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.
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