We are looking for an experienced Materials Scheduler to join our Supply Chain team. The role is site-based, full-time, preferably 07:00-15:30 Monday - Friday. Food Manufacturing experience is crucial as this is an exciting time for Blue Earth Foods with lots of new products and categories on the horizon.
Key Accountabilities:
* Develop and manage material schedules to meet production demands while ensuring minimal waste and inventory obsolescence.
* Raise purchase orders to ensure on time delivery is achieved by external suppliers.
* Continually review volume requirements against short term and long-term customer forecasts.
* Work closely with suppliers to ensure on-time deliveries and resolve any supply chain disruptions.
* Ensuring inbound deliveries are met on time and in full and take appropriate action to minimise production shortages, whilst following up with suppliers to ensure continuous improvement initiatives.
* Management of all inventory to the agreed stock levels.
* Provide information to key functions and communicate appropriately to internal stakeholders.
* Working closely with commercial/technical/supply chain teams to understand and execute customer requirements.
* Maintain accurate records of material usage, waste, and supplier performance.
Key Accountabilities and Measurables:
* Maintaining agreed stock levels in a cost-effective manner, measured by value of P&L inventory used and held on a weekly/monthly basis.
* Ensuring stock is available to meet production requirements, avoiding downtime and customer shortages, measured by daily/weekly downtime in production/customer OTIF service levels.
* This role has a responsibility for food safety, product quality, brand integrity and Health and Safety.
Qualifications and experience:
* Good communicator, both verbally and written.
* Ability to form and maintain good relationships internally and externally.
* Able to adapt to an ever-changing business environment.
* Be IT literate - strong Microsoft Excel skills would be desirable.
* Have a customer-focused mindset and be able to provide excellent levels of service to both internal & external customers.
* Strong analytical, planning, and problem-solving skills.
* Excellent attention to detail skills.
* Ability to work under pressure, to tight timescales and be able to prioritise your workload accordingly.
* Able to work weekends (occasionally) and change to appropriate shift patterns as required.
Seniority level
* Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Management and Manufacturing
Industries
* Food Production
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