Planner

Greencore Group; Warrington; Híbrido; GBP 32.000 - 52.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Greencore is seeking a planning specialist at our Warrington site to turn forecasts into production and material plans, balancing service and costs across our manufacturing operations. You will collaborate with suppliers, manage risks, and drive continuous improvement in a fast-paced FMCG environment.

Join Greencore’s team to ensure audit readiness and seamless material flow from planning to purchase orders, supporting our growth across the UK manufacturing network.

Formación

• Time served understanding of planning process.
• FMCG knowledge and experience in fast-paced seasonal environments.
• Experience with multiple SKUs, short and long lead times.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Analytical thinking.
• Computer literacy including ERP systems.

Responsabilidades

• Convert sales forecasts into production and material plans and schedules balancing service and costs.
• Manage risks in the plan and amend orders to meet service and stock targets.
• Share forecasts with suppliers and resolve materials availability issues.
• Measure and publish obsolete/over stocks (finished goods and raw materials).
• Maintain ongoing communication with operations to ensure accurate information exchange.
• Propose and implement continuous improvements in own area.
• Maintain audit readiness for GMP, H&S, Technical, customer and accreditation audits.
• Translate production plans into material requirements and supplier PO creation.

Conocimientos

Planning expertise

FMCG experience

SKU management

Attention to detail

Analytical thinking

ERP systems knowledge

Descripción del empleo

Why Greencore?

Following the combination with Bakkavor in January 2026,we’reone of the UK’s leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to make every day taste better.

As a vibrant and fast-moving business,we’reproud to employ over 28,000 talented colleagues across 36 manufacturing sites and 21 distribution depots in the UK and the US. Together, we bring delicious food to life. Our products cover every meal occasion from breakfast through to dinner and dessert, with lunch and snacking in between. In FY25, our shared passion helped us achieve combined revenues of approximately £4bn.

Our extensive direct to store (DTS) network, with 17 depots across the UK, allows us to deliver fresh and frozen food both our own and from trusted partners to thousands of stores every day, ensuring consumers enjoy thevery best, whenever and wherever they shop.

Our Warrington site is also known as the Italian centre of excellence, recent expansion and investment make this site a state-of-the-art manufacturing unit! We produce high quality Italian ready meals for both Tesco & Co-Op.

What you’ll be doing

• Utilise available planning systems to convert sales forecasts into achievable production and material plans and schedules that optimally balance customer service and operational cost efficiency
• Manage risks within the plan and amend orders where possible/practical to achieve customer service and stock targets
• Share forecasts with suppliers and work with them to resolve issues with materials availability
• Measure, minimise and publish expected obsolete/over stocks (finished product and/or raw materials)
• Champion ongoing communication with the operations teams to ensure accurate exchange of information
• Propose and implement continuous improvements in own area
• Maintain a state of perpetual audit-readiness for all audits (GMP, H&S, Technical, Customer, Accreditation Bodies etc.) to ensure working practices are compliant at all times
• Translate production plans into material requirements and convert them into supplier purchase orders

What we’re looking for

We’re not all the same at Greencore and our differences help us to make every day taste better for all our stakeholders. We truly put our people at the core and are proud of our diversity.

• Time served understanding of planning process
• FMCG Knowledge/have experience of working in a fast-paced seasonal environment
• Worked with multiple range of SKUS; both short and long lead time
• Attention to detail
• Analytical thinking
• Computer Literacy including experience of ERP system

These may be trained or developed. These do not all need to be in place at recruitment.

If this sounds like you, join us and grow with Greencore, and be a part of driving our future success.

Whatyou’llget in return

• Competitive salary and job-related benefits
• Holidays
• Competitive matched pension contributions
• Life insurance up to 4x salary
• Companysharesave scheme
• Greencore Qualifications
• Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform
• Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform
• Enhancedparentalleave and menopause policies

Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported withon the jobtraining and development opportunities to further your career.

We reserve the right to close this advertisement before the stated closing date.

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