Senior Production Scheduler

Finsbury Food Group Plc; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading speciality bakery group in the UK seeks a Senior Production Scheduler for its Memory Lane Cakes site in Cardiff. This hands-on leadership role focuses on production scheduling, team leadership, and continuous improvement initiatives. Applicants should possess strong planning skills, experience in FMCG, and be IT literate, particularly in Excel and MRP tools. A degree in a relevant field is preferred, along with a desire for career progression in a dynamic environment.

Benefits

Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Leave

Enhanced Pension Scheme

Free Employee Assistance Programme

Retail discounts via Benefits Hub

Company shop with discounted products

Refer a Friend Scheme

Employee Recognition Awards

Extensive Learning & Development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experienced in scheduling or planning in FMCG/food manufacturing.
• Confident communicator working well under pressure.
• Self-motivated with ambition for career progression.

Responsibilities

• Produce and publish production plans aligned with customer needs.
• Lead a team of schedulers to meet on-time, in-full goals.
• Manage complexities of short shelf-life fresh food products.

Skills

Planning

Organisational Skills

Team Leadership

Communication

Excel

MRP systems

Education

Degree in Supply Chain or related field

Tools

MRP tools

Optimity

Job description

Maes-Y-Coed Road, Cardiff CF14 4XR, UK Req #52

19 May 2025

Shift: Monday to Friday

Salary: Competitive, with opportunities for growth

We have an exciting opportunity to join our Supply Chain function as a Senior Production Scheduler at our Memory Lane Cakes site in Cardiff, part of the Finsbury Food Group. This is a hands-on leadership role, ideal for someone with strong planning and organisational skills who thrives in a fast-paced environment and is ready to take ownership of production scheduling on site.

Every day is different, and this role offers the chance to lead a small, focused team, contribute to continuous improvement (CI) initiatives, and directly influence production efficiency and customer satisfaction. If you’re passionate about food, operations, and making a difference, this could be the perfect next step.

Our Memory Lane Cakes site is one of our cake bakeries within Finsbury Food Group. We make a large percentage of the UK's sharing cakes from retailer own brands cakes, tray bakes through to party cakes like Caterpillar cakes. They employ over 850 people on site and the sites runs 24/7, which encompasses a culture of Team work, friendly and respectful leadership and a focus on Continuous improvement at all levels.

This is what you'll actually do!

As a Senior Production Scheduler, you will be responsible for producing and publishing accurate production plans that align with customer needs while maintaining operational efficiency. You’ll be the bridge between the scheduling function and manufacturing, ensuring that production runs smoothly and efficiently.

You’ll lead a small team of on-site schedulers, supporting their development while ensuring that daily plans are executed effectively and deliver on our OTIF (On Time In Full) goals.
A key challenge in this role is managing the complexities of short shelf-life fresh food products, where tight timelines and planning accuracy are critical to minimising waste and ensuring delivery success.

You’ll work closely with key internal stakeholders including manufacturing, supply planning, NPD, logistics, and distribution, providing proactive scheduling support and ensuring alignment across the operation. You’ll also have the opportunity to get involved in CI projects that drive value across the site.

Strong systems knowledge is essential – you’ll need to be proficient in Excel, MRP tools, and ideally Optimity. Familiarity with M3 would be advantageous but isn’t essential.

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Ideally, this is you:

• Experienced in a similar scheduling or planning role, ideally in FMCG or food manufacturing
• A strong team leader with people management experience
• Self-motivated, ambitious, and looking for career progression
• Confident communicator who works well under pressure and prioritises effectively
• Highly organised with a sharp eye for detail and a commitment to high standards
• IT literate, comfortable using Excel, MRP systems, and planning tools like Optimity
• Degree-level qualification preferred (especially in a Supply Chain-related discipline)

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What's in it for you?

• Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Leave to allow quality time with your new arrival!
• Enhanced Pension Scheme for our employees
• Free Employee Assistance Programme (open to colleagues and their families)
• Retail discounts accessible via our Benefits Hub platform!
• Company shop available at sites (heavily discounted, yummy products!)
• Refer a Friend Scheme (up to £300 per referral – t&cs dependent)
• Employee Recognition Awards· Extensive Learning & Development opportunities (including opportunities for sponsored professional memberships and our own in-house development course!)
• An opportunity to be part of a fantastic, growing organisation. Head over to our LinkedIn page to find out more!

Our vision is to be the leading speciality bakery group in the UK and we want the best people in place to achieve this. Our continued success is built entirely on the talented people who work here, so employee development is important to us because everyone is a valued member of the team and we want every individual to have the skills and capabilities to achieve both your own personal goals and our business goals. We want good people to join our company, to help our company continue to go from strength to strength. If this sounds like you, please get in contact to learn more!