About Princes
The Princes Group has over 7,000 employees with offices and production sites in the UK, Netherlands, Italy, Poland, France, and Mauritius. Princes manufactures 350 different food and drink products responsibly sourced and enjoyed by consumers every day. None of this would be possible without striving to be an employer of choice, where our colleagues are proud to represent our business.
Role Description
Pivotal role within Supply Chain, evaluating the Demand Plan for Site FG to deliver a production plan, by assessing capacity, highlighting issues, and identifying opportunities to balance customer demand and Long Sutton’s supply in the medium- and the short-term.
Re-evaluate service levels daily - proactively amending production schedules to react to demand and sales forecasts so as to optimise customer service and operational costs.
With regard to the production plan, ensure timely delivery of an accurate supply plan for raw materials and packaging scheduling.
Planning of production lines to maintain an accurate four-week schedule;
Planning of seasonal production in line with crop availability and customer requirements;
Maintain customer service for the factory at 99.5% or above;
Maintain finished goods stocks to agreed site budgets;
Provide accurate and timely information to the material scheduling team;
Communicate effectively with all stakeholders (other planners, material schedulers, production personnel);
Responsible at all times for ensuring optimum customer service in terms of quantity and timeliness;
Has authority to change production plan at any time (With the support of on-call managers during ‘out of hours’ where appropriate);
Effective management of redundant stocks.
To maintain product Food Safety, Legality, Integrity, Authenticity, and Quality standards by ensuring all associated policies and procedures are adhered to.
Role Requirements
Production planning experience
IT skills including advanced level of Microsoft Excel
Ability to manage own workload and prioritise accordingly
High level of communication both verbally and written
Minimum Food Safety Level 2
Understanding of Supply Chain
Experience of automated planning systems
Ability to work independently and think outside of the box
Essential
Production planning experience
IT skills including advanced level of Microsoft Excel
Ability to manage own workload and prioritise accordingly
High level of communication both verbally and written
Attention to detail
Minimum Food Safety Level 2
Understanding of Supply Chain
Experience of automated planning systems
Ability to work independently and think outside of the box
Desirable
Planning systems (SAP) – intermediate level
Integrated and end-to-end Supply Chain planning processes
Benefits
25 Days Annual Leave
14.5% Pension – 5% employee opt in / 9.5% employer
Flexible Holiday Option - Buy 5 Additional Days
Enhanced Family Friendly Policies
Critical Illness Cover
Learning & Development Opportunities
Corporate Incentive Scheme (company performance based)
At Princes, we are committed to making all stages of our recruitment process accessible to all candidates (including application). Please let us know as soon as possible of any additional support or reasonable adjustments you require through the recruitment process by emailing Recruitment@princes.co.uk
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