Production Planner

Cosworth are seeking a Production Planner to join our team, responsible for managing our manufacturing requirements through effective scheduling and coordination of material supply. The successful candidate will play a key role in ensuring production plans align with customer demand, inventory targets, and resource availability.

The Role

• Develop, issue, and maintain weekly and monthly production schedules to meet demand and inventory targets.

• Maintain accurate production data in SAP.

• Propose recovery plans in response to changes in demand, material availability or equipment breakdowns.

• Balance workload across resources and shifts to optimize efficiency and minimize downtime.

• Collaborate with our Purchasing department and warehouse teams to ensure timely availability of BOM items.

• Liaise with suppliers and subcontractors to share requirement deadlines and forecast.

• Manage supply of raw material and subcontract services.

• Create purchase and production orders.

• Maintain strong relationship with stakeholders (internal departments, suppliers and subcontractors)

• Maintain long term resource utilization forecast based on multi-year production plan and NPI forecast.

• Participate in daily production planning reviews.

• Consider the health and safety, environmental and energy impact of all activities.

• Support the Company’s compliance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018 by following company policy and best practice.

Candidate Profile

• Understanding of manufacturing processes and capacity planning.

• Experience of using ERP systems in a planning role (preferably SAP S/4 Hanna).

• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.

• Clear communication and interpersonal skills across departments.

• Excellent organizational and time management skills.

• Exceptional attention to detail.

• Motivated to progress into a managerial role.