Planner – Food Manufacturing
As this leading branded and own-label food manufacturer continues its dynamic journey of growth, it has an opening for a Planner to join the Planning Team, ensuring the timely and controlled availability of packaging materials and ingredients to support the production function across multiple sites.
Key responsibilities include;
Place contracts and call-offs to cover forecasted volume and production plans.
Collaborate with Supply Planning, Demand Planning, Finance and Commercial teams and attend regular/ad-hoc meetings.
Full end-to-end management of suppliers covering short and long term demand, expedition of materials where appropriate, chasing of short or late deliveries and any other supplier management issues.
Maintenance of purchase orders.
Utilising SAP to log and monitor contract and call-offs, and including reconciliation and adjustments where applicable, as well as responding to invoice queries.
Periodic reviews of safety stocks and lead times.
Management, maintenance and analysis of the associated reports and associated tools.
Monitor and track contracts in line with Procurement to maximise PPV.
Facilitate packaging redesign process, managing delist and NPD launches.
To take an active role in continuously developing your skills and knowledge through self-development activities and/or through attending company-organised training and development opportunities.
Ensure brand integrity is maintained at all times. What we are looking for;
Experience in planning, planning admin or SAP admin in the manufacturing sector would be key, experience in packaging, food/beverages or FMCG or similar sectors/manufacturing would be ideal.
Experience with SAP would be highly desirable.
Experience managing multiple suppliers; packaging and ingredient suppliers would be advantageous
Experience of high volume and multi SKU ordering, based on short lead times, would also be beneficial This is a hybrid opportunity, offering one day a week to work from home. The role is based in West Yorkshire.
Please note, all applicants must be eligible to live and work in the UK. Unfortunately, we are unable to progress any applications requiring Visa Sponsorship