Production Planner

Position: Production Planner / Procurement Assistant

Location: Huddersfield

Salary: £26,400 – £30,000’000 to £25,000 per year

Duration: Permanent

Hours of work: Monday to Friday, Up to 43 hours per week, but flexi time or part time hours potentially available

We have an exciting and varied opportunity for an experienced materials planner / procurement Assistant to join this established and highly reputable food manufacturing business based in Huddersfield. The role will encompass many areas of the supply chain function; production planning, expediting of raw materials and purchasing support.

The Role

Reporting to the Operations Manager, the Production Planner will produce and maintain daily production schedules, progress chasing, planning the production of raw materials to customer orders, and ensure the delivery of finished product to customers, on time, on quality and on specification. This will be achieved through management of the planning, raw materials ordering and receipt, scheduling, WIP and inventory stock management.

Key tasks will be:

To ensure correct receipt of orders from customers; To plan production schedule using stock levels and sales forecasts; To ensure raw materials are available for the plant to produce to the plan; To ensure the schedule delivers maximum efficiency and minimal waste; To ensure finished goods are stored and delivered as required; To ensure goods receipt and product despatching procedures are followed; To ensure storage and distribution costs are within budget.

There will be a further requirement to support the purchasing manager in liaising with suppliers and the procurement of consumables. Purchasing of raw materials, forecasting and providing data that will influence future schedules and allow the planning function to interpret machine usage and labour trends. KPI`s on which the Production Planners performance will be measured, will include: daily customer service levels, production schedule effectiveness, minimal out of life stocks (raw materials, WIP, finished stock) and accurate stock-counts.

Experience Required

Applicants should have a minimum of 1 years’ experience as a Production Planner or Scheduler, ideally from within a Food / FMCG environment.
The Ability to work to tight deadlines and be able to prioritise is also required
Applicants must have strong IT skills utilising Microsoft packages
Excellent communication skills both verbal and written are also essential
Experience of sage would be advantageous but not essential