Bottling Scheduler — FMCG Production Planner

Pernod Ricard España SA; Dumbarton; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Pension plan

Private medical insurance

Annual leave entitlement

Job summary

Pernod Ricard is looking for a Bottling Hall Scheduler based at Kilmalid, Dumbarton, on a fixed-term contract of 12 months, to coordinate the Bottling & Blending supply chain with internal teams, suppliers and third parties to meet the supply plan.

You will deliver materials planning, capacity management, and production coordination while driving continuous improvement and cross-functional collaboration across Production, Supply Chain, and Dry Goods teams.

Qualifications

• Experience in supply chain, planning, scheduling or manufacturing environments.
• Experience in drinks, FMCG or similar fast-paced environment.
• Understanding cross-functional supply chain processes, including suppliers and HMRC.
• Experience using ERP systems or similar planning tools.
• Clean UK driving licence.
• Proficient in Excel and MS Office with data analysis.

Responsibilities

• Schedule the Materials Plan for delivery and secure agreement from Dry Goods.
• Communicate required capacity for stock holding and adjustments or quality issues that impact the materials plan.
• Identify, populate, and maintain materials capacity fields.
• Support the aligned production hall by ensuring space and line movement requirements are accommodated.
• Attend daily production meetings to confirm schedules and anticipate operational risks.
• Collaborate with the Material Planner to ensure efficient production flow and material availability.
• Use the DIR process to manage supplier performance and support ownership and follow-up.
• Hold weekly review meetings with Dry Goods team to evaluate schedule adherence and capacity risks.
• Support improvements to systems and processes to automate processes and remove non-value-added activities.
• Actively support supply chain transformation and strategic improvement initiatives.
• Highlight opportunities for Kanban to the Material Planner.

Skills

Supply chain experience

Planning

Scheduling

FMCG environment

ERP systems

UK driving license

Excel & MS Office

Tools

ERP systems

Job description

Pernod Ricard is looking for a Bottling Hall Scheduler based at Kilmalid, Dumbarton, on a fixed-term contract of 12 months, to coordinate the Bottling & Blending supply chain with internal teams, suppliers and third parties to meet the supply plan.

You will deliver materials planning, capacity management, and production coordination while driving continuous improvement and cross-functional collaboration across Production, Supply Chain, and Dry Goods teams.