Supply Planner - Rugby, United Kingdom - Britvic Soft Drinks Ltd

Britvic Soft Drinks Ltd

Verified Company

Rugby, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

At Britvic, we're on a journey to become the most dynamic, creative and trusted drinks company.

As one of the UK's leading players in the FMCG market we pride ourselves on setting high standards, being courageous and pushing ourselves to think outside the bottle.

In the UK we employ over 1,800 people and have 3 factories, 3 office locations and a national distribution centre.

Over the last few years, we have installed 10 new production lines, 3 new warehouses, a combined heat and power plant (CHP), as well as providing infrastructure for further expansion.

About the Role:

Lead the day to day management of manufacturing planning across the operational factory site / copack supplier in order to deliver optimised customer service availability whilst driving maximum supply chain efficiencies through inventory management and waste reduction.
Support factory operational management teams to deliver manufacturing efficiencies and output performance, whilst engaging with Customer Logistics to drive forecast accuracy and maximise volume sales.
Provide a link with procurement teams and brands teams to ensure supplier and innovation activities are delivered to maximum effectiveness.

Key Responsibilities:

Proactively plan production and materials to drive availability of the Britvic product portfolio and efficient levels of inventory.
Inform & influence all stakeholders to ensure that the forecast is understood and risks & contingencies are agreed to maintain availability.
Provide the key link between the Demand Supply Planning Function, the Site Operations teams and the Drive Site Teams.
Lead and present at local / Copack review meetings (planning meeting, rate review meeting, period review meeting) to ensure that short term demand and business volume requirements are understood.
Proactively work with the Availability Manager Group and Drive Site in order to maximise direct deliveries to customers, and reduce internal transport movements
Proactively participate in projects and lead the logistics Operations element.
Lead central operational planning projects that deliver changes and waste reduction.
Lead Focused Improvement initiatives to improve quality of performance and reduce overall GB&I Operations costs.
To maintain and update Master Data to ensure production plans are robust.
Where appropriate take on key user responsibilities to drive best practice and process adherence within the planning group

Knowledge, Skills & Experience Required:

ERP and SAP R3 experience is preferred.
Strong MS Office skills, especially Excel is essential
Experience of technical supply planning skills of Stock modelling, Master data, reporting is preferred
Awareness of endtoend supply chain planning and processes is preferred.
Proven record of working to deadlines and prioritisation of workload.
Able to work on a cross functional enviroment.

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