Labour Planner

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners; Sidcup; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners Edmonton Operations is seeking a Labour Coordinator to lead resource scheduling across production and upstream teams, ensuring delivery of the site production plan.

You will optimise the available labour, manage holidays and TOIL, identify overtime needs and collaborate with BU leads to maintain operating continuity while meeting budget constraints. Strong communication and analytical skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong organisational abilities with data and cost analysis.
• Proven problem-solving capabilities under pressure.
• Ability to work autonomously and within a team.
• Flexibility to adapt to changing priorities.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel for reporting and planning.
• Experience with data systems and reporting tools.

Responsibilities

• Review the daily resource schedule to meet production plan requirements.
• Identify and fulfil resource requirements ahead of schedule by reviewing upcoming production plans, holidays and sickness.
• Confirm overtime opportunities and request agency staff as required.
• Conduct regular resource meetings with BU team leads.
• Work with BU leads to ensure resource schedule accuracy.
• Maintain DLM People Plan with staff details, skills verifications, holidays and TOIL.
• Liaise with site trainers to align skills verification with training matrix.
• Run monthly TOIL and holiday entitlement reports and communicate cost reporting.

Skills

Strong communication

Organisational skills

Problem solving

Work under pressure

Independent worker

Team collaboration

Adaptable and flexible

Advanced Excel

Data analysis

Job description

What you become 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 Ltr of drink per hour consisting of BIB, PET and Glass bottling. As a site Edmonton is single source production in GB for both Bag In Box and Oasis . The site employees over 200 people across Manufacturing, QESH and Engineering. For the right candidate there is excellent career opportunities, both within the Edmonton Plant and further afield across other GB and Pan-European locations within the CCEP network.

What you become 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 Ltr of drink per hour consisting of BIB, PET and Glass bottling. As a site Edmonton is single source production in GB for both Bag In Box and Oasis . The site employees over 200 people across Manufacturing, QESH and Engineering. For the right candidate there is excellent career opportunities, both within the Edmonton Plant and further afield across other GB and Pan-European locations within the CCEP network.

What to expect:

You will report to the Production Managers and be responsible for leading resource scheduling across production and upstream teams with site responsible for delivery of the site production plan through optimisation of the available labour force to ensure full coverage of all areas whilst adhering to KORE manning headcounts and budget constraints. The Labour Coordinator is expected to demonstrate strong ownership, prioritisation, communication and timely escalation to maintain operational continuity.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Review the daily resource schedule, ensuring that the required manning levels are achieved to fulfil the daily production plan requirements.
• Identify and fulfil resource requirements ahead of schedule by reviewing the upcoming production plans, holiday absence and sickness.
• Confirm Overtime opportunities with CCEP colleagues and request agency colleagues as required to support the operational teams.
• Conduct regular scheduled resource meetings with respective BU team leads.
• Work alongside BU Team Leads ensuring that resource schedule is accurate.
• Maintain the accuracy of the DLM People Plan system to included staff details, skills verifications, holidays and TOIL
• Liaise with the site Technical Operational trainers to ensure that the skills verification within DLM is aligned with the site training matrix.
• Run and communicate monthly reports details TOIL hours owed / banked and remaining holiday entitlements.
• Run and communicate financial reporting of cost to budget.

Skills & Essentials:

• Strong communication skills, approachability with a persuasive manner.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to interrogate data and cost.
• Ability to work under pressure and problem solve.
• Able to work alone, with little supervision and also as part of the wider team across all levels at site.
• Adaptable and flexible to change
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including data analysis, reporting and workforce planning.
• Strong aptitude for learning and navigating multiple business systems, with the ability to quickly adapt to new technologies and digital tools.