Production Planner

About the role

Essity is looking for a Production Planner in Barcelona to support planning and scheduling at its manufacturing sites. The planner balances demand and production capacity, ensures product availability and supports efficient operations through accurate planning, data-driven decisions and close collaboration with production, supply planning and logistics teams.

Key responsibilities

• Create and maintain production plans and schedules, aligning demand with manufacturing capacity and constraints and adjusting to the optimal production sequence.
• Monitor production capacity, identify potential constraints and support actions to minimise disruptions.
• Help maintain healthy inventory levels of finished goods and key materials while balancing service and efficiency objectives.
• Work closely with production, material planning, logistics and customer-facing teams.
• Analyse scenarios such as demand fluctuations, capacity changes and special production requirements to support planning decisions.
• Maintain planning data and support the effective use of SAP and planning tools.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Engineering, Business Administration or a related field.
• Previous experience in production planning, supply planning, materials planning or a similar supply chain role in a manufacturing environment.
• Fluent written and spoken English is essential.

Required skills

• Good knowledge of SAP, Excel and planning systems.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to turn data into clear recommendations and influence stakeholders.