Planning Manager HFI

Hilton Foods

Drogheda

On-site

EUR 50,000 - 66,000

Full time

2 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Holiday 30 days

Pension 5% match

Canteen

EV chargers

Cycle to work

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Free on-site parking

Staff shop

Employee assistance

Job summary

Hilton Foods in Drogheda, Ireland is seeking a Planning Manager to lead onsite planners and raw material schedulers, ensuring cost-effective and efficient planning.

You will work with the demand planning to maintain a rolling 52-week capacity outlook, manage production schedules, and collaborate with operations and logistics. Strong Excel, forecasting, and communication skills are essential.

Qualifications

Proven experience using Microsoft Excel to manage data and schedules.
Excellent written and spoken English communication.
Experience in forecasting and capacity planning.
Experience working with retail customers.
Strong organisational and prioritisation skills.

Responsibilities

Oversee onsite planners and material schedulers to create cost-efficient plans.
Collaborate with the demand planner to generate a rolling 52-week capacity outlook.
Lead the Sales and Operational Planning process for the site.
Manage seasonal plans and production schedules to control costs.
Coordinate with Operations and Logistics to reflect capacity in performance models.
Attend daily DRM 3 and Planning meetings and report site service levels.
Support site NPD meetings to align upcoming product changes.
Develop and mentor planners and material schedulers through regular 1-1s.

Skills

Excel

English communication

Forecasting

Retail customer 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.

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