The role of the Production Planner is to plan and control the flow of materials, information and resources to meet sales requirements and all deadlines whilst ensuring OTIF service levels are met.
Key Accountabilities
1. Efficient planning of end-to-end process
2. Scheduling chilled and frozen food manufacturing to maximise customer service level
3. Capacity modelling
4. Plan attainment analysis
5. Forecast analysis and tracking
6. Liaising with procurement, production and sales depts
Person Specification
Skills & Abilities
1. Strong and proven organisational and planning skills
2. Strong attention to detail
3. Effective problem-solving skills
4. Customer focus
5. Able to work well under pressure in a fast-moving production environment
6. Teamwork and collaboration
7. Professional and confident
8. Strong and effective communication skills
9. Self-motivated with a strong result focus
10. Passionate about food
11. Strong and effective negotiation skills
12. Big picture thinker: Looks beyond the obvious
13. Assertive with the will to win
14. Good judgement and common sense
Qualifications & Experience - Required
1. Previous planning experience in FMCG
2. Advanced MS Excel knowledge and capability
3. Experience in building and developing planning tools (Excel)
Qualifications & Experience - Advantageous
1. Chilled and frozen food manufacturing experience
Measures of Performance
1. Capacity planning
2. Finished Goods stock control – fresh and frozen sales
3. Forecasting – managing raw material shortages and surpluses
4. Efficient production scheduling
Job Types
Full-time, Permanent
Benefits
1. Company pension
2. Discounted or free food
Schedule
Monday to Friday
Experience
Production Scheduling: 1 year (preferred)
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