Production Planner

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Production Planner

Manchester, Trafford Park

£35,000 - £38,000 DOE

• Monday to Friday, 40 hours per week.

Your Role

At Coolfreeze, we are excited to be looking for a brilliant new team member to join our established team in Trafford Park.

The role of the Production Planner is to ensure the smooth running of the production demand by effectively planning within the supply chain and factories.

The purpose of the role is to understand demand, plan capacity and ensure all stakeholders are working to a schedule created by the planner. You will liaise with internal and external collaborators to ensure the delivery of the plan and raise any risks that may impact negatively it.

This role adds value to the business and your colleagues by ensuring processes happen smoothly, which contributes to organisational success. Your role can add extra value by actively looking for ways to be more effective and efficient for example, by creating or updating Standard Operating Processes to ensure clarity and consistency in how tasks are handled across teams. This enhances operational efficiency and ensures clarity.

Key Tasks

• Plan production and suppliers’ workload and identify risks
• Keep schedules updated with clear information.
• Ensure all materials are ordered and scheduled in to reduce inventory but also allow production plans to be delivered OTIF (On Time In Full).
• Monitor schedule adherence and report back on KPI’s relevant to the role
• Seek opportunities to improve the plan and supplier delivery performance
• Keep the MRP/ERP system updated
• Create Min/Max volumes based on data and product availability

This role will be a great fit for you if have the following skills and behaviours:

• Experience- Previous experience as a Production Planner is required.

• Communication - It sounds simple, but communication is at the heart of this role. You need to love being a main point of contact for many customers and liaising with departments across the business.
• Resilience – A resilient person is someone who has strong coping skills and can draw on these when life presents challenges.
• Accuracy – In order to be reliable for our customers and colleagues, you must have a great attention to detail.
• Motivation – To ensure personal and team success, being motivated is key.
• Time Management – Time management is essential to ensure efficiencies and keeping to deadlines.
• Teamwork - Collaborative mindset and ability to work effectively with various departments is essential for success.

Research shows that some people are less likely to apply for a role unless they meet 100% of the criterion. If you are qualified for the role, we encourage you to apply even if you don’t feel like you meet all our requirements. We want to know about your passions, achievements, learning and growth. If this role excites you, start a conversation with us!

Benefits for you

• Access to 100s of employee perks on Perkbox.
• Auto-enrolment pension.
• A day off for your Birthday.
• Enhanced Maternity and Paternity policies.
• Access to our wellness programme and Employee Assistance Programmes, including WeCare from Canada Life (EAP with 24HR Online GP access and second Medical Opinion).
• Reward and recognition programmes
• Death in service benefit.
• 20 days of annual leave, plus Bank Holidays

Application & Interview Support

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About Coolfreeze

Coolfreeze is an industry renowned bodybuilding (coachbuilders) company, with one site in Manchester and a second in Wiltshire. Our team are experts in their field and work to deliver exceptional customer service. So, whether our customers are needing a panel van or a 26-ton truck body, they can rely on our experience and knowledge to help them design the perfect vehicle. Our enduring success is built on a sound customer base who continue to use our services year after year, safe in the knowledge that we will meet their expectation. We have an incredible team of experts at Coolfreeze, with many achieving significant lengths of service with us, which is something we are really proud of. The longevity of our staff is a major contribution to our success and their input into our ISO 9001:2008 quality control system is an integral part of our high standards. Coolfreeze is a well-known and respected name in the industry and also has the resilience and high standing of owners, Rygor Group, behind it.

Hiring Process

We shortlist CVs online, so make sure to include information about yourself that makes you stand out

A short screening call with our hiring manager or a member of our people team

Come to site and meet the team, have a tour, and let’s have a chat so we can get to know each other better

‍ If your application is successful, we’ll be excited to make you an offer

Support - If you need to make reasonable adjustments to our process, please let us know so we can talk about how we can best support you and make the adjustments that may be needed.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB)

At Coolfreeze, we're committed to cultivating an environment that promotes diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging. We are a of professionals from all walks of life, and we believe our unique qualities should be celebrated. It's essential to us that you bring your authentic self to work every single day, no matter your age, ethnicity, religion, citizenship, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability status, caring responsibilities, neurodiversity, or otherwise.