Production Scheduler

Pilgrims Europe; England; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading FMCG company is seeking a qualified individual for a planning role that involves scheduling factory activities to optimize performance and ensure safety. Candidates should have strong analytical skills, experience in FMCG, and the ability to effectively communicate with various stakeholders. Advanced knowledge of Excel and familiarity with SAP are essential for this position.

Qualifications

• Experience in a FMCG Industry, ideally in a planning or scheduling role.
• Understanding of OPEX and it's use in optimising production schedules.
• Experience in production Planning & Scheduling.

Responsibilities

• Schedule all activities to ensure safe manufacture for all.
• Communicate with stakeholders on risks and service delivery.
• Optimise product sequences and volume for business performance.

Skills

Experience in FMCG Industry

Understanding of OPEX

Production Planning & Scheduling

Strong communication skills

Analytical & problem-solving skills

Advanced Excel capability

Working Knowledge of SAP & Innova

Job description

Purpose

Use the principles of OPEX to schedule all factory activity across a 1 to 4 week window.

Key Responsibilities/Measures of Success

Leadership

• Safety is a condition. Schedule all activities in a way that permits safe manufacture for all site teams.
• People: Communicate effectively with key internal stakeholders; Planning, Operations, Engineering, Technical, OPEX, R&D etc. on risks, issues and key changes required to deliver optimised customer service at the lowest cost.

Key Deliverables

Excellent Results

• Schedule all site activity and ensure schedules are sufficient to deliver customer service level targets.
• Optimise product sequences, volumes, allergen sequences, maintenance windows, training events and new product trials to drive improved business performance across the balanced scorecard.
• Alongside Operation teams, plan site labour requirement to deliver production plans.
• Create and continuously improve ideal production sequences that optimise delivery at the lowest cost.
• Build strong relationships with the site Operations team. Utilise these relationships to solve problems quickly & effectively.
• Build strong relationships with customer supply chain contacts. Utilise these relationships to optimise product flow across the end to end supply chain.

Standard Work & Problem Solving

• Document planning standards, raise standards, and confirm standard work daily.
• Create and maintain master performance data sets for all SKUs and all processes.
• Identify key problems areas and set targets to improve planning effectiveness.
• Use data analysis to make problems visible, quantifiable and to guide decisions.
• Ensure planning systems are optimised to drive effective and efficient planning, scheduling and material call off.
• Identify repeat problems within Operations and work with the Operations team to root cause and countermeasure.
• Use data analysis to make problems visible, quantifiable and to guide decisions.

Skills & Knowledge

• Experience in a FMCG Industry, ideally in a planning or scheduling role.
• Understanding of OPEX and it's use in optimising production schedules.
• Experience in production Planning & Scheduling with an in depth understanding of planning systems and their optimisation.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to influence multiple levels of the site and customers.
• Strong analytical & problem-solving skills.
• Advanced Excel capability.
• Working Knowledge of SAP & Innova or similar manufacturing systems.