Responsibility for the creation and communication of factory production plans, with the goal of achieving 100% service level at least cost. The Planner will have responsibility for weekly capacity planning and for ensuring service levels are protected while ensuring stock levels are kept to a minimum.

Responsibilities:

1.Daily responsibilities

To effectively plan the factory by producing accurate schedules for production, ensuring minimal waste, through daily manipulation of the planning tools, order management and inventory control.

Work with the purchasing department to ensure all material will be here on time and in full

As a multi-skilled team share and cover duties linked to all core areas of the function, these include but are not limited to:

Meat Supply - ensure orders/amendments are communicated to the Meat supply team, to ensure delivery on time in full

Frozen Stock - Ensure appropriate tool is in place to review all frozen stock holdings to minimise waste and maximise CSL

Meat substitutions - be commercially aware and react accordingly

Contribute to reviews of proposed new products and specifications particularly regarding effect on production patterns and scheduling to maximise efficiencies

2.Communication

Liaise with other departments on and off site ensuring effective service and communication - Production, Commercial, Stores, Distribution and Technical.

Liaise with the Engineering Dept to ensure Preventative Maintenance Schedules are maintained and delivered to ensure targeted levels of line availability are met.

Liaise with sister sites to ensure best utilisation of resources, and ensuring the protection of CSL

3. Stock control

Monitor stocks daily and react in a timely fashion to minimise waste.

Root cause and understand all deviations to the forecast resulting in over/under stocks and take appropriate corrective action to minimise the commercial impact to the business.

What you'll need

Previous production/distribution/planning experience

Ability to work on own initiative

Communication and Organisational skills

Numerical Skills

Attention to detail

Flexibility in working hours

IT Literate - experience using Word, Excel and PowerPoint

Strong analytical skills

Hours of Work:

Week 1: Monday, Tuesday, Friday 6am - 2pm and Saturday & Sunday 6am - 4pm

Week 2: Tuesday - Friday 6am - 4pm

Week 3: Monday & Tuesday 6am - 4pm and Wednesday & Thursday 6am - 2pm

Essential Criteria: * Previous production/distribution/planning experience * Ability to work on own initiative * Communication and Organisational skills * Numerical Skills * Attention to detail * Flexibility in working hours * IT Literate - experience using Word, Excel and PowerPoint * Strong analytical skills

Desirable Criteria: * Working knowledge of ERP and MRP system.