Production Scheduler and Material Planner - Belfast, United Kingdom - Diageo

Diageo

Verified Company

Belfast, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Job Description:
Production Scheduler & Material Planner

Beer Scheduling

Location:
Belfast, Northern Ireland or Runcorn, England

1 Year Fixed Term Contract

Closing date:
August 30, 2023

Join our Supply Team

As the home of iconic brands such as Baileys, Guinness, Smirnoff, and Johnnie Walker, at Diageo we source, produce and deliver 6.5 billion litres of world-leading products every year across 180 markets globally.

Because of this huge undertaking, we rely on highly advanced systems as well as the very best talent to make sure our businesses continue to run smoothly.

To give you some idea of the scale of our operation, over half of our 30,000 employees work in our supply chains.

We have teams in over 100 sites across more than 30 countries, but what matters is that wherever you work, you're part of a diverse, inclusive team where there are opportunities for everyone.

Whether you work in planning, logistics, technical teams or manufacturing, you'll be part of an innovative, dynamic organisation. We set ourselves the highest standards, and our practices have earned us international recognition. And its people with energy, dedication and problem-solving skills who'll help us get even better. In return, we offer a world of opportunities for you to explore, to shape and progress your career.

About the Team

Diageo's Beer Category brews and packages 7.1mHls of beer at 3 sites across Ireland and the UK.

The Supply Chain Planning team interprets demand signals from Domestic and Export Markets and translates these into supply, replenishment and scheduled production plans, with the objective of optimising customer service, inventory, capacity and cost.

The function is responding to increasing SKUs, packaging and component complexity, and it is operating in environments that are becoming increasingly utilised from a supply perspective.

Beer planning is building a world class organisation that is based on standardised processes, ways of working and employing best practice in planning approaches to support delivery of the Category and Diageo performance ambition.

About the Role

This role is a vital link between Plan, Source, Make and Move functions to enable delivery of supply and scheduled production plans that meet business and customer needs.

This will be delivered via highly developed partnerships and adopting an Integrated Business Management approach.

Adherence to all supply and scheduling planning processes for operations in Ireland and the UK in line with the objectives of the Beer Category.

The scheduler generates short term plans for call off beer and materials for 35m cases of finished goods across 7 packaging lines.

The role will be based in one of our packaging locations. Travel will be required between sites and 3rd Party re-workers.

You will be responsible to:

Guarantee availability of product to meet customer demand on time and in full to worldclass standards while maximising production efficiency.
Micromanage short term execution horizon for our 2 packaging plants and rework sites to meet requirements and avoid outsourcing costs.
Call off Materials, liaising with our external European Suppliers based to ensure short to midterm production plan is executed flawlessly. This covers all Beer Category material suppliers for Cans, Glass, Board, Closures and Widgets.
Work with Procurement, Finance and external suppliers to facilitate and reconcile supplier invoices, based on our SLAs, Payment Terms and Legal obligations
Build and maintain excellent relationships with key internal and external stakeholder at all levels within the organisation and leverage these relationships to deliver the Beer Category strategy.
Initiate, lead and action Dry Goods inventory holding plans to control stocks of materials and to avoid write off costs for all markets supplied.
Play a lead role in run and improve the business, Global Supply Chain Projects, Continuous Improvement agenda, Product Innovation and Renovation Processes, balancing need for flexibility with commitments to service, cost and quality.
Ensure transparent and flawless cross functional communications of forward plans across our supply chain (e.g. Procurement, Packaging, Brewing and Logistics)
This role is crucial in delivering excellent Customer Service to all our Global Markets

To be successful in this role, you will need:

BSc in Supply Chain, Business Administration or equivalent APICS Qualified or equivalent
Supply chain planning experience in an FMCG would be advantageous.
Good knowledge and understanding of Demand and Supply Planning, Operations, Logistics and Route to Market is desirable.
People management experience with a proven track record leading in as planning function.
Excellent IT and numerical skills, to exploit benefits of SAP ECC6, SAP APO SNP, Business Warehouse and BEX Analyser.

Working with Us

Flexibility is key to success in our business and many of our staff work flexibly in many differen