Production Planner - Cardiff, United Kingdom - Princes

Princes

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Cardiff, United Kingdom

5 days ago

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Tom O´Connor

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About Princes

The Princes Group has over 7,000 employees with offices and production sites in the UK, Netherlands, Italy, Poland, France and Mauritius. Princes manufactures 350 different food and drink products responsibly sourced and enjoyed by consumers every day. None of this would be possible without striving to be an employer of choice, where our colleagues are proud to represent our business.

Role 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

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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

Role Requirements

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

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