Production Planner - 6 Month Contract

Job Description

We’re looking for a proactive Production Planner to join us on a 6 moth contract to lead the downstream supply chain, ensuring operational excellence and a seamless customer experience from order to delivery.

What you’ll do:

• Create and manage detailed production schedules that align customer demand with operational efficiency
• Raise work orders and manage MRP messages to deliver a streamlined production flow
• Monitor schedule adherence, lead times, and COTD performance to drive continuous improvement
• Own product master data and lifecycle phases in ERP, ensuring portfolio efficiency and cost control
• Coordinate recovery plans for overdue orders and communicate resolution strategies
• Reconcile the sales order book to ensure alignment across inventory, revenue, and customer expectations
• Collaborate cross-functionally to build master production plans that optimize resources and shift patterns
• Manage finished goods inventory policies and engineering change requests
• Report on key supply chain metrics including OTD, inventory health, and cost drivers
• Champion lean principles and deploy planning methodologies like infinite planning, flex planning, and MPS
• Act as deputy to the Supply Chain Manager within the Rotork Management Operating System
• Coach and support team members to deepen supply chain knowledge
• Lead the SiOP process, owning demand planning and capacity alignment across a 3–18 month horizon

Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to degree level or with appropriate workplace experience/qualification.
• Experience with, and sound knowledge of manufacturing supply-chain, planning and Lean methodology.
• Strong data analysis and experience with an ERP system. Knowledge of Material Requirements Planning.
• Use of common tools such as Microsoft Word, Excel and Power point.
• Strong skills in problem solving and the ability to troubleshoot and resolve scheduling conflicts and resource constraints
• Proficient in interpreting bills of materials and configured product structures

Desirable

• APIC’s certified desirable.
• 6 Sigma green belt trained and/or lean equivalent. Personal Specification: Essential
• Excellent relationship management and communication skills, with the ability to work collaboratively.
• Keen eye for detail and ensuring data integrity and accuracy.
• Agile leadership with the ability to adapt to changing conditions and be a change agent