Production Scheduler

Mcbride; Chadderton; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Mcbride is seeking an ambitious and self-motivated candidate for a production planning role in the UK. You will generate filling and blowing schedules using SAP, ensure materials availability, and communicate plans to production management.

Responsibilities include monitoring production conformance, planning promotions, coordinating packaging for launches, and liaising with product change coordinators for runs. Emphasis on accurate data and cross‑functional teamwork.

Qualifications

• Excellent numeracy and literacy skills.

Responsibilities

• Produce a filling schedule based on information from SAP software.
• Produce a blowing schedule to match the filling schedule.
• Check all packaging materials from external sources to match filling schedules.
• Communicate filling and blowing schedules to production management in agreed formats.
• Monitor and record filling and blowmoulding production to check conformance to plan and issue accordingly.
• Plan promotions within approved volume and target dates.
• Check that all packaging for promotions is ordered in line with filling plans.
• Inform key contacts of any customer service issues in agreed format.
• In conjunction with the product change coordinators, product last and first runs using agreed procedures and SAP.
• Build and maintain effective working relationships with contacts in other departments.

Skills

Excellent numeracy

Tools

SAP

Job description

If you are ambitious, self-motivated, hardworking and a team player and interested in growing your career with an International FMCG business, please read through our job opportunity.

Key Responsibilities:

• Produce a filling schedule based on information from SAP software
• Produce a blowing schedule to match the filling schedule
• Check all packaging materials from external sources to match the filling schedules are available when required
• Communicate filling and blowing schedules to production management in agreed formats
• Monitor and record filling and blowmoulding production to check conformance to plan and issue accordingly
• Plan promotions within approved volume and target dates
• Check that all packaging for promotions is ordered in line with filling plans
• Inform key contacts of any customer service issues in agreed format
• In conjunction with the product change co-ordinators, product last and first runs using agreed procedures and SAP
• Build and maintain effective working relationships with contacts in other departments

Key Results Areas:

• Customer service level within factory group
• Finished goods inventory levels
• Success of product promotions against agreed volumes and dates
• Success of new product launches against agreed schedules
• To ensure vertical and horizontal communication channels are established, maintained and of use to all
• To promote a culture where safety and environmental protection are understood and respected
• Customer service levels within factory group in relation to pre-agreed targets
• Finished goods inventory levels to be measured against agreed targets
• Achieving promotional targets
• Reducing stock and componentry write off’s by working in conjunction with the product change co-ordinators to create effective planning of new product launches, supersessions and run out of discontinued products

Qualifications:

• Excellent numeracy and literacy skills

Competencies

• Understands the broad longer-term objectives for the site and the department
• Is aware and can explain the relationship between own objectives and those of the department
• Knows what he/she needs to do to deliver and achieve objectives respecting the work of others
• Understands and identifies possible problems and risks and seeks help to address them if needed
• Demonstrates an understanding of and commitment to the values of the company

Commercial Awareness

• Understands and takes responsibility for the affect own day to day actions have on the commercial performance of the business e.g. waste, quality, responsiveness to internal and external enquiries, appearance in front of customers
• Takes an interest and contributes to continuous improvement initiatives to drive efficiency and cost effectiveness

Policies, Procedures and Standards

• Has a broad understanding and applies those aspects of policy, procedure and standards that are applicable to self and own area of work
• Is aware of the various methods and measures which exist to monitor compliance to policies, procedures and standards and the risks/consequence of non-compliance

Customer Service

• Understands the concept of the “internal customer, supplier”, who their internal customers are and the standards of service they require.
• Develops working relationships with people from other areas of the business
• Provides services and information accurately and timely
• Responds to customers in a collaborative and friendly manner always striving to deliver customer satisfaction
• Takes ownership for work activities, issues and complaints within his/her control, referring those whose outside their remit to the appropriate person

Quality

• Understands and takes responsibility for quality
• Understanding and follows all quality procedures and specifications
• Reports substandard or unsatisfactory work/products

SAP

• Has a thorough knowledge of the SAP transactions and processes
• Able to interrogate and investigate inventory accuracy and discrepancies

Master Data Control

• Has a thorough knowledge of SAP product launch & withdrawal processes
• Has a thorough knowledge of SAP Master Data requirements and procedures

Supplier Management

• Has full knowledge of Supplier base and supply constraints
• Has knowledge of repro and printing processes

Continuous Improvement

• Knowledge of suitable processes and skills application
• Participates in continuous improvement activities

This job description describes the key areas of the job but is not exhaustive. The job description is subject to review and amendment in line with the needs of the business.