Job Description

Overview

Work with the Operations, Engineering, Customer Service and Transport teams to achieve high levels of customer service. The shift pattern for this role is 40 hours per week Monday to Friday.

Responsibilities

To produce site production schedules for blending and mills for our customers in the UK & Ireland.
o Ensure blending & mill plans are adapted for planned & unplanned downtime.

o Planned maintenance stops are managed without stock or service issue.

o Wheat usage forecasting

o Maintain appropriate stock levels to meet customer service levels.

o Schedule the availability of silos for cleaning within scheduled frequency.

o Compile & maintain tracking sheets for Woodsides & Montgomery for deliveries to Ireland.

o Compile & maintain delivery plans for Transport, blenders and weighbridge

o Raising Purchase orders for third party haulage.

Co-ordinate third party haulage collections in line with the blending plan to avoid stoppages & delays to own fleet. Action last minute customer changes to order requirements including delivery time, change to flour grade, collection time etc due to customers issues. To ensure the blending & mill plans optimise the performance of all plant and control planned downtime. Business interruption planning and handling and problem resolution 24/7.
o Liaison with other sites, estimate runout times etc

o Provide out of hours customer & operational support

We offer a competitive salary, enhanced holiday entitlement, company sick pay, life insurance, health cash plans, family friendly policies, EV/ULEV car scheme and cycle to work scheme. In return we are looking for:

Logistics & Operational management experience Order processing Business Continuity planning Knowledge of the food industry Knowledge of auditing processes Working with third party contractors Ability to plan, structure & organise work, translating this into relevant objectives, establishing priorities, plans, resources and monitoring processes Strong influencing skills Business to consumer relationships Experience of MRP systems, preferably D365 Excellent Communicator IT & numerically literate Ability to work under pressure
Job Type: Full-time

Pay: 50,000.00 per year

Benefits:

Company pension Life insurance On-site parking Sick pay
Schedule:

Monday to Friday
Work Location: In person

Reference ID: REQ00648 Planning Manager