Production planner

Function

• As a Planning & Production Officer, you translate customer needs, stock levels and production capacity into a feasible and efficient weekly production schedule. This ensures that customers receive their products on time and in the correct quantities.
• You draw up the personnel schedule, take account of leave and staffing per machine and align the schedule with the production manager, to whom you report.
• Stock management forms an important part of your role: you monitor raw materials, packaging materials and auxiliaries, place call-offs with suppliers in a timely manner and prevent shortages or unnecessary stock.
• In consultation with, amongst others, technical maintenance, purchasing and production, you make adjustments when capacity, material availability or technical circumstances change.
• You contribute to article management and support improvement projects by collecting, processing and analysing production data. Your insights help to make processes more efficient and more predictable.
• As a production planner, you think proactively alongside the production team, flag bottlenecks at an early stage and translate information into concrete actions.
• You also take on a back-up role for certain quality tasks, ensuring the continuity of day-to-day operations.

Profile

• A bachelor's degree in a relevant field is welcome; equivalent experience in production planning, supply chain or a comparable operational environment will also be considered.
• You bring approximately 5 to 10 years of relevant experience and have demonstrable affinity with production planning, stock management and capacity coordination.
• A strong knowledge of MS Office and good analytical skills help you to interpret data correctly, build schedules and make well-founded decisions.
• You communicate fluently and clearly in Dutch and can also use professional French and English for coordination with suppliers or colleagues.
• You work accurately, maintain oversight when priorities shift and take initiative. That combination is essential not only for solving problems, but also for continuously identifying opportunities for greater efficiency.

Organisation

This company is an internationally active family business within the food industry. Every day, with craftsmanship and attention to quality, various food products are produced and delivered to customers at home and abroad.

Offer

• A permanent contract in a varied role where planning, production, stock management and process improvement come together.
• A remuneration package in line with your experience, knowledge and responsibilities, supplemented by a set of employment conditions that match the role.
• You will work in Merchtem, within an internationally active family business in the food industry where craftsmanship, product quality and reliable deliveries are central.
• A collegial working environment with short lines of communication and direct consultation with the production manager and other relevant departments.
• Room to take initiative, further develop your expertise and contribute to improvement projects that have a visible impact on the production organisation.

Would you like to contribute as a Planning & Production Officer to an efficient and stable production process? Put yourself forward for this vacancy and tell us how you translate planning into results.