At STEM Recruitment our client is seeking a dedicated Production Planner to join their team based in Whitburn.

This is a great opportunity to progress and enhance your skills within production planning, with a company who offer great salary and benefits.

Duties will include:

* Process SOC's and Production Requests from internal departments and Sales/Internal sales, create routings and raise work orders to manufacture required items and sub-items.

* Ensure all planned work is scheduled successfully through the Factory Planning scheduling system, liaise with Inventory Controller, Stores and Materials department to issue and deliver materials to production in a timely manner.

* Review production schedules and prioritize production process to meet delivery deadlines.

* Coordinate with production supervisors to resolve production and delivery issues.

* Ensure materials are available for production by coordinating with purchasing and inventory control.

* Monitor shop floor processes and collaborate with departments for adherence to procedure and highlight any opportunities for improvement - material issues, pick-listing & WO Completions.

* Control of shop floor documentation.

* Oversee and develop both push and pull methods to achieve efficient and effective production processes.

* Monitor and maintain WIP ensuring efficient system processing for raw materials/forgings.

STEM Recruitment Solutions Ltd operates as both a Recruitment Agency and a Recruitment Business. We endeavour to reply to all applications when possible however on occasions this may not be possible due to the volume of responses. STEM Recruitment is a Scientific, Engineering and Manufacturing Recruitment business supplying talented staff to permanent and temporary opportunities