: Manage job routing using Aventa and prioritise tasks through the Work to List system.

  • Capacity Planning: Support Capacity Capability Planning (CCP) and system development.

  • Sales Forecasting: Submit weekly sales forecasts to ensure effective resource planning.

    Ideal Candidate:

  • Proven production planning experience, ideally in manufacturing or aerospace.

  • Understanding of quality systems and operational best practices.

  • Experience in supporting and sustaining continuous improvement efforts.

  • Strong communicator with problem-solving abilities and a proactive approach.

  • Able to collaborate across teams and manage customer and supplier relationships

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