Lead Planner

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Full time
Location: Wednesbury
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Job offered by: Avara Foods
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Who are we, and what do we do?

You may not have heard of us, but there’s a good chance you’ve enjoyed our products. Avara Foods is one of the UK’s leading food businesses, supplying chicken and turkey to the country’s major supermarkets and well-known restaurants.

We own and manage our entire supply chain, from farms to factory and all the way to the customer door – meaning we have careers that cover a whole range of functions. We have major processing sites across England and Wales, and an agricultural network of over 350 farms, spanning from North Yorkshire to the South Coast and Wales. A Little About Our Wednesbury Site

Our advanced manufacturing site in Wednesbury, West Midlands, is our newest advanced manufacturing site, and we’ve invested around £4.7 million into state-of-the-art facilities.

Our Wednesbury site is a flagship Added Value centre for Avara, which employs over 150 talented individuals at the site, who help to supply some of the UK’s largest supermarkets and popular restaurants! About The Role

Are you passionate about scheduling? Looking for a new challenge? Do you have experience or qualifications in planning work flow in a production environment?

As a Lead Planner, you will create & update short-term production plans required for product assembly in a fast moving, high volume, and frequently changing environment, where there is a significant amount of incoming data from various sources which requires the ability to analyse, process, make decisions and communicate effectively.

This involves management of incoming raw material, work allocation to lines taking various constraints into consideration, monitoring of finished goods stocks and outgoing orders.

The role is mainly office based, however you may be required to enter the factory environment so you’ll be exposed to a fast-paced, dynamic FMCG factory environment which is noisy and refrigerated in some areas, manufacturing short shelf life products where hygiene standards are critical. As

a Lead Planner

you’ll be working

Monday to Friday 08.00 to 17.00. What will your key responsibilities as Lead Planner include?

Ensure short term production plans are prepared, updated and communicated to enable customer orders to be produced in a timely and efficient manner. Creating a weekly plan, presenting this to members of the planning and production teams. Tracking daily packing and preparation schedules ensuring fulfillment of the plan. Helping avert potential service level and performance issues by escalating variances. Planning optimal use of bird weights, labour resources and equipment. Continually tracking actual performance versus planned performance to help push corrective actions. Gathering knowledge of wider factory processes to record and analyse performance data. Using performance data to continuously improve personnel and functional performance. What You’ll Need To Be Successful

Previous experience within a fast moving manufacturing or production environment. Excellent communication skills with colleagues of all levels. A high standard of IT proficiency including using Microsoft Excel to collate and present data. The ability to adapt quickly using real time information updates. The Benefits Of Working For Avara Foods

As a

Lead Planner

you will enjoy a secure, supportive and progressive working environment, where your contribution and achievements will be recognised and rewarded. Benefits

We offer comprehensive training as well as continuous development as you build your long-term career with us. You can also look forward to benefits that amongst other things, include the following: £32,000-£37,000 per annum DOE 31 days holiday allowance Secure contract with long term career development opportunities Straight forward pension contribution of 4% Life assurance Cycle to work scheme Salaried Advance Finance Salary Sacrifice Car Scheme Access to our Employee Benefit Scheme, which includes unlimited remote GP appointments and unlimited mental health sessions, physiotherapy sessions, medical second opinion consultation, and other discounts and perks, such as savings & discounts on weekly costs. Ts & Cs apply. What happens after you apply for this role?

After you’ve applied, you’ll be contacted in due course by a Resourcing Officer at our

Wednesbury

site, to discuss your application and CV further. There’ll also be a chance for you to ask us any questions you may have about the role.

If you’re ready to work in a dynamic environment alongside talented people who take pride in delivering great results, apply today! We are committed to being an equal opportunities employer. INDHP #TheAvaraWay

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