Production Planner - Primary

Dunbia; Dungannon; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

Dunbia is seeking a dedicated Production Planner to provide daily production plans for the boning halls and slaughter hall. Reporting to the Planning Manager, you will influence performance and contribute to the company’s future growth.

Key responsibilities include forecasting, scheduling, resource coordination, and monitoring performance to ensure 100% service levels for customers. The role requires strong planning, organisational, and Excel skills within a meat-processing environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in production planning, preferably in red meat processing.
• Ability to plan and prioritise work effectively to meet deadlines.
• Strong planning and analysis skills with the ability to implement processes and track progress.
• Well-developed interpersonal and communication skills.
• High attention to detail.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Excel.

Responsibilities

• To prepare daily planning forecasts to assist with the overall timely co-ordination and optimisation of the factory and its resources (facilities, people, packaging etc).
• To prepare commercially driven weekly slaughter and boning plans that are designed to optimise factory utilisation and performance.
• To co-ordinate the day to day running of the primary operation through the scheduling of work and use of daily plans.
• To monitor actual operating performance against the plans and ensure corrective re-planning action is taken to address any variances.
• To ensure all customers receives 100% service level.
• Updating forecast figures on to KPI spread sheets.
• Work with sales department well in advance of availability of surplus stocks to avoid last minute sales.

Skills

Production planning

Organisational skills

Planning and analysis

Interpersonal communication

Attention to detail

Tools

Excel

Job description

Reporting to the Planning Manager, you will be responsible for providing daily production plans for the boning halls and slaughter hall. We are seeking a determined and committed individuals who can impact on performance and make a positive contribution to the company's future growth.

Responsibilities

The Role:

• To prepare daily planning forecasts to assist with the overall timely co-ordination and optimisation of the factory and its resources (facilities, people, packaging etc).
• To prepare commercially driven weekly slaughter and boning plans that are designed to optimise factory utilisation and performance.
• To co-ordinate the day to day running of the primary operation through the scheduling of work and use of daily plans.
• To monitor actual operating performance against the plans and ensure corrective re-planning action is taken to address any variances.
• To ensure all customers receives 100% service level.
• Updating forecast figures on to KPI spread sheets.
• Work with sales department well in advance of availability of surplus stocks to avoid last minute sales.

Qualifications

The Person:

• Previous experience in production planning, preferably in red meat processing
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to plan and prioritise work effectively to meet deadlines.
• Possess strong planning and analysis 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.

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

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Dunbia is a true market leader operating globally and our desire to create better food naturally is the driving force behind everything we do.