Materials Planner - Sheffield, United Kingdom - Finsbury Food Group

Finsbury Food Group

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Sheffield, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Location:
_Fletchers (Sheffield) / Kara (Manchester), site based_**
Shift:***
_Weekdays _

Salary:

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_Competitive with Opportunity for Growth_
We have an opportunity for a Materials Planner to join our Supply Chain Team.

Are you looking to work for a company which can truly offer you a realistic opportunity to develop, a company who honestly does invest in its people, a place where you are treated equal as part of a diverse team who support and make it a great place to work.

Not to mention the salary is competitive and you can get free bakery products - (we hope you like the smell of fresh bread, donuts and muffins while you're working).

Finsbury Food Group is a leading speciality bakery manufacturer. We constantly raise quality and efficiency standards, and build long-term relationships with major multiple retailers and the foodservice channel. The bread for your morning toast, ready for butter-spreading or egg-dipping. The candle-filled centrepiece for a memorable celebration. The buns, muffins and other treats that turn teatime into quality time.

We make 75% of the UK's sharing cakes from retailer own brands cakes, tray bakes through to party cakes like Caterpillar cakes This is what we do, and why we're in business.

Baking brilliance makes every day special.

This is a great opportunity for someone to gain experience with one of the UK's largest bakery businesses.

They'll work closely with a friendly and engaging team from both a site and group perspective, offering opportunities for growth and long-term career development.

This is what you'll actually do
As the Material Planner you will make daily decisions of volume of materials to be delivered to both sites.

You will instruct purchasing/calling off of materials and you will be responsible for stock planning production runs and stock holdings, held at supplier in line with forecasts.

You will ensure that Fletchers and Kara sites always have an adequate flow of materials to enable production at the time required without disruption to the supply plan.

You will be responsible for identifying optimum storage solutions and synergies for bulk purchasing of consignment stocks to provide factories with products at mínimal cost and maximum efficiencies.

You will liaise with Purchasing to ensure cross functional goals are met. As the Material Planner you will ensure material availability to meet daily schedules on time and in full.

You will ensure that stock is at the right target levels and you will minimise and mitigate the risk related to redundant stock or short shelf life materials.

You will be also responsible for the management of delist process for raw materials and packing and you will support with any new systems as and when required.

You will work closely with suppliers and Procurement to resolve gaps and delays in supply and escalate as appropriate to resolve queries.

You will work with other Material Planners at other sites in group where needed, to assist and vice versa in resolving issues.

Ideally this is you
- _Experience in a similar Material Planning position_
- _Ideally experience with in a similar FMCG sector or Fast Paced environment_
- _High Attention to detail with _good accuracy whilst working on multiple tasks simultaneously_ _
- _Able to work at pace and highly organised_
- _Commercial astute and able to communicate effectively across the business_
- _Good Business Partnering and Influencing experience_
- _Able to work well in a team _
- _Able to work on own initiative_
- _Accountable for own area and responsibilities_
- _Great communication with all departments and suppliers_
- _Able to work well under pressure_
- _Good time management_
- _Able to challenge when needed and takes on board others views_

What is in for you
- _Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Leave to allow quality time with your new arrival_
- _Enhanced Pension Scheme for our employees_
- _Death in Service Benefit_
- _Company shop available at sites (heavily discounted, yummy products)_
- _Free Employee Assistance Programme (open to colleagues and their families)_
- _Retail discounts accessible via our Benefits Hub platform_
- _Refer a Friend Scheme (up to £300 per referral

T&C's dependent)_

- _Employee Recognition Awards

Extensive Learning & Development opportunities (including opportunities for sponsored professional memberships and our own inhouse development course)_

- _An opportunity to be part of a fantastic, growing organisation. Head over to our LinkedIn page to find out more_

Our vision is to be the leading speciality bakery group in the UK, and we want the best people in place to achieve this.

Our continued success is built entirely on the talented people who work here, so employee development is important to us because everyone is a valued member of the team, and we want every individual to have the skills and capabilities to achieve both your own personal goals and our business goals.

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