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Salary Dependent on Experience & Comprehensive Benefits package (Generous pension contributions, Life Assurance, Employee Christmas vouchers, Perk Box – High Street brand discounts, long service awards, Subsidised onsite canteen)
At ALPLA, we stand for high-quality plastic packaging throughout the world. Around 22,000 colleagues produce quality packaging for foodstuffs, cosmetics and industrial cleaning brands for many blue-chip clients across 182 ALPLA sites in 45 countries
A career with ALPLA will offer you……an innovative driven culture, working within cutting edge facilities and the latest technologies, a focus on sustainability and promoting a circular economy, career enhancement and development opportunities.
Purpose
To provide bottle requirements to production and to issue the necessary information to ensure forward planning of production and meeting customers’ requirements.
Role goal is to ensure that there is a continuous supply of product available to customers.
Production Planning Responsibilities (not limited to)
* Develop, update, and monitor the production plan to ensure customer requirements are met as required.
* Involvement in assessing stock levels and production performance.
* Provide stock lists to customers as required
* Monitoring and maintaining production figures
* Compiling and monitoring Excel delivery schedules
* Invoice of delivery notes and ensure all products are invoiced correctly.
* Credit notes and credit note log completed in line for month end requirements
* Liaising with Production Manager / Supervisors for production requirements / priorities.
* Liaising with Warehouse / transport company for deliveries / discrepancies.
Following a comprehensive training programme, you will also have the below Planning Manager responsibilities;
Planning Manager Responsibilities (not limited to)
* To oversee and assist the Production Planners in daily operations to ensure smooth and efficient manufacturing in the plant.
* Liaise with customers and visit or attend meetings with customers where required.
* Monitor production.
* Forecasting of and ordering of Materials
* Locate and negotiate with new suppliers
* Cost saving initiatives
Education / Experience:
* Ideally will hold bachelor’s degree in a related field
* Minimum 3 – 5 years’ experience in planning role (production planning, materials planning in a fast paced manufacturing environment)
* Advantageous, will have exposure to: Plastic manufacturing or packaging industries AND/OR Injection moulding, blow moulding, or extrusion processes
* Analytical abilities
* Excellent communication verbal and written
Additional Information:
* Accessible parking on site
* Life assurance from day one
* Company Pension scheme
* Subsidised canteen
* Maternity and paternity pay scheme
* Christmas vouchers for you and your children
* Long service awards
Our new perk box offering a wealth of benefits such as: -
* Money off purchases such as food, drink, cinema, tickets, clothing, and homeware and so much more
* A number of freebies across the perk box site, such as free coffees
* Online access to free exercise and yoga classes with 24/7 access to qualified therapists
Please apply to this position for immediate review – contact Kerry McCormick – Internal Recruiter for more information.
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