Production Planner – Llantrisant Salary: £28,000 - £32,000 P/A Job Type: Permanent, Full-time Working hours : Monday – Friday We are seeking an experienced production planner to join a leading food manufacturing company based in Llantrisant. Main Duties: To coordinate all planning activity relating to manufacturing and supplying finished goods. To be customer facing, building relationships in a collaborative approach. To develop information to support manufacturing system ie MRP. Strive for 100% service level across the customer base. Maximise the stock levels to ensure service levels but with minimum levels of waste. Establish, maintain, and encourage a positive relationship with customer supply chain. Maintain a flexible working pattern to fit within the demands of the business. To establish planning KPI’s based around service level to be communicated within the business. Participate and drive implementation of manufacturing system. Ensure all scheduling activity optimises line performance and business profitability. Be proactive and drive system improvements wherever possible. Communicate to business stocks and service level performance. Obtain and utilise latest customer forecasts. Participate in customer contact conference calls. Monitor all WIP and on site finished goods stocks. Monitor finished goods stocks in 3rd party consolidators. Produce demand plans to hit service levels. Receive, interpret customer orders to produce demand plan. Schedule bakery lines to hit maximum service levels. Regularly review manufacturing progress and review accordingly. Effectively communicate all planning activities to the business. Advise customer supply chain of any supply issues. Produce & advise on finished goods stocks to produce optimum pack formats through packing departments. Monitor and advise of weekly / daily labour requirements for all departments. Monitor bakery and the packing throughput and report attainment to plan percentages and then populate KPI boards prior to operational review meetings. About You: Experience of production planning in a High-Risk Food Manufacturing business for at least 3-5 years. Ideally some bakery experience. Experience of working in fast paced and evolving business. Experience of working with short shelf-life products. Excellent IT skills. Good standard of written and oral communication in English.