Planning Manager

Hilton Foods Ireland

Drogheda

On-site

EUR 60,000 - 80,000

Full time

5 hours ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Holiday: 30 Days

Company Pension: 5% Matching

Subsidised Canteen

EV Chargers

Cycle to work scheme

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Free car parking on site

Staff shop with discounted products

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Hilton Foods Ireland is looking for a professional Planning Manager to lead the onsite planners and raw material schedulers in Drogheda. You will work closely with the demand planner to manage a rolling 52‑week outlook, optimise capacity and communicate opportunities or issues in a daily Sales and Operations Planning setting.

The role requires strong Excel skills, English communication, and experience in forecasting and retail operations.

Qualifications

Excellent experience using Microsoft Office, especially Excel.
Strong written and spoken English communication skills.
Experience in forecasting and planning.
Experience in working with retail customers.
Good organisational and prioritisation abilities.

Responsibilities

Review the forward plan to identify capacity constraints and opportunities for cost-efficient planning.
Create and maintain a Sales and Operational template to guide the site planning.
Manage seasonal plans to ensure timely delivery at planned costs.
Coordinate demand and material scheduling with logistics on site.
Communicate with demand planners, planners and schedulers daily on horizon planning.
Develop and maintain an effective production schedule for cost efficiency.
Engage with Operations and Logistics to reflect current performance in capacity models.
Attend DRM 3 and Planning meetings as required.
Report daily Site Service levels and outline recovery plans.
Support site NPD meetings to align with upcoming product changes.
Lead and develop planners and material schedulers, including 1-1s and development plans.
Maintain relationships with procurement to ensure supply and minimize write-offs.

Skills

Excel

English communication

Forecasting

Retail experience

Organisational skills

Job description

Role: Planning Manager
Location: Drogheda, On site
Working hours: Monday - Friday, Monday- Thursday: 8:00 AM- 4:30 PM, Friday: 8:00-3:30 PM, 39 hours
Salary: Competitive

About us:

We are a company that takes pride in our people as it is our people who are at the centre of everything that we do.
We have multi-category expertise with a focus on quality and innovation. We deliver what customers need and consumers want with expert taste and growth mindset.
Our business began with meat, and we've developed a market-leading expertise with unmatched quality globally. We're always investing in new technology to deliver more value, efficiency and consumer-led innovative solutions.

What we are looking for:

We are looking for a professional and experienced Planning Manager to manage the onsite planners and raw material schedulers to ensure we have the most cost effective and efficient plan. To work closely with the demand planner to generate and manage a rolling 52 week outlook of capacity demands and effectively communicate any opportunities for spare capacity and potential issues when looking short of capacity via a sales and operational planning meeting.

Key responsibilities as a Planning Manager will be to:

To look at the forward plan (short and long term) to understand capacity constraints/opportunities to ensure we are planning in the most efficient and cost effective way
To generate a comprehensive Sales and Operational template to guide the site through the forward plan
To manage seasonal plans using the tools we have to ensure effective delivery at the planned cost
To manage the demand and requirement for the logistics resources on site (NAWI, Manual warehouse) and manage any pinch points
Effective daily communication with demand planner, planners and material schedulers to discuss short, medium and long term horizon
To generate and keep updated an effective production schedule to allow efficient and cost effective planning
Regular communication with Operations and Logistics to ensure the capacity models are reflective of current performance
Attendance at the daily DRM 3 Meeting and Planning Meeting
Reporting Site Service level on a daily basis and annotating to ensure we have clarity around recovery plans
To participate in site NPD meetings to ensure full visibility of any upcoming product changes
To manage the planners and raw material schedulers, ensuring they are having regular 1-1's and personal development plans
To maintain a close relationship with the procurement buyers to ensure we have consistent supply and minimal write off's