Production Scheduler

DS Smith; Louth; On-site; GBP 60,000 - GBP 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A global leader in sustainable packaging is seeking a Production Scheduler in Louth to create and manage production schedules while optimising workflow. The role requires manufacturing experience, strong planning, and time-management skills, with a focus on effective communication in a fast-paced environment. Benefits include 24 days of holiday, pension scheme, and shopping discounts. Join a company committed to redefining packaging for a sustainable future.

Benefits

24 days’ holiday plus bank holidays

Pension scheme

Life assurance

Income protection

Employee assistance program

Cycle to work scheme

Shopping discounts

Qualifications

• Experience in manufacturing settings is required.
• Strong communication and influencing skills are necessary.
• The ability to work under pressure is essential.

Responsibilities

• Create and manage production schedules for corrugator and conversion areas.
• Monitor and update schedules as operational needs change.
• Work with internal sales to align customer requirements with production.

Skills

Manufacturing experience

Strong planning and time-management skills

Ability to make confident decisions under pressure

Excellent communication skills

Proficiency in Microsoft Office

High attention to detail

Education

GCSE maths or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Planning software

Job description

Production Scheduler page is loaded## Production Schedulerremote type: Site Baseretlocations: Louthtime type: Full timeposted on: Slået op i dagjob requisition id: R-12525**About the Role**You’ll be responsible for creating and managing production schedules, optimising workflow, and working closely with teams across the site to support efficiency, performance, and on‑time delivery. This is a fantastic opportunity to make a real impact within a dynamic operational environment.***Key Responsibilities: (included but not limited)*****Health & Safety*** Uphold HSER standards and comply with all legislative Health & Safety requirements.**Operational Planning*** Create and maintain production plans for the corrugator and conversion areas.* Monitor progress and update schedules as operational needs change.* Track key planning KPIs and support continuous improvement initiatives.* Participate in daily planning meetings.**Material Management*** Monitor paper stocks and manage daily replenishment ordering.* Complete month‑end paper reconciliation and investigate usage variances.**Stakeholder Management*** Work with the Internal Sales team to align daily customer requirements with production capability.* Collaborate with Operations on initiatives to improve efficiency and performance.* Coordinate with Despatch teams to support delivery planning and communicate order status.**About You**We’re looking for someone with manufacturing experience, strong planning and time-management skills, and the ability to make confident decisions under pressure. With solid commercial awareness, excellent communication skills, proficiency in Microsoft Office (ideally in Excel), and a methodical, detail-focused approach, you perform reliably in fast-paced, customer-driven environments***Minimum Requirements:**** GCSE maths or equivalent. Equivalent planning experience would be taken onboard* Ability to make decisions in a time pressured environment.* Strong communication and influencing skills.* Time management and planning.* Methodological approach.* High Attention to detail.* Excellent IT skills and relevant knowledge of Planning software* Leadership**Benefits**Additional benefits include:* 24 days’ holiday plus bank holidays (pro-rated)* Pension scheme* Life assurance* Income protection* Employee assistance program* Cycle to work scheme* Shopping discounts**Location**: Louth - Northfields**Working Pattern:** On Site – 4 on 4 Off2 x Days 06:00 – 18:002 x Nights 18:00 – 06:004 x OffWe’re DS Smith, the company who are redefining packaging for a changing world. We believe a better, more sustainable tomorrow is possible with the right people, who challenge and support one another to enact positive change. Today, we operate in more than 30 different countries, supporting customers across sectors like FMCG, industrial, and e-commerce. We deliver on quality, service, innovation, and added value to deliver market-leading sustainable packaging solutions our customers need. Our industry needs to transform, and we’re building the team to drive change across Europe and North America***To fulfil our purpose of redefining packaging for a changing world, we aim to build a diverse, motivated, and engaged workforce. Our goal is to create a culture of inclusion where everyone is treated fairly, differences are valued, and everyone has an equal opportunity to succeed.******Our people come from diverse backgrounds, bring different perspectives, ideas and experiences to generate unique solutions focused on present and future sustainability challenges. We welcome all candidates to apply, even those not meeting all criteria.******#LI-CE***We are DS Smith, together with International Paper, we are a global leader in sustainable packaging solutions and other fibre-based products.We believe a better, more sustainable tomorrow is possible with the right people, who challenge and support one another to enact positive change. We employ more than 60,000 colleagues in North America and Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), who are experts in innovation,manufacturing, design, sales, sustainability, supply chain, and much more. Together with our customers, we make the world safer and more productive, one sustainable packaging solution at a time. Become part of a world-leading organisation and do your best work with us!As the journey continues of bringing together the strengths of both organisations, during your candidate experience you may engage with our colleagues from International Paper! You could visit an International Paper or DS Smith site or office.