Production Planner

Production Planner – High-Mix Manufacturing (Energy & Industrial Sector)

Location: Sharjah, UAE
Salary: Competitive + benefits

Join a global leader in engineered interconnect and power solutions, supporting critical applications across energy, renewables, and industrial sectors.

Our client is an international manufacturing organisation operating in a fast-paced, high-mix, low-to-medium volume environment. The business delivers high-reliability components and assemblies used in demanding applications, with a strong reputation for quality, delivery performance, and operational excellence.

Due to continued growth, they are seeking a Production Planner to play a key role in aligning demand, capacity, and materials within a highly configurable, customer-driven manufacturing setting.

The Opportunity

The Production Planner will be responsible for developing, executing, and monitoring production schedules that support both customer requirements and broader business objectives.

Acting as a central coordination point between Sales, Operations, Supply Chain, and Engineering, you will translate a mix of forecasts, project-based demand, and customer orders into executable production plans. You will play a critical role in ensuring optimal capacity utilisation, material flow, and on-time delivery performance.

This role is suited to a detail-oriented planning professional with strong ERP experience and a solid understanding of complex manufacturing workflows and product structures.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and manage daily, weekly, and monthly production schedules
• Create and maintain Master Production Schedules (MPS)
• Plan across high-mix product lines, including custom and configurable products
• Analyse capacity (labour, machines, shifts) and resolve constraints
• Release and manage work orders through ERP/MRP systems
• Monitor progress and adjust plans to mitigate delays or shortages
• Track KPIs including plan adherence and OTIF
• Support S&OP processes and cross-functional planning cycles
• Coordinate closely with Procurement, Engineering, Warehouse, and Quality
• Drive continuous improvement in planning processes and system usage

About You

• 3–5 years’ experience in production planning or manufacturing operations
• Background in high-mix, engineered, or industrial manufacturing environments
• Strong ERP/MRP experience (Epicor highly desirable)
• Solid understanding of BOMs, routings, and configurable product structures
• Advanced Excel and strong analytical capability
• Experience working cross-functionally within S&OP frameworks

What Sets This Role Apart

• Exposure to energy, renewables, and industrial technology sectors
• Work within a highly engineered, non-volume manufacturing environment
• Real impact on delivery performance and operational efficiency
• Join a globally recognised business with strong growth trajectory
• Collaborative, fast-paced environment with clear progression potential

Why Apply?

If you’re a production planner looking to step into a more complex, high-value manufacturing environment, where planning genuinely drives business performance, this is an excellent opportunity to take that next step.