Kings Lynn site week - 2 times per week home office.
Package includes
Salary from 37,000, plus pension contributions matched up to 10% and access to flexible benefits that support your development, wellbeing and everyday life
Contract:
Permanent 37.5 hours per week
As European Material Planning Manager at Germains, you'll ensure raw materials are available across our European sites--including the UK, Netherlands, and Spain--by developing accurate supply and forecasting plans aligned with customer demand. Working closely with site managers, procurement, and customer service teams, you'll help maintain smooth production.
This is an exciting opportunity for someone ready to take the next step in their career and gain greater exposure to European and global communications. The role involves working with teams in the UK, the Netherlands, and Spain, with occasional contact with North America. It offers increased accountability and a broader European perspective, along with the chance to collaborate across key areas of the business--including commercial teams, planning, site managers, and external suppliers--while gaining a clear view of our wider European operations.
Some key responsibilities will include:
To create, review and maintain the 12-18-month supply plan for the purchasing of raw materials into manufacturing sites based on production demand, stock levels and capacity information, in line with agreed processes.
Interpret regional demand plans, ensuring flexibility to match supply and demand in a timely manner.
Define, agree, review and manage inventory requirements to adapt to meet regional business needs in stock locations.
Responsible for the management of site stocks and the control of stock variances. Consistently challenge stock variances with manufacturing sites and report variance impact to the business.
To monitor and maintain the EU raw material risk model, identifying potential risks in the supply chain and developing mitigation strategies.
Skills and Experience
Comprehensive understanding of production processes and inventory management.
Effective analytical skills and demonstrable ability to use Microsoft Excel and complex operating systems.
Previous experience with customs compliance such as understanding of commodity codes and Incoterms.
Understanding of regulatory and H&S compliance with regards to raw materials purchasing and transport.
Professional level in English (verbally and written).
About The Company
Rewarding your Passion
When you join us, you'll do meaningful work and be rewarded fairly for it. From annual salary reviews and ongoing career development and enhanced family, financial and wellbeing benefits - these are just some of the ways we reward you - from day one.
About us
Germains Seed Technology's mission is to 'maximise nature's potential' by using its seed technology processing know-how and deep expertise to unlock the genetic potential of seeds for food production. At a time when pressure on land, water and resources is greater than at any time in human history, Germains exists to help our customers maximise the productivity and cost-effectiveness of their crops. Our team of around 200 people work across the USA, Europe and the UK.
We're part of AB Agri, the agricultural division of Associated British Foods (ABF plc) and we're passionate about feeding the world responsibly and affordably by making quality animal feed, creating nutrition and technology-based products, and offering data services for the agri-food industry. What sets us apart is how we delight our customers - and that's because of great people like you. People with different life experiences who share common values. Together we're building a fair, innovative and inclusive culture.
As a Disability Confident employer, we're committed to ensuring our application and recruitment processes work for everyone so if you need any additional support (like alternative formats for your application, bringing a support dog to the offices, a sign language interpreter - or anything else) just let us know.
Application Notes
We hope you feel that AB Agri is somewhere you can thrive and so we'd love to hear from you. We get a lot of applications for our roles and sometimes need to close the process early so register your details and upload your CV via our careers website as soon as you can - it will only take a few minutes.
When you do, we'll ask you some equal opportunities questions just to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive - or show us areas we can improve. This information is anonymised, separate from your application and is never seen by the hiring panel. You can choose not to answer these questions and this won't affect your application.
Apply today or contact our recruitment team for more information.
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