Supply Chain and Production Planner

Culina Group Limited; St Helens; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave 28 days

Pension 4% employee and 4% employer

Life assurance

Wellbeing programme

Eye care vouchers

Rewards programme

Employee discounts

Job summary

Culina Group Limited in St Helens is recruiting a Supply Chain & Production Planner on a 12 month fixed term basis. You will join the team to deliver weekly production plans, ensuring packaging and raw materials arrive in time to meet production and customer demand.

Responsibilities include creating and maintaining production, labour and capacity plans, coordinating across departments and liaising with customers on any issues while maintaining accurate records and driving improvements in

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a similar role.
• Experience in a fast-paced, customer-driven environment.
• Experience running/acting on MRP, planning, logistics and production supply.
• Excellent communication and organisational skills.
• Able to work autonomously as well as part of a team.
• Commitment to customer service standards.

Responsibilities

• Own the daily/weekly/monthly production plans.
• Maximise production runs and minimise changeovers.
• Identify capacity bottlenecks and initiate plans to rectify them.
• Create Labour and Capacity plans.
• Ensure stock levels are managed within agreed limits.
• Review daily/weekly production plan and communicate with production and supply.
• Support Production in the use of Vision where applicable.
• Monitor and order stock via MRP to meet customer requirements.
• Expedite or delay orders as required.
• Coordinate departments for new projects/SKUs launches.
• Communicate with customers about issues and manage expectations.
• Maintain records for procurement and purchasing.
• Perform stock reconciliations and reporting.
• Escalate repeat non-conformance from suppliers.

Skills

MRP planning

Production planning

Communication skills

Organisational skills

Teamwork

Customer service

Autonomy

Tools

MRP system

Job description

Company Description

IPS (Part of the Culina Group) works with some of the best known brands and provides cost effective and innovative co-packing, co-filling and co-manufacturing solutions within the UK.

Company Culture

At Culina we have a winning culture, we believe that our culture is one of the reasons our company continues to thrive… A place where you're valued, challenged, and inspired!

Job Description

Due to continued growth our friendly team in St Helens have an exciting opportunity for a Supply Chain & Production Planner to join their team on a 12 month fixed term basis!

As a Supply Chain Planner you will be responsible for joining up and delivering the weekly production plan. Ensuring that packaging and raw material is available in good time to meet production whilst delivering finished goods in line with demand.

Salary: £32,000-£36,000 per annum.

Working hours: Monday-Friday, 8am-4pm.

Key Duties of a Supply Chain & Production Planner

• Ownership of the daily/weekly/Monthly production plans.
• Responsible for maximising production runs and looking to minimize changer overs.
• Identifying capacity bottlenecks and initiating plans to rectify them.
• Create and provide Labour and Capacity plans.
• Ensure Stocks levels are managed in accordance with agreed limits.
• Review Daily produce production plan and communicate accordingly to production and supply.
• Support Production in the use of Vision where applicable.
• To monitor and order, via MRP, the stock of ingredients and packaging so that production may efficiently achieve Customer requirements.
• Expediting or delaying orders as required.
• Coordinate all departments to ensure new projects / SKUs launch successfully.
• Communicate with Customers to advise any issues and manage their expectations accordingly.
• Maintain good records and procedures for the management of procurement and purchasing.
• Perform stock reconciliations and stock balances, reporting results internally and to customers.
• Escalate repeat non-conformance from suppliers to customer management.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a similar role.
• Experience of working in a fast-paced customer driven environment.
• Previous knowledge in running/actioning MRP, planning, logistics and production supply.
• Excellent communication and organisational skills.
• Able to work autonomously as well as part of a team.
• Good attitude towards team work and continuous improvement.
• Excellent attitude towards providing customer service standards.

Additional Information

As part of our drive to make IPS a great place to work, we are proud to be an inclusive and diverse organisation where we are committed to employee development and recognising success for hard working performers.

Our dedicated learning and development programmes are open to every employee to give you the opportunity to shape your own future within logistics and continue to work in an environment where team culture thrives.

Benefits

• Annual Leave – 28 days inclusive of the bank holidays.
• Pension scheme – We want colleagues to enjoy a comfortable retirement so we offer a great contribution of 4% employee and 4% employer.
• Life Assurance - x2 your annual salary.
• Wellness – Via our Employee Assistance Programme we offer immediate access to a confidential telephone counselling and legal information service that operates 24 hours a days, 365 days a year.
• Eye Care Vouchers – We can provide you with substantial savings with free eye tests and discounts on prescription glasses.
• Reward & Recognition – We recognise that employees have gone the extra mile via Employee of the Month and Year, special recognition and long service awards.
• Everyday discounts - Via our benefit platform you will have access to over 50 retailer discounts for everyday savings!