Production Planner (m/f/x)
Skeleton is looking for a proactive and detail-oriented
Production Planner
to join our SuperBattery-team in Varkaus.
In this role, you will be responsible for planning and scheduling production activities to ensure smooth operations and timely delivery of products. You will work closely with procurement, manufacturing, logistics, and quality teams to optimize resource utilization and maintain high efficiency across the production process.
Key Responsibilities:
- Plan and schedule production activities based on sales forecasts, customer orders, and production capacity.
- Develop and maintain production plans that optimize labor, materials, and equipment usage.
- Coordinate with procurement to ensure timely availability of raw materials and components.
- Monitor production progress and adjust schedules to address delays or changing priorities.
- Communicate daily and weekly production plans to relevant departments.
- Analyze production data to identify bottlenecks and improve processes.
- Maintain ERP/MRP systems with accurate scheduling and inventory data.
- Collaborate with quality and maintenance teams to minimize downtime and maintain consistent output.
- Participate in continuous improvement initiatives to enhance planning and supply chain performance.
- Ensure safe and healthy working conditions, report risks and safety deviations.
- Plan maintenance and repairs together with maintenance and production managers.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Industrial Engineering, Business Administration, or related field.
- 2–5 years of experience in production planning, scheduling, or related manufacturing roles.
- Strong understanding of MRP/ERP systems.
- Proficient in Excel and data analysis tools.
- Excellent organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
- Strong communication and coordination abilities across departments.
- Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple priorities.
- Good knowledge of Finnish and English.
Benefits
- A versatile and responsible role in a skilled and supportive team.
- An international working environment with growth opportunities.
- Support for professional development.
We're not just about energy storage. We're about redefining energy for a net-zero future, and we'd love for you to be a part of our journey.
About Skeleton
Skeleton Technologies is a Global Cleantech 100 company and a technology leader in high-power energy storage for transportation, grid, automotive, and industrial applications.
For us, developing and producing the best energy storage solutions is a means to an end: helping companies to reduce CO2 emissions and save energy.
We work with some of the largest companies in the world from automotive and industrial OEMs to truck fleet operators and aerospace prime contractors. Our products decrease CO2 emissions and fuel consumption, improve power quality, and empower wider electrification of the biggest industries globally.
Our supercapacitor and SuperBattery energy storage technologies, based on patented curved graphene, represent the biggest technological advancement in the industry in the last 20 years and the use of this innovative material provides our products with an unparalleled advantage in power and energy density.
Skeleton Technologies is located in multiple locations: its headquarters in Tallinn (Estonia), manufacturing facilities in Markranstädt (Germany) and Varkaus (Finland), materials development in Bitterfeld-Wolfen, and several additional locations in Finland (Helsinki and Lappeenranta), as well as its first people in Toulouse (France).