Planner

Hours: Monday – Friday 37.5hrs per week – Flexibility required within a 9 – 5 framework – Permanent
Salary: Competitive

Job Background:

We are excited to be offering an opportunity for a Planner to join our company.

The candidate will be responsible for the timely and effective planning / scheduling of make-to-order products based on demand, and agreed stock levels plus the procurement of raw materials specific to these lines.

Role Summary:

Duties include (but are not limited to):

• Manage and maintain planning data and parameters for Make-To-Order Products (CD5 Toffee/Éclair/Fudge and Bariatrix Enrobed Products)
• Maintain a balanced production plan from top level product to lowest level planned WIP.
• Regular review and update of the plan in accordance with customer orders, 3rd party warehouse stock and possible projected demand.
• Manage production planning to maximise output to available capacity.
• Ensure raw materials specific to the Make-To-Order products are ordered to meet needs of the production plan.
• Advise supply chain, operations and sales when demand is unable to be met due to capacity or material constraints and identify the product(s) affected.
• Regular reporting of production schedules to key customers highlighting changes to the previous schedule.
• Provide data and/or highlight concerns on a range of planning/production parameters such as conformance to plan, yield or efficiency analysis via close working with the production team leaders.
• Have the production plan set by the agreed day & time each working week ready for the Core Planner to publish the full factory production plan.
• Attend regular production review meetings to review the weekly plan.
• Participation as and when required in continuous improvement projects across the site.
• Consistently review sequencing of plans to reduce change overs, meet out loading requirements whilst balancing labour, production and warehousing resources.
• Close working with the Core Product Planner on shared core book and wafer resources with priorities set by the company.
• Absence cover for the Core Product Planner.
• Clear understanding of the financial costs of products and materials used within the company.
• Provide excellent service and support to our internal and external customers.

Key Personal Attributes:

• Able to work as part of a team to deliver shared goals Demonstrate a ‘Can Do’ attitude showing willing and flexibility towards the role.

• You will have excellent attention to detail

• Have the ability to manage a diverse and changing workload effectively, including an ability to work to tight or changing deadlines

• You will demonstrate the ability to make strategic commercially focussed decisions or recommendations

• Have excellent organisational skills, able to prioritise work based on urgency and importance, and deliver work to deadline

• Have a positive approach to problem solving with an ability to develop solutions

• Production Planning and Scheduling in a Make-To-Order environment

• Have the understanding to Interpret Customer Demand and its impact on multiple levels of bill of materials (gammes) and work centres (resources)

• Supply Chain / Production experience

• Understanding of bill of materials (gammes)

• Ideally you will have a working knowledge of Adelia

• Proficient in Microsoft applications, including Word, Excel, and Outlook

Apply for this position

If you think you are the person for this role, please apply by submitting your CV to hr.opchoc@cemoi.com