Production Clerks: Jobs in Demand in Europe (2025)

Production Clerks is an official occupation group (ISCO-08 code 4322) used by the International Labour Organization and Eurostat.

  • Production clerk
  • Schedule clerk (materials)
6European countries report a shortage (EURES 2025)
4countries report a surplus
1,072open job ads right now in Germany and Sweden
4322ISCO-08 occupation code
Short answerIn the 2025 EURES report on labour shortages, 6 European countries reported a shortage of production clerks: Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Italy, Netherlands and Romania. 4 reported a surplus: Finland, Latvia, Portugal and Sweden.

Latest production clerks job ads

Real vacancies from the official public employment services, updated daily. Job titles are translated into English automatically; the full ad opens on the official site in German or Swedish (your browser's translate button turns it into English).

Germany

233 open ads
  • Production planner
    German title: Produktionsplaner
    BHI Biohealth International GmbH · Münchberg, Oberfranken · Posted 2026-07-27
  • Production planner
    German title: Produktionsplaner
    Gramoflor GmbH & Co. KG · Neuenkirchen-Vörden · Posted 2026-10-18
  • Production planner
    German title: Produktionsplaner
    Alpha-Engineering KG · Herzogenrath · Posted 2026-10-18
  • Production planner
    German title: Produktionsplaner
    Orizon GmbH, Unit Defence · Aschau am Inn · Posted 2026-10-07
  • Production planner
    German title: Produktionsplaner
    Wellkistenfabrik Fritz Peters GmbH & Co. KG · Moers · Posted 2026-10-13
  • Production planner
    German title: Produktionsplaner
    persOrange GmbH · Göttingen · Posted 2026-10-01

Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (German Federal Employment Agency). Ads are written by employers; Placeivo does not check them. See all ads in Germany

Sweden

839 open ads

Source: Arbetsförmedlingen (Swedish Public Employment Service). Ads are written by employers; Placeivo does not check them. See all ads in Sweden

Where production clerks are needed in Europe

CountryEURES 2025Average gross pay, all clerical support workers (2022)1-bed rent in the capital
BelgiumShortage€3,683 a month *Brussels: €1,150
BulgariaShortage€667 a monthSofia: €650
DenmarkShortage€4,448 a month *Copenhagen: €1,800
ItalyShortage€2,419 a month *Rome: €1,300
NetherlandsShortage€3,126 a monthNot yet verified
RomaniaShortage€981 a month *Not yet verified
FinlandSurplus€2,959 a month *Helsinki: €1,150
LatviaSurplus€1,275 a monthRiga: €870
PortugalSurplus€1,198 a month *Lisbon: €1,400
SwedenSurplus€3,107 a month *Stockholm: €2,100

Pay: Eurostat Structure of Earnings Survey 2022, mean gross monthly earnings of all clerical support workers in each country, in euros. This is the average for the whole occupation group, not for production clerks alone, and before tax. * Firms with 10 or more employees only. Rent: Eurostat, good-quality 1-bedroom flat in the capital, 2025.

What production clerks do

Production clerks compute quantities of materials required at specified dates for manufacturing, construction and similar production programmes, and prepare and check production operation schedules.

Typical tasks

  • Computing quantities, qualities and types of materials required by production programme
  • Preparing production requirements schedules, ensuring that materials are available when needed, and keeping relevant records
  • Preparing or assisting in the preparation of production operation schedules on the basis of customers' orders and production capacity and performance
  • Verifying stocks, arranging deliveries and investigating delays
  • Recording and coordinating the flow of work and materials between departments

Finding production clerks jobs in Europe

  • EURES is the official job portal of the EU public employment services. The search above looks for "Production clerk".
  • Some jobs are regulated professions: before you can work, your qualification may need to be recognised in the new country.
  • If you are not an EU/EEA citizen you will usually need a work permit or a visa such as the EU Blue Card. Check the rules of the country's immigration authority.

Cost of living where the jobs are

Take-home pay needed to rent a good 1-bedroom flat in the capitals of countries reporting a shortage:

About this data

  • Shortage and surplus: European Labour Authority, EURES Report on labour shortages and surpluses 2025, annex table 21 (published 2026). Each country's public employment service reports which occupations it finds hard to fill or in oversupply. Countries not listed did not report this occupation as either.
  • Definition, tasks and job titles: International Labour Organization, ISCO-08 structure and definitions.
  • Pay: Eurostat, Structure of Earnings Survey 2022 (earn_ses22_48), by occupation group.
  • Job ads: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (Germany) and Arbetsförmedlingen (Sweden), refreshed about once a day.

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