Production Planner

Zoe; England; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global supplier in the food industry seeks an experienced Production Planner to manage production schedules and oversee stock control tasks. This role requires a background in the food industry, proven experience with ERP and MRP systems, and strong Excel skills. Join a dynamic team and enjoy competitive benefits.

Benefits

Competitive benefits

Qualifications

• A background in the food industry.
• Proven experience with ERP and MRP systems.
• Strong Excel skills and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Plan all customer orders efficiently to maximize production capacity.
• Oversee administration tasks related to production planning.
• Liaise with departments to ensure timely arrival of raw materials.
• Daily planning using the N1 report.
• Investigate and resolve system errors.

Skills

Production planning

Excel skills

Attention to detail

Tools

ERP systems

MRP systems

Job description

Overview

An experienced Production Planner is required by our client, a leading global supplier of ingredients and premix solutions to the Food, Beverage and Nutrition industries. The Production Planner role is responsible for planning schedules to ensure the customers deadlines are met to the best of their abilities. Will oversee all stock control tasks related to Production Planning. Communicating with departments such as Customer Support, Quality and Production to help ensure schedule adherence and help with completion of objectives. Great opportunity with good benefits.

Responsibilities

• Planning all customer orders in the most efficient way to maximise production capacity.
• Oversee all other administration tasks related to production planning, raising batch documents, booking etc.
• Working closely with the Prep Room to ensure efficient stock rotation.
• Liaise with relevant departments to ensure raw materials arrive and can be sampled within the necessary timescales.
• Daily planning of the Production/Packing programs using the N1 report promptly from the order date.
• Overseeing allocation or document queries and authorising batch changes for Production/Warehouse.
• Participation and support in projects as and when required.
• Minimising plan changes wherever possible by working closely with Production Team Leaders to match workload resources.
• Investigate system errors and issues to provide effective and timely solutions.
• Housekeeping of write-on/write-offs – for damages, QA, spillages or end of batch.
• Liaising with the Administrator on scheduling requirements.
• Support Warehouse to improve the system of booking in/scanners/process.
• Support stock takes and cycle counting.

Qualifications

• A background in the food industry is needed along with proven experience with ERP and MRP systems.
• Good Excel skills and high attention to details.