Category Planner
Location : Grantham
This role is a 5 day onsite working requirement
Purpose
To provide support to the Category planning lead enhancing productivity, customer service and optimising stocks and minimising wastage delivering improved performance for the business through effective planning of the supply chain.
Responsibilities
Provide planning support/conduct capacity planning activities for part of a category:
• Creation & publication of the balanced weekly mid-term (24 week) capacity plan including inter-site demand (e.g. meat), taking into account /providing insight into capacity, labour, yields, shifts, plant efficiencies,3PL requirements etc..... as applicable.
• Assistance with the publication of the balanced short term (14 day) capacity plan including inter site demand (e.g. meat) and resolution of short term supply/demand issues
• Support the regional supply planning controllers in the S&OP cycle/process
Independent of the planning horizon above:
• Maintenance & communication around planning assumptions (e.g capacities) with key stakeholders.
• Identification of capacity bottlenecks and recommendations on options to eliminate. • Identification of other supply risks/limitations (materials, labour etc).
• Balance supply across the sites across all...