Production Planning Manager
- Employer
- Eden Scott Ltd
- Location
- Duns, Scottish Borders
- Salary
- £35-40K + Benefits
- Closing date
- 17 Oct 2018
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- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Function
- Planning
- Business Sector
- Food Manufacturing
Job Details
Eden Scott’s client is a well-established food processing company based in Scottish Borders.
Operating within a rapidly changing environment, an opportunity has become available for a Production Planning Manager.
Reporting to the Site Operations Director, key responsibilities are:
To produce and communicate all plans ensuring plans are understood by all stakeholders
To establish and communicate clear planning rules, ensuring that all relevant people adhere to them
To forecast orders versus capacity (total, by SKU, by line etc), applying forecast accuracy knowledge and line capabilities, produce the aligned plans
To understand and apply Supply Chain best practice including Planning / Scheduling systems, Stock control and actively contribute to the S&OP process
To develop, direct, coach/train, support and empower your direct reports to fulfil and improve upon the duties of their day to day planning roles
Manage staff levels against production requirements, managing holidays to ensure all areas are adequately staffed at all times.
Ideal candidate:
Experience in a planning leadership and management role preferably in the Food Industry
Highly IT literate, excellent spread sheet skills and capable of being the ERP champion
Good all-rounder who understands planning best practice, supply chain and the application of Continuous Improvement
Excellent presenter and communicator at all levels with the interpersonal skills to build productive internal and external relationships
Leadership and management skills to direct, manage and coach
Full Driving Licence
Company
Eden Scott is a specialist UK food and drink industry recruiter.
We offer cost effective and high quality recruitment solutions to both candidates and clients within the food & drink industry.
Our clients range from start-ups to multi-national corporations throughout the UK and overseas.
We have an excellent track record of attracting talent from within the UK, Europe and overseas.
Whether you are looking to employ staff on a permanent, temporary or contract basis, please get in touch.
Our services include:
• Advertising design and placement
• Access to a large database of high quality, food and drink candidates
• Management of the full recruitment process
• Support of final interviews and selection
• Executive search campaigns
• Digital marketing
• Assessment centres including Psychometric testing
- Website
- http://www.edenscott.com/markets/food-and-drink
- Telephone
- 0131 550 1100
- Location
-
26 St Andrew Square
Edinburgh
Midlothian
EH2 1AF
GB
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