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Planning Manager

Employer
b3 jobs
Location
West Midlands
Salary
£36,000 - £40,000 + benefits
Closing date
19 Nov 2018

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Contract Type
Permanent
Function
Planning
Business Sector
Food Manufacturing

Job Details

Planning Manager

Job ref: 61845 | £36,000 - £40,000 | West Midlands

The company

This is a great opportunity to join a large chilled food group who supply own branded products into all the major retailers. A well recognisable product, the business is innovative and can offer a rewarding working environment plus progression within the company for the right candidate.

The job

The purpose of the Planning Manager is to effectively manage and lead the planning team to deliver the most efficient production plan whilst maintaining the optimum customer service level within the agreed KPI’s.

You will coach and mentor the team to drive change, continuous improvement and efficiencies, manage the site daily forecast & demand process, coordinate the commercial forecast at SKU level & convert into forecast / event planning and ensure the effective management of NPD activity from the point of entry into the factory to final sign off.

Your experience

To be considered for the Planning Manager role, you will possess extensive experience of working in supply chain/planning within FMCG, most ideally food manufacturing. You will be proficient in using WMS and other planning functions, be continuous improvement focused and be comfortable working in a fast paced, ever changing environment. Previous management / team leading experience is also required.

More details

The Planning Manager job is based in the West Midlands region and is paying £36,000 - £40,000 according to individual skills and previous experience plus benefits including company pension, 33 days holiday, childcare vouchers plus learning and development opportunities.

The working hours are Monday to Friday, 8am – 5pm, however some flexibility will be required to meet the needs of the business.

How to apply

If this really sounds like you and you want to be considered for the Planning Manager job, please click the Apply button.

Or, alternatively you can apply directly for this job by emailing me, Ryan Marchant, ryan@b3jobs.co.uk quoting job reference 61845.

What happens next?

On applying for this job, you consent to b3 jobs ltd holding your details on file to be able to contact you about your job search, for full details of our GDPR policy, please refer to the b3 jobs website. We aim to contact you within 24 hours on the assumption that your credentials fit the requirements for the role.

b3 jobs is a professional, friendly and progressive food recruitment consultancy established in 2000 dedicated to the food manufacturing industry. We are a market leader for permanent jobs within food and drink manufacturing throughout the UK. All of our consultants have considerable experience in recruitment so you can be confident that they will have your best interests at heart when finding the perfect job for you.

We deal with food jobs covering product development / NPD, quality assurance / QA, technical, process, production, operations, planning, supply, sales, account management, engineering, microbiology, food technology, specifications, marketing, logistics, purchasing, hygiene and auditing. We cover all job levels including Assistants, Technologists, Technicians, Supervisors, Team Leaders, Managers and Directors.

Alternative job titles

Planning Manager | Food Production Planning Jobs | FMCG Planning Jobs | Planning Supervisor | Production Planner | Head of Planning | Demand Manager | Materials Planner | Food Manufacturing Jobs | Shropshire

Company

Since 2000, b3 jobs has been helping to further 1000s of people’s careers within the food manufacturing industry, throughout the whole of the UK. As one of the leading specialist food manufacturing recruitment agencies, b3 jobs cover all disciplines both permanent and interim and from graduates to MD’s,

Our core values are always:

  • to find the very best job for you - not us!
  • to give you friendly, ethical, honest and expert recruitment services
  • to advise and not pressurise, so that you can make the right decisions for you

We genuinely strive to provide you with what you want – a job that not only offers the salary you’re after, but also the career progression and job satisfaction that makes going to work all the more worthwhile. Enough trumpet blowing though – visit our website to read just some of our happy previous candidate testimonials - we are more than happy to let our reputation precede us!

For a full up to date list of our jobs, visit www.b3jobs.co.uk

Food Industry Graduates

If you are graduating soon and looking for your first job in food manufacturing, have a look at our Graduate Resource Hub on the b3 jobs website.

https://www.b3jobs.co.uk/graduates

Here you will find everything you need to get started on searching for a new position, from CV and cover letter writing tips, sample food industry job descriptions, informative and entertaining blog posts, useful links and even live graduate vacancies you can apply for.

Company info
Website
Telephone
01435 866000
Location
Heffle Buildings
33a High Street
Heathfield
East Sussex
TN21 8HU
GB

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