Production Planner

PRODUCTION PLANNER
SLIGO
An exciting opportunity has come up witha leading global manufacturing organisation to recruit an experiencedProduction Plannerfor their facility inSligo.
This is an excellent opportunity for a production or supply chain professional to join a high-performing manufacturing environment, playing a key role in balancing customer demand, manufacturing capacity and operational requirements.
The Role
Reporting to the Supply Chain Manager, the Production Planner will manage the end-to-end production planning and scheduling process, ensuring schedules are achievable, efficient and aligned with customer requirements.
Key Responsibilities:

• Developing daily, weekly and monthly production schedules.
• Balancing customer demand with capacity, materials and resources.
• Monitoring production performance, schedule adherence and production losses.
• Supporting DIFOT (Delivery in Full, On Time) performance.
• Proactively managing material shortages, labour constraints, downtime and operational disruptions.
• Coordinating raw material and shipment requirements to optimise inventory and Just-In-Time material flow.
• Working cross-functionally with Operations, Quality, Procurement, Warehousing, Logistics, Engineering and Customer Service.
• Supporting new product integration and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Maintaining accurate planning records, reports and documentation.
• Acting as a key contact for production planning and scheduling across the site.

The Ideal Candidate:

• A Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, Operations Management, Supply Chain or a related discipline.
• 3–5 years' experience in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Strong knowledge of production planning and scheduling.
• Excellent analytical, organisational and problem-solving skills.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management abilities.

Technical Skills

Ideally, you will have experience with:

• ERP/SAP systems
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Project
• Power BI
• Production planning and scheduling systems