Production Planner Lead

The Production Planning Leader is responsible for planning and scheduling manufacturing activities to support the delivery of automated stores and associated projects. The role leads a small team of planners, and works closely with Manufacturing, Engineering, Supply Chain, Project Management and Manufacturing Engineering to ensure production schedules, material availability and inventory strategies support customer requirements and business objectives. What You''ll Be Doing Lead and develop a small team of Planners, providing day-to-day direction, coaching, workload management and performance support. Develop and maintain production loading forecasts, balancing customer demand, manufacturing capacity and resource requirements. Manage sales orders, delivery performance and outbound logistics, ensuring production plans support OTIF delivery commitments while working closely with Warehouse, Manufacturing and Logistics teams to ensure materials and products are picked, packed and shipped on time. Manage inventory planning and material availability, including forecasting, safety stock, min/max levels. Work closely with Supply Chain, to manage material risks, backorders, lead times and capacity constraints, ensuring material availability while balancing inventory levels and supporting customer and business objectives. Work closely with Supply Chain, Manufacturing and Engineering to manage material risks, backorders, lead times and capacity constraints, ensuring customer ..... full job details .....