Operational Planner Manufacturing

📍 Location: Oslo, Norway

We are seeking a motivated and structured Operational Planner Manufacturing to join our Operations team at James Walker Norway AS.

Are you analytical, organised, and interested in manufacturing, logistics, and continuous improvement? Do you enjoy coordinating activities, solving planning challenges, and ensuring that production runs efficiently? This could be the opportunity for you!

The Role

As an Operational Planner Manufacturing, you will own and manage the production planning process, ensuring that production schedules are realistic, achievable, and aligned with customer demand, available capacity, and material availability. You will play a key role in coordinating activities across Sales, Procurement, Technical, Warehouse, and Production to support high delivery performance and efficient resource utilisation.

Reporting to the Operations Manager, you will work closely with the Team Leader Service Center to ensure effective execution of production plans and continuous improvement of planning processes.

Key Responsibilities:

• Own and manage daily production planning, including developing, maintaining, prioritising, and communicating production schedules.

• Plan and release production orders based on delivery requirements, production capacity, material availability, and business priorities.

• Monitor production orders, identify bottlenecks and capacity constraints, and initiate rescheduling where necessary.

• Execute and follow up material requirements planning (MRP) in SyteLine, working closely with Procurement to address material shortages and purchasing requirements.

• Collaborate with the Team Leader Service Center to align production plans with available resources, manage urgent orders, and address operational deviations.

• Coordinate with Sales, Technical, Procurement, and Warehouse to ensure effective information flow, material availability, and alignment of priorities.

• Act as a super user for planning processes within SyteLine, supporting the correct use of planning tools and maintaining high-quality master data and planning parameters.

• Monitor and analyse relevant KPIs, including delivery performance, production plan adherence, and capacity utilisation, identifying opportunities for improvement.

• Contribute to the development of planning processes, system functionality, digitalisation, and continuous improvement initiatives.

• Prepare reports and recommendations to support operational decision-making.

What You Bring

Essential Skills & Experience

• You have strong written and spoken Norwegian skills, and good English skills are preferred.

• You have a structured, analytical, and detail-oriented approach to work.

• You have strong organisational and coordination skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.

• You have good communication and collaboration skills, enabling you to work effectively across different departments.

• You have a proactive, solution-oriented mindset and the ability to identify and address planning challenges.

• You are proficient in Microsoft Excel and have a strong general understanding of IT systems.

Preferred:

• You have a relevant higher education qualification in Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Industrial Economics, Production Engineering, Engineering, or a related field.

• You have experience in manufacturing, production planning, material planning, logistics, or supply chain management.

• You are familiar with ERP systems and have an interest in process improvement.

• Experience with SyteLine or similar production planning systems is an advantage.

• Recent graduates are encouraged to apply. Relevant practical experience may compensate for a lack of formal education, and previous experience is desirable but not essential for the right candidate.

James Walker Values and Behaviours

Our values and ethos are central to the way we do business. They help to shape the culture of James Walker by defining the behaviors we expect from each other and guiding us in how we make decisions.

Treat others as they would like to be treated

Share your experiences and always welcome feedback

Earn people’s trust; see things from their point of view

Never stop learning; recognise failure and celebrate success

Understand our customers and what they need

Be an expert in what you do

Give your work the personal touch, showing people, you enjoy what you do

Deliver great service and make someone’s day

If something goes wrong, amaze people with a dazzling recovery

Make things happen and give it your best

Get it right first time and never pass on a fault

Keep your promises

Inspire others by the way you do things

Never be afraid to try something new

Ask yourself, “is this my best?”

Ready to Elevate Your Career?

If you’re ready to take your technical experience to the next level in a dynamic, industrial environment, we want to hear from you.

📩 Apply HERE.