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Position title: Planner
Department: Supply Chain
Position title Manager: Supply Chain Manager
Position title direct reports: Zero
Location: Sunderland
The Planner is responsible for developing, maintaining, and communicating production schedules to ensure efficient manufacturing operations and on-time delivery to customers. The role coordinates demand forecasts, inventory levels, and manufacturing capacity to create achievable production plans while minimizing downtime, shortages, and excess inventory.
The Planner works closely with Operations, Procurement, Warehousing, and Commercial teams to ensure alignment between customer demand and production capability.