Production Planner£25-30k Cambs.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join an international food manufacturer with a turnover in excess of £200 million.  Producing and selling fresh food and drinks across several categories this business has an extremely strong track record and is experiencing a period of significant growth. A great opportunity has arisen for a Production Planner to join our Supply Chain team. Reporting to the Planning Manager you will be responsible for ensuring Finished Goods (FG) supply meets the customers’ demands by maximising customer service while minimising the costs associated with FG and Raw Material (RM) waste and production inefficiencies. As the production Planner you will be expected to produce the Production and Capacity Planning for the short, medium and long term as well as producing the daily Production Scheduling and daily SKU & Customer Forecasting. You will already have gained high volume manufacturing supply chain planning experience preferably within a chilled food environment.  Whilst a degree level of education would be advantageous it is not essential and you may possess professional qualifications in forecasting or planning.  The ability to work under pressure and meet timely deadlines is essential as is the ability to work unsupervised, demonstrating ability to own projects and see through to completion.  Naturally for such a position you will be highly numerate and analytical with a proactive approach.  Strong interpersonal and influencing skills will be required to ensure...

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Production Planner £25-28k Suffolk

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a highly profitable, international processing and manufacturing business who are performing extremely well within the UK. Reporting to the Planning Manager you will effectively manage all production requirements, analyse production specifications and plant data to determine manufacturing processes, capacity and resource requirements and recommend best utilisation. You will also plan and schedule workflow for each work centre in accordance with established manufacturing sequences and lead times whilst also monitoring the status of various customer orders and act accordingly to maintain on time deliveries. The planning team also plan in production engineering requests for maintenance/repair services to equipment. You will be the first point of contact for all planning and production enquiries/orders requiring processing; assist with prioritising orders, critical demand and smoothing the production loads. On a weekly basis you will review contract stock ; liaise with necessary departments to meet the forecast dates and develop the relationship between sales and production in order to understand future demand. Ensure ERP and other planning tools are used to enable accurate interpretation of demand; including capacity planning, demand profiles and scenario planning. The Production Planning team is the key communicator between Customer Services and Production ensuring on time deliveries are achieved. You will have experience in production planning and scheduling in a fast paced manufacturing environment, as well as good working knowledge of Oracle or...

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