Production Planner Maternity Cover

UNAVAILABLE; Northern Ireland; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in food processing seeks a committed individual for a production planning role. You will support the Planning Manager in ensuring efficient production schedules, stock levels, and customer order fulfilment. Successful candidates will have strong planning skills and experience in production environments, contributing to impactful performance and the company's growth.

Benefits

Enhanced Holiday

Free On-Site Car Parking

Subsidised Canteen

Pension Scheme

Life Assurance Cover

Discounted Staff Shop

Phone and Car Insurance Perks

Free Health Surveillance

Ongoing Training and Progression Opportunities

Employee Engagement Activities

Qualifications

• Previous experience in production planning, preferably in food processing.
• Ability to plan and prioritise work effectively to meet deadlines.
• Committed to working within the Company Values.

Responsibilities

• Ensure Planning targets are met without compromising quality or costs.
• Produce and amend daily/weekly production plans.
• Support stock management and customer order fulfilment.

Skills

Organisational Skills

Planning Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Attention to Detail

Communication Skills

Education

Experience in production planning

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Overview

Reporting to the Factory Manager, you will be responsible for providing daily production plans and projections for the Retail site. Essentially, we are seeking a determined and committed individual who can impact on performance and make a positive contribution to the company's future growth.

Responsibilities

• Ensuring Planning targets are met within deadlines, without compromising quality or control of costs.
• Producing daily/weekly production plans using current systems.
• Amending plans where necessary.
• Updating forecast figures on to KPI spread sheets.
• Working so that raw materials are available on a ‘just in time basis’ in-line with production requirements and fluctuating customer orders.
• Supporting the Planning Manager so that stock levels are managed within product life and available storage capacity.
• Supporting the long, short and immediate term planning of raw material and production schedules.
• Supporting the Planning Manager to ensure that stock levels are at optimum levels.
• Striving for fulfilment of all customer orders achieving 100% supplier service.
• Supporting the Department to analyse in-store stock trends to promote proactive planning and proactive response to the customer supply chain.
• Work with sales department well in advance of availability of surplus stocks to avoid last minute sales.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in production planning, preferably in food processing
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to plan and prioritise work effectively to meet deadlines.
• Possess strong planning skills with the ability to implement processes and procedures and to track progress.
• Well developed interpersonal and communication skills.
• High attention to detail.
• Working knowledge of the Microsoft Office packages, in particular Excel.
• Committed to working within the Company Values.

Benefits

• Enhanced Holiday
• Free On-Site Car Carking
• Subsidised Canteen
• Pension Scheme
• Life Assurance Cover
• Discounted Staff Shop
• Phone and Car Insurance Perks
• Free Health Surveillance
• Ongoing Training and Progression Opportunities
• Employee Engagement Activities
• Give Aways (Free meat seasonally)
• Refer a Friend Scheme
• Death in Service scheme

This role operates on a shift basis, including weekend work, which will be discussed at interview.

All candidates must be flexible and prepared to work additional hours when required to meet customer demand.

No company sponsorship is available to overseas applicants for this position.

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