Operations Planner

ForFarmers N.V.; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

ForFarmers UK is seeking an Operations Planner who will translate the logistics plan into an efficient production plan for the mill, manage stock levels, and perform weighbridge duties. The role requires accurate stock control, timely replenishment, and close collaboration with Customer Services and Transport.

You will conduct daily stock counts, analyse OTIF performance, and support continuous improvement initiatives across the site. Flexibility to cover holidays and weekends is expected.

Qualifications

• Experience with stock and inventory control systems.
• Attention to detail and strong organizational skills.
• Good written and verbal communication.

Responsibilities

• Manage site stock levels and ensure timely replenishment.
• Convert logistics plan into production plan using available resources.
• Conduct daily stock counts.
• Interrogate OTIF reports and identify root causes of failures.
• Maintain daily tiered spreadsheets and assist with stock takes.
• Ensure deliveries are on time and in full.
• Undertake weighbridge duties and stock sampling.
• Coordinate with Customer Services/Transport to optimise the Supply Chain.

Tools

Weighbridge system

Job description

Reporting to: Production Manager Reference: R10000

Summary

The Operations Planner reports directly to the Production Manager and is responsible for maintaining raw materials/finished goods stock holding against customer requirements.

Responsible for converting the Logistics plan into an efficient production plan for the mill, to deliver the required product on time /in full to the customer, stock management administration and physical stock control.

In addition to the core planning role, you will provide a weighbridge service, ensuring that all incoming and outgoing vehicles are weighed and recorded using our computerised stock system and all site product sampling schedules are adhered to.

Key Roles and Responsibilities

• Management of site based stock levels ensuring replenishment in a timely manner.
• Convert the logistics plan into a deliverable production plan utilising resources available at the best efficiency.
• Conduct daily stock counts.
• Interrogate OTIF reports and issue reasons for the root cause of failures.
• Participate in the Tier accountability process and update the daily tiered spreadsheets.
• Ensure scheduled deliveries are made on time and in full.
• Instigate route Cause Analysis on failures to adherence to production plan and put corrective actions in place.
• Sampling and booking in and out of Raw material deliveries.
• Management of stock holding to agreed financial and physical targets.
• Engaged and involved in Continuous Improvement throughout the site.
• Fully assist in the monthly stock take process.
• Working with the Planning and Continuous Improvement Manager to achieve the company’s stock taking schedule.
• Cover holidays/sickness, as and when required so that all Supply Chain planning requirements are met.
• Undertake weighbridge duties.
• Dealing with raw material and finished product queries as well as customer collections.
• Working closely with other departments (Customer Services/Transport) to maintain an effective and efficient Supply Chain.

Skills and Experience

• Experience of stock and inventory control both with computerised and physical stock systems.
• Attention to detail.
• Outgoing personality.
• Good written and verbal communicator.
• The ability to work as part of a functional team.
• Good telephone manner.
• Strong organisational skills.
• The ability to work shifts as agreed between 6am and 6pm and rotated weekends.
• Flexible in working hours outside of standard shift patterns particularly in winter.

ForFarmers

ForFarmers is European market leader in the feed industry and plays a vital part in the value chain of food production. Our main challenge is how to feed a growing population in a sustainable way. We are therefore continuously looking for talent with the ambition to work with us For the Future of Farming. Our culture is open and friendly, professional and business-like, creative and entrepreneurial. If you are looking for an opportunity to progress your career and work for an innovative and fast moving organisation then ForFarmers may just be the employer for you. Take a look at our Working@ForFarmers websites: UK: http://www.workingatforfarmers.co.uk/ NL: http://www.werkenbijforfarmers.nl/ DE: http://www.arbeitenbeiforfarmers.de/ BE: http://www.werkenbijforfarmers.be/