Help turn customer orders into achievable production plans
Metador is looking for an organised and proactive Production Planner to join our Operations team in Middlesbrough.
Reporting to the Planning Manager, you will create and maintain realistic production plans that meet customer delivery requirements and internal targets. You will coordinate orders across Sales, Planning, Production, Purchasing and Finance, working with both internal teams and external partners to keep orders moving and delivery commitments on track.
This role would suit someone who enjoys bringing structure to a busy manufacturing environment, can manage multiple priorities and is confident communicating when plans, risks or requirements change.
What you'll be doing
- Develop and maintain achievable production plans aligned to customer delivery dates.
- Coordinate design, approval, production, supply and delivery activities.
- Identify capacity and supply-chain constraints that could affect the plan.
- Work with customers and internal teams to secure order approvals and sign-off.
- Maintain accurate delivery dates and proactively manage risks to delivery.
- Communicate changes, priorities and potential issues clearly to relevant stakeholders.
- Work closely with Despatch and Finance to support accurate order records and timely invoicing.
- Maintain accuracy across multiple live orders while adapting plans as priorities change.
What we're looking for
- Strong organisational skills and excellent attention to detail.
- A methodical approach, with the flexibility to respond to changing priorities.
- Good problem-solving and analytical skills.
- A proactive, hands-on and results-focused mindset.
- Confidence working independently and as part of a wider operational team.
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to coordinate and influence across departments.
- Good IT skills, particularly Microsoft Excel.
- Previous experience in production or manufacturing planning would be advantageous.
Why join Metador?
You will be joining an ambitious British manufacturing business where effective planning has a direct impact on production performance, customer experience and delivery.
The role offers the opportunity to work across the full order journey, build strong relationships throughout the business and play an important part in improving how customer commitments are planned and delivered.
If you are organised, commercially aware and comfortable managing detail in a fast-moving manufacturing environment, we would like to hear from you.
The Package
Salary - £38-42k depending on experience
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