Production Planner – Permanent

40k-50k salary

Early Finish Every Friday

Location: Coalisland

Are you an experienced Production Planner looking for your next challenge?

Reed Recruitment is delighted to be recruiting on behalf of a leading and highly respected manufacturing business for a Production Planner to join their growing operations team.

This is an excellent opportunity to join an award-winning organisation that continues to invest heavily in both its people and technology. You'll play a key role in coordinating production schedules, ensuring customer delivery expectations are met, and helping drive operational efficiency across a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Schedule and plan production across multiple work centres with finite capacity constraints.
• Develop weekly and daily production plans to maximise efficiency.
• Work closely with the sales team to ensure production capacity aligns with customer demand.
• Liaise with purchasing and production teams to ensure materials and resources are available when required.
• Monitor production progress and provide timely updates on delivery schedules.
• Lead Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) meetings to review load versus capacity.
• Manage order scheduling and confirm delivery lead times.
• Maintain production output and dispatch records.
• Monitor customer forecasts and provide feedback on planning accuracy.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives and help develop planning processes within the ERP system.
• Act as the key point of contact for production scheduling and delivery-related queries

Essential Criteria:

• Previous experience in a production planning / scheduling role
• Experience of working in a high-volume role with a meticulous eye for detail.
• Experience in a customer facing role with proven ability to proactively deal with and resolve any customer queries
• Experienced in both master scheduling and detailed production planning in a multi work centre environment.
• Strong IT skills including Microsoft Office and previous MRP/ERP experience.
• Excellent planning & organisational skills
• Strong numeracy & literacy skills
• Clear and confident communicator with a good standard of both written and verbal English.

Desirable Criteria:

• Third level education
• Previous experience with advanced scheduling tools
• Previous experience in the engineering sector
• Good time management, interpersonal skills and an ability to work as part of a team to achieve company objectives

Hours of Work:

Monday – Thursday: 08:00 – 17:00

Friday: 08:00 – 14:00

Please submit an up-to-date CV today via the “Apply” link, or call the Branch and speak to Donna