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Planning Manager (12 months FTC)

Employer
Morrisons
Location
Deeside Industrial Park, Deeside
Salary
Competitive Salary & Excellent Benefits Package
Closing date
27 Jan 2019

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Contract Type
Interim
Function
Planning
Business Sector
Food Manufacturing

Job Details

We have a great opportunity for a Planning Manager to join our Manufacturing site in Deeside on a FTC until approx April 2020. As the Planning Manager you will form part of the site leadership team, reporting into the Site GM you will coach and lead a team of 6 planners and have full responsibility of looking after the end to end processes on site including ordering of raw materials and ingredients., and oversee the planning of Low Risk and High Risk on site.

Requirements of the Job

As a Planning Manager you will be responsible for delivery and understanding of the Supply  of cooked meats and ready to eat chicken into our customers. You will be responsible for supply into retail, internal & external customers. You will work closely with a variety of stakeholders to include Site GM’s, Supply Chain Demand Planners, Trading, Procurement and Finance teams. You will ensure day to day that stock targets are right and look at Planning from a strategic perspective. You will ensure the effective and accurate delivery of the Planning KPI’S which are – delivery times of plan to operations, delivery time  of Orders to Supply chain.

Salary & Benefits

This job as a Planning Manager offers a very competitive salary in line with current market rates. We will also offer you a fantastic benefits package; 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays), car allowance, a discount card for you and two friends or family members giving you each 10% off your shopping in Morrisons, Colleague Bonus Scheme, and competitive pension scheme. You’ll have access to a variety of high street discounts, as well as tonnes of flexible benefits. You will also monitor and challenge managers in the business unit to ensure that the planning process, procedures and standards are being adhered to and maintained. 

About You

You will have worked in Supply Chain or as a Manufacturing/ Planning Manager or equivalent, within a fast paced manufacturing environment, ideally within food manufacturing. You will have strong influencing skills and the ability to build and maintain strong relationships across teams. Fresh Meat and chilled planning experience would be advantageous and you will be experienced in using a planning database with strong IT skills, particularly Excel. You will have demonstrable experience of delivering strong customer service with the ability to make challenging decisions to ensure consistency with service to our customers. You will have a proven track record of improving planning process via understanding industry best practices and keeping up to date with this.

A Proven track record of implementing and improving planning processes and systems to improve service within a Manufacturing to Retail operation is highly desirable.

You will have great leadership skills ensuring your team are striving to exceed expectations, encourage collaborative working, developing talent within your team and creating talent progression maps for future team and site stability.

About The Company

About our Deeside Manufacturing Site

Deeside became 100% by the Morrisons family April 2012 and has 20 high speed high risk slicing lines on a standard week producing over 2.5 million packs of sliced cooked meats. The site operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week employing 1,100 colleagues.

You may already know that Morrisons is the UK’s 4th largest supermarket. But did you know that we’re also the UK’s 2nd largest fresh food manufacturer?

Our offering is unique, as unlike other supermarkets, we source and process over 90% of the fresh food that we sell in store.

We are proud to be the Yorkshire food retailer serving 11 million customers across the UK over nearly 500 stores and an online home delivery service.

Why Join Us?

 We’ve a fantastic bunch of people who are at the top of their game in all kinds of fields. And in return for looking after our customers, we look after them with great rewards. Don’t just take our word for it, click here to hear from our colleagues about what life is really like at Morrisons.

Company

We're foodmakers and shopkeepers. Together, #WeMakeMorrisons. And everyone’s welcome here. We work as one team to help feed the nation and make sure people can get the food they need. It’s all of our jobs. As the only UK retailer with our own manufacturing business spread across 18 sites, not to mention nearly 500 stores, we’ve lots of opportunities for you to play your part.

So, whether you want to make the freshest food, sell it, or even join us in our head office, we’d love to meet you. And with all the support you need to be your best, you won’t just help us make Morrisons - you’ll build a rewarding career for yourself, too We're a diverse and inclusive employer. And we don't just say it, we show it. Everyone is welcome at Morrisons!

Here’s what we’re offering. In return for your hard work, you’ll get a great pension, private healthcare (applicable roles), 15% colleague discount and 10% for 2 friends/family, money off at over 850 retailers with My Perks, and much more.

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