Production Planner and Sales Operations Planner Opportunity – Kent Opportunity: An exciting opportunity has been created due to company growth. My client a global pharmaceutical manufacturing company are looking to recruit an experienced Production Planning and Sales Operations Planning Manager where you will own and manage the site planning process to ensure consistent delivery of customer orders for drug products. Day to day duties and responsibilities include: * Master Production Scheduling and 3-24 months Sales & Operations Planning periods. * Ensuring data is robust and accurate, to enable timely decisions. * Owning and managing the site inventory processes to maintain appropriate stock levels, and manage short dated, expired, aging and slow moving inventory. * Working with key site suppliers. * Implementation of process improvement projects. * Logistics Strategy Development and Implementation. * Customer Service. The hours of work are Monday to Friday 8.45 am to 4.45 pm / 37.5 hours per week. This is a 9 months contract role based in Kent which will be reviewed for a possible extension or go permanent however this is all dependent on the candidate and business performance. The PAYE rate £25.63 per hour. Skills: To apply for the role of Production Planner and Sales Operations Planner you will have the following: * A proven track record in managing planning processes in a manufacturing environment, ideally within a pharmaceutical or fast moving goods business. * Pharmaceutical Industry experience would be advantageous as a strong working knowledge of the requirements of a manufacturing organisation to be compliant with regulations, legislations and cGMP are an integral part of the role. * Experience of a manufacturing organisation, preferably with a make-to–order strategy, is highly desirable. How to Apply: To apply for this one off opportunity, please send a word copy of your CV to me now by clicking on the Apply button or call me for a confidential chat. Please ensure you have read and agree to our Privacy Policy which can be found on the Quality Start website. If this sounds like the role for you or a colleague then please don’t hesitate to contact us. If we manage to successfully fill a permanent placement from your recommendation then we will send you a cheque of £300. We also have many incentive schemes for referring contractors/temp staff so please contact us with the referral and we can provide you with more information. For a list of our current vacancies, please visit the Quality Start website. If you do not hear from Quality Start within 2 weeks your CV has not been short listed for this role. Quality Start are acting as a specialist recruitment consultancy for this role