Production Planner - Cardiff, United Kingdom - PRINCES
Description
Princes has recently invested over £60 million into the Cardiff site transforming it into one of the UK's leading Centres of Juice Excellence.
This is an opportunity to join the team as a Production Planner.
This role sits within the Planning department and is crucial for ensuring that the Production plans meet the customer demand and supply needs.
Benefits
- 26 days Annual Leave including a day for your Birthday + Bank Holidays
- 10% Company Bonus potential (75% Princes performance based, 25% Individual performance based)
- 14.5% Pension consisting of a 9.5% Employer contribution (optin)
- Flexible holidays scheme the option to buy/sell up to 5 days holiday per year
- Critical Illness Scheme
- Enhanced Family Friendly Policy
- Maternity, Paternity or Adoption leave
Working Hours
Key Responsibilities
- Reevaluate service levels daily proactively amending production schedules to react to demand and sales forecasts so as to optimise customer service and operational costs
- With regard to the production plan, ensure timely delivery of an accurate supply plan for raw materials and packaging scheduling.
- Keep a rolling fixed factory schedule accurate and up to date
- Planning of production lines to maintain efficient, feasible fixed schedule, keeping plans as stable as possible.
- Maintain customer service for the site at 99% or above
- Liaise with MPS Team to maintain finished goods stocks to agreed levels
- Provide accurate and timely information to the material scheduling team
- Communicate effectively with all stakeholders
- Responsible at all times for ensuring optimum customer service in terms of quantity and timeliness
- Has authority to change production plan at any time (with the support of oncall managers during 'out of hours' where appropriate)
- Effective management of redundant stocks
- Effective management of NPD/EPD, ensuring customer launch requirements are met
- Regular review of planning run rates in conjunction with operational Department Managers
- Maintain and upkeep of all planning master data
- Collaborative working with the MPS Team to ensure business requirements are met
Essential Experience Required
- Production Planning experience
- Advanced Level Microsoft Excel skills
- Strong communication and customer service skills
- Comfortable interacting and supporting colleagues at all levels of the business including NPD, operational and commercial functions
- Self organised and motivated, with the ability to prioritise and work under pressure
Desirable Experience
- SAP/APO and associated planning systems experience would be highly advantageous
- Knowledge of integrated and end to end Supply chain planning processes
Job Types:
Full-time, Permanent
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Free parking
- Onsite parking
- Work from home
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Supplemental pay types:
- Bonus scheme
Work Location:
In person
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