Production Planner

Accelerate the possible by joining a winning Amcor team that’s transforming the packaging industry and improving lives around the world.

At Amcor, we unpack possibility through our innovative and responsible packaging to provide solutions that benefit our customers, our people and our planet.  More than 10,000 consumers worldwide encounter our products every second and rely on us for safe access to food, medicine and other goods. We value their trust by making safety our guiding principle. It’s our core value and integral to how we do business.

Beyond this core principle, our shared values and behaviours unite us as we work together to elevate customers, shape lives and protect the future. We champion our customers and help them succeed. We play to win – adapting quickly in an everchanging world – and make smart choices to safeguard our business, our communities and the people we serve for generations to come. And we invest in our world-class team, empowering our colleagues to unpack their potential, because we believe when our people grow, so does our business.

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JOB PURPOSE

Amcor Flexibles’ Sligo is seeking an experienced Production Planner to join our team.  The Production Planner plays a critical role in balancing customer demand with plant manufacturing capacity to ensure the timely delivery of highly regulated flexible packaging products. Reporting directly to the Supply Chain Manager, the successful candidate will manage the end-to-end planning, scheduling, and overall efficiency of the manufacturing process. By working cross-functionally with operations, quality, procurement, and customer service, this role creates stable, cost-effective daily, weekly, and monthly production schedules. Ultimately, the Production Planner ensures Amcor Flexibles Sligo meets its short-term operational deadlines while supporting the long-term commercial goals of the company.

Principal Accountabilities 

• Safety Compliance: Adhere strictly to all site safety protocols to maintain a secure working environment and report any hazards or incidents immediately.
• Team Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional coworkers, internal teams, and stakeholders to ensure company operational goals are achieved.
• Production Planning & Scheduling: Plan, schedule, and coordinate with internal departments to deliver advanced daily, weekly, and monthly production schedules that meet customer DIFOT (Delivery in Full, On Time) targets.
• Capacity & Demand Review: Analyse customer demand patterns against manufacturing capacity constraints, and proactively adjust schedules for material variances, labour shortages, or machine downtime while highlighting efficiency improvements.
• Performance Reporting: Generate and deliver periodic reports on plan-versus-actual adherence, operational capacity, and weekly/monthly DIFOT loss-tree analysis to improve overall operational output.
• Schedule Monitoring: Monitor and adapt manufacturing lines to unforeseen disruptions using advanced scenario-based planning to minimise productivity losses.
• Raw Material & Shipment Planning: Coordinate with purchasing, warehousing, and logistics to support a Just-In-Time (JIT) material flow, safely minimizing excess raw material and finished goods stock to optimise working capital.
• New Product Integration: Partner with engineering and project teams to seamlessly integrate New Product Introductions (NPI) into the live production lifecycle without causing disruptions.
• Documentation Control: Maintain highly accurate, detailed records of all planning activities, schedule deviations, and technical issues encountered.
• Inventory Management: Support localised inventory management initiatives and monitor operational supply levels as required.
• Schedule Compliance: Assist the operations and production floor management teams in tracking and ensuring strict compliance with the finalised schedule.
• Site Communication: Act as the primary, central point of contact for all site queries relating to manufacturing planning and operational scheduling.
• Ad-Hoc Duties: Perform additional operational tasks and project duties as requested by the Supply Chain Manager or site leadership team.

QUALIFICATIONS: 

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Business Administration, Operations Management, Supply Chain, or a related field.
• Experience: 3 to 5 years of proven experience working within a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Industry Knowledge: A strong, foundational understanding of core production planning and scheduling principles.
• Operational Drive: Demonstrated ability to perform under pressure to meet tight deadlines, paired with a highly proactive approach to long-term planning.

SPECIFIC SKILLS & ABILITIES

• Language Proficiency: Fluent in English with exceptional written and verbal communication skills to drive clear alignment across all site departments.
• Global & Corporate Awareness: Strong cross-cultural awareness and interpersonal sensitivity to communicate effectively within a global organisation.
• Problem-Solving: Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities to resolve operational bottlenecks effectively.
• Professional Integrity: A strong work ethic anchored by reliability, trustworthiness, a genuine capacity to learn, and an open mindset toward professional growth.
• Work Ethic: A highly proactive, positive self-starter who is open-minded and eager to learn, take initiative, and contribute as a dependable team player.
• Task Management: Strong organisational skills with a proven ability to multitask, manage competing priorities, and perform under pressure to meet tight deadlines.
• Technical Systems: High proficiency in MS Office (especially Excel and MS Project) and Power BI along with practical experience utilising Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP / SAP) systems.
• High-Performance Teamwork: Ability to work as an active, effective, and reliable member of a high-performance team while showing respect and collaboration toward all co-workers.
• Relationship Building: Demonstrated capability to build trusted, collaborative working relationships with stakeholders across both local plant teams and corporate offices.
• Detail-Oriented Under Pressure: A sharp eye for detail paired with the ability to meet critical deadlines while managing fast-changing priorities.
• Mindset & Initiative: A positive, open-minded attitude toward new ideas, backed by a strong self-starter work ethic to prioritise your own daily workload.
• Continuous Improvement: A proven ability to identify operational bottlenecks and assist in continuous improvement (CI) initiatives within a complex manufacturing business.

About Amcor
Amcor is a global leader in packaging solutions for consumer and healthcare products. With industry-leading innovation capabilities, global scale and technical expertise, we help our customers grow and meet the needs of millions of consumers every day. Our teams develop responsible, more sustainable packaging in flexible and rigid formats across multiple materials. Supported by a commitment to safety, ~70,000 colleagues across ~140 countries bring our global capabilities to local customers and provide local access to global brands. Our work is guided by our purpose of elevating customers, shaping lives and protecting the future.
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