Job Description
Senior Planner - Holbeach
We're proud to be Bakkavor
Monday-Friday
Competitive salary
12 month FTC
Why join us?
We're proud of what we do, why we do it and who we do it for. We're proud to give everyone the opportunity and support to develop and progress their career. To nurture talent, fuel ambition and work with resilience and purpose to achieve the highest possible standards. We're proud of our caring culture, loyal colleagues and future focus. But, most of all, we're proud to enable and empower everyone to believe, achieve and succeed.
What we do.
This fantastic opportunity will be for our manufacturing site based in Holbeach St Marks, Lincolnshire. The site specialises in making chilled pizzas and is 11 miles from Spalding, 13.5 miles from Boston, 18 miles from Wisbech, 23 miles from King's Lynn and 29 miles from Peterborough.
About the role.
As a Senior Planner you will be responsible for the day-to-day management of the planning team and will support the planning manager in the delivery of the Business Plan & Supply Chain Strategy. This should include demand management, finite scheduling & capacity management, labour & materials forecasting and maintenance of planning systems.
Accountabilities:
* Support the planning team with delivering a short term accurate plan and forecast of demand, production, capacities and labour - highlighting any concerns with capacity or efficiencies
* Ensure that 100% customer service is maintained at minimum cost, both internally and externally
* Communicate accurate and timely information to the business and customers. Cultivate relationships with all key external and internal stakeholders to the supply chain function.
* Determine finished goods and base inventory levels and replenishment rules, minimising product and material disposals.
* Control waste levels by challenging operational performance to drive continuous improvement initiatives.
* Confident to approach customers to align short term numbers to minimise waste or risk to service.
* Ensure planning systems are maintained to the highest standards and represent the business on new planning system initiatives.
* Develop and retain a cohesive and effective Planning team to deliver rota'd planning cover over all manufacturing operations. Complete appraisals and PDD's for each member.
About you.
* Have 2 years planning experience with a food manufacturer.
* Good analytical and numerical capabilities.
* Having supervisory experience would be advantageous.
* Be able to drive change and work under your own initiative - managing workload and deadlines.
* Goal oriented. Ability to deliver results against set departmental and business KPI's.
* Forecasting experience would be advantageous.
* Good level of computer literacy, including Excel.
* Energy and desire to succeed with a can-do attitude.
What you'll receive.
As an equal opportunity employer, we're committed to providing a safe and rewarding environment for you to thrive in. This is why we work hard to deliver benefits, rewards and wellbeing offerings that are important to you.
You'll enjoy:
* A stakeholder pension scheme
* Personal accident Insurance
* Free independent mortgage advice
* Employee assistance programme
* A range of voluntary benefits
* Holiday purchase scheme
* Additional life assurance
* Dental & hospital cash plans
* Discounted tutoring for children
* Access to financial learning tools
* Affordable loans via your salary
* Proud to be and loyal service awards
* Plus, a commitment to your wellbeing that includes emotional, physical and financial support services delivered by our fantastic team of wellbeing champions
Proud to be Bakkavor.
We're proud to be the market leader in the UK fresh prepared food industry. We're proud to supply meals, salads, desserts, pizza and bread to leading grocery retailers including Tesco, M&S, Sainsbury's and Waitrose. We're driven by the hard work and passion of our people and are delighted to offer a wide range of careers across our business - come and join our dedicated Bakkavor team!
Find out more and apply.
Bakkavor
We are the leading provider of fresh prepared food in the UK, and our presence in the US and China positions the Group well in these high-growth markets. We leverage our consumer insight and scale to provide innovative food that offers quality, choice, convenience, and freshness. Around 18,000 colleagues operate from 44 sites across our three markets supplying a portfolio of over 3,000 products across meals, pizza & bread, salads and desserts to leading grocery retailers in the UK and US, and international food brands in China.
Category: Planning
Location:
Holbeach, GB, PE12 8HF
Date: 13 Jan 2025
Req ID: 22953
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