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Challenge

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What you will do
We have a vacancy for a Production Team Leader to join our team at our Melsonby, North Yorkshire (Electrical Production) site. The role will be to lead, develop and execute all production planning activities within a global electro/mechanical manufacturing and assembly environment. Aligning and ensuring robust production schedules, optimal material availability, and efficient use of resources to meet customer demand.

Production Planning & Scheduling

• Develop, maintain, and optimize detailed production schedules to meet customer orders, service levels, and inventory targets.
• Create and manage MPS/MRP plans using SAP S/4HANA  related transactions.
• Analyze capacity constraints, identify bottlenecks, and propose solutions to maintain stable production flow.
• Lead daily/weekly scheduling meetings, providing clear priorities and communicating schedule changes to all stakeholders.

Material & Inventory Management

• Ensure material availability to support production through effective planning of raw materials, WIP, and finished goods.
• Work closely with Procurement to manage supplier lead times, shortages, and unexpected disruptions.
• Monitor inventory levels and drive actions to reduce excess stock without compromising production continuity.

Operational Excellence & Continuous Improvement

• Analyse performance data (OTIF, schedule adherence, capacity utilization) and recommend improvements.
• Drive standardisation of planning processes and help implement lean manufacturing principles.
• Participate in cross‑functional improvement projects including NPI introductions, process changes, and ERP enhancements.

Profile

What we are looking for

• Significant experience in a manufacturing production planning or scheduling role, preferably electronics, engineering, or similar manufacturing environments.
• Proven skills in developing and implementing production planning systems.
• Strong working knowledge of SAP S/4HANA (especially Production Planning and MRP transactions).
• Excellent understanding of planning concepts: MRP, MPS, capacity planning, inventory control, and lean principles.
• High proficiency in MS Excel and data analysis tools.
• Strong communication and stakeholder‑management skills.
• Ability to work under pressure and manage competing priorities.

Benefit

What we offer

As well as providing a competitive salary and benefits package, SWARCO actively runs employee opinion surveys as part of our drive to provide a comfortable and supportive working environment.

We will support your development and you will also receive:

• 25 days holiday rising to 28 days excluding bank holidays
• Your birthday off (Annual Leave)
• Employee discounts portal
• Generous employer pension contributions
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Life assurance

Interested?
 Please apply by clicking on the link below.

 Applications are shortlisted on a rolling basis, and we reserve the right to interview and appoint before any advertised closing date. We, therefore, encourage you to apply at the earliest opportunity to avoid disappointment. Applications received after the closing date will not be processed.

 We have a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK, therefore successful candidates must have the right to work in the UK by the start of their employment. We are an equal opportunities employer.

Agencies, please note, that should we require recruitment agency involvement, we will contact the agencies on our PSL; we would ask that you respect the relationships we have already built with these suppliers. If an agency submits an unsolicited CV to any partner or employee of our company for a role we have not actively engaged with you on, you should be aware that they have no authority to enter an arrangement with you, and we will consider the CV a gift!

We will not be liable for any payment you charge in relation to it.

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