Production Planner
We're looking for 2 highly organised Production Planners to join our client, a leading food manufacturing company, and play a key role a part of the Planning team tasked with ensuring production plans align with factory capacities and transport requirements, making sure products reach customers on time and in full.
This is an interesting and busy role, as well as a fantastic chance to work as part of a dynamic team of motivated and tenacious colleagues overseeing the production plans of a fast-moving business. The ideal candidate will be proactive, organised, having perhaps worked as a Planner or Administrator in another industry, or a university graduate looking to start in the FMCG/Food industry.
Offering a salary of up to £36,000 plus a fantastic benefits package including a personalised development programme and transferable skills training on our team leader framework, access to GroceryAid, which provides emotional, practical and financial support, plus a benefits and recognition hub - including amazing colleague discounts.You would be based at the company's Malton factory in North Yorkshire.
Responsibilities
This is a key role in ensuring production plans align with factory capacities and transport requirements, making sure products reach customers on time and in full. As a Production Planner your responsibilities would include…- Gaining an understanding of all processes on site to enable efficient planning
- Scheduling daily work streams to deliver an achievable production and transportation plan
- Issuing daily, weekly and monthly production plans
- Proactively managing stocks and liaising with the relevant departments to resolve any issues
- Working with other departments to plan and successfully launch new product lines
- Liaising with production employees and logistics companies, to ensure timely completion and dispatch of products
- Attending cross functional meetings, deputising for the Planning Manager as required and feeding back to wider team
Requirements
The Production Planner role will suit individuals who embody key team behaviours - adaptability, collaboration, problem solving and effective communication. While specific experience in FMCG or food production is advantageous, right attitude and personality is valued above all else.You must be able to demonstrate…
- Intermediate MS Excel knowledge (and a willingness to learn new IT systems)
- Highly organised with strong attention to detail and excellent multi-tasking skills
- Some background in reporting and analysis would be preferred
- Responsible, accountable with the motivation for improvement
- Self-motivated, confident, able to work on your own initiative
- A good sense of humour, a flexible approach and the desire to work in a fun but extremely challenging environment
The Company
You would be joining a leading supplier of delicious ready meals to many of the UK's top supermarkets and convenience stores, dedicated to excellence in the food industry with its principal values growth, innovation, and collaboration.
Interested? If you think you're right for this Production Planner role, then click the 'Apply Now' button, send us your CV and we'll consider you for the first round of interviews.
Coburg Banks Limited is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.