Job Description:
Role Overview:
Join our Supply Chain team in Duxford, UK as a Production Planner Scheduler.
You will create and manage short-term production schedules, balancing labour, machine and material capacity to keep production on track. Working closely with Production and Warehousing, you will help resolve constraints, improve schedule adherence and support customer deliveries.
Do you think you’re the right fit for this opportunity? Apply today!
Role Responsibilities:
As a Production Planner Scheduler, you will be responsible for:
- Creating and maintaining production schedules in line with available capacity.
- Adjusting schedules in response to changing orders, priorities and constraints.
- Monitoring production progress and proactively addressing potential issues.
- Partnering with Production to support customer delivery requirements.
- Setting priorities to achieve schedule adherence targets.
- Coordinating with Production Shift Managers.
- Releasing process orders and supporting effective campaign planning.
- Managing materials effectively, including FIFO.
- Identifying opportunities to improve planning and scheduling processes.
Experience and Competencies:
What we are looking for:
- Degree in Business or Supply Chain, with APICS or equivalent experience.
- Production scheduling experience within an industrial environment.
- Knowledge of SAP or similar business systems.
- Good understanding of planning concepts and commercial priorities.
- Strong Excel and data analysis skills.
- Strong communication, collaboration and relationship-building skills.
- Ability to manage changing priorities and work effectively under pressure.
- A proactive, process-focused approach with strong problem-solving skills.
- Resilience and flexibility
What We Offer:
We want our people to feel supported both professionally and personally. At our Duxford site, our benefits package includes:
- A competitive salary, and guaranteed annual payment of 4% paid annually in November (pro-rata for completed months worked in first year)
- Opportunity to participate in Corporate incentive bonus scheme after qualifying period (subject to business and personal performance)
- A pension contribution of up to 12%, where employee contributes 5% (other percentage options available)
- Private medical insurance and an Employee Assistance Programme.
- 25 days' holiday plus bank holidays, an additional birthday day off, and long-service leave.
- Enhanced family-friendly benefits, including maternity, adoption, and paternity support.
- Access to Cycle to Work and discounted gym membership schemes.
- Company-funded training and development opportunities to support your career growth.
- Access to over 10,000 online learning courses.
- Free onsite parking
- A collaborative and inclusive culture where safety, innovation, and continuous improvement are valued every day
What next?
If you would like to join an innovative, collaborative and multicultural team, please apply now. Your application will be forwarded to a Talent Acquisition Partner, who will strive to get back to you as soon as they can. We understand that applying for a new job is a big decision and we will work hard to keep you updated and support you along the way.
About Us:
At Huntsman, we pride ourselves on being a people-oriented organization.
Our family-like atmosphere is cultivated by our diverse groups of team members around the world.
We welcome the talent, experience and fresh ideas that employees at all stages of their careers, from interns to seasoned professionals, bring to Huntsman.
In return, we offer you the opportunity to become an integral part of a dynamic, industry-leading company, where safety and ethics always come first.
Additional Locations:
Skills Required
- Degree in Business or Supply Chain
- APICS certification or equivalent experience
- Production scheduling experience in an industrial environment
- Knowledge of SAP or similar business systems
- Understanding of production planning concepts and commercial priorities
- Strong Microsoft Excel and data analysis skills
- Strong communication, collaboration, and relationship-building skills
- Ability to manage changing priorities and work effectively under pressure
- Proactive, process-focused approach with strong problem-solving skills
- Resilience and flexibility
Huntsman Corporation Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Huntsman Corporation and has not been reviewed or approved by Huntsman Corporation.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage (medical/dental/vision) and EAP are consistently described as solid, with multiple plan options cited. Strong health benefits are frequently highlighted as a relative strength in the total package.
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Retirement Support — Retirement offerings include a 401(k) with employer contributions and equity through a stock incentive plan, with legacy pension arrangements for some groups. Retirement features are repeatedly referenced as a positive component of total rewards.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off, holidays, and floating days are described as good to very good in many roles. Vacation accrual is said to increase with seniority in some locations.
Huntsman Corporation Insights
What We Do
Huntsman Corporation is a publicly traded global manufacturer and marketer of differentiated and specialty chemicals with 2019 revenues of approximately $7 billion. Our chemical products number in the thousands and are sold worldwide to manufacturers serving a broad and diverse range of consumer and industrial end markets. We operate more than 70 manufacturing, R&D and operations facilities in approximately 30 countries and employ approximately 9,000 associates within our four distinct business divisions. We view our customers as valued partners. That’s why we believe in a collaborative approach to client relations and work directly with our customers to develop new chemical components that meet their unique needs. Our dedication to our customers is matched only by our dedication to the environment. As part of our commitment to bettering the industry, we strive to operate safe, clean, efficient facilities in an environmentally and socially responsible manner. This means actively seeking opportunities to leverage our resources to assist those in need around the world. It’s all part of our growth-driven approach, which reflects the spirit of free enterprise and is centered on creating mutual benefits for customers, employees, suppliers and the communities where we work.
