Coordinator, Production Planning - Edmonton

Coca-cola European Partners; London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the beverage industry is seeking a Production Planning Coordinator for its Edmonton Operations in London. The successful candidate will play a vital role in ensuring the efficiency of production planning processes while collaborating across various departments. Ideal candidates will have strong experience in FMCG environments and be proficient in SAP MRP systems and Microsoft Office. This position also offers excellent career advancement opportunities across multiple locations in the UK and Europe.

Qualifications

• Experience in a reactive FMCG environment is essential.
• Preferably prior experience in a production planner role.
• Accomplished user of Microsoft Office, especially Excel.

Responsibilities

• Ensure raw materials are available on time for production.
• Minimise site raw materials waste by adopting best practices.
• Collaborate with departments to create efficient production plans.

Skills

Experience in FMCG environment

Organizational skills

Attention to detail

Networking skills

Tools

SAP MRP

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

Production Planning Coordinator - Edmonton

Contract - Permanent

What you become a part of:

Edmonton Operations produce 50 million cases of drinks per year across their 7 manufacturing lines. The site can produce up to 142,000 litres of drink per hour consisting of both PET and Glass bottling. They are the only site in GB to produce our Oasis Drinks. There are over 200 people across Manufacturing, QESH and Engineering, experience here can lead to excellent career opportunities both in Edmonton and further afield across other GB sites and Pan-European locations.

What to expect:

In this role you will be a key member of the production planning team with site responsibility for supporting the internal and external teams to deliver an accurate and efficient plan.

Key responsibilities include:

• Ensuring that raw materials and ingredients for production are available as per the correct lead time and conditioning time.
• Working to minimise site raw materials obsolescence and write off by adopting MRP best practices.
• Driving efficient, accurate and cost effective plans by working closely with your colleagues, stakeholders and suppliers.
• Analyse, adapt and challenge the production plans to meet both site KBI’s and customer service requirements.
• Working and communicating with various departments such as Central Planning Functions, QESH, Engineering, Syrup Room, Goods In and Production Lines, as well as with the Team Leaders and Managers.
• Supporting the delivery of key projects and continuous improvement programmes.
• Collaborating on and across sites by sharing best practices with other team members and colleagues to create improved standardised ways of working.
• Engaging and having an input in system master data maintenance ie New SKU’s set up, Safety Stock, Materials MRP Settings, CIP Matrix Updates, PV Amendments, Quarantine List, Changeover times, Batch sizes, Planned Downtime Maintenance and collaborate with manufacturing and OE to define these key parameters where appropriate.
• Responsibility for the day to day running of the department, ensuring all tasks and ad-hoc tasks are completed in full on time.

Skills & Essentials:

• Demonstrable experience in a reactive FMCG environment

• Prior experience in a production planner role, or similar would be preferred.

• Knowledge and understanding of SAP MRP processes and other planning systems

• Accomplished user of Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Outlook, Powerpoint)
• Great organization skills and strong attention to detail

• Ability to maintain and make sound, timely decisions, without losing sight of the bigger picture.

• A natural networker, building and sustaining a range of working relationships across multiple functions and levels with ease.

The closing date for applications is 20/06/25. We reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of applications. To ensure you are considered for this role, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.