Skip to main content

This job has expired

Production Planner

Employer
CPA Recruitment
Location
Devon
Salary
£25,000 - £28,000
Closing date
24 Feb 2022

View more

Contract Type
Permanent
Function
Logistics, Operations, Planning, Production, Supply Chain
Business Sector
Food Manufacturing

Job Details

About the Company

Our client is a well-loved Devon based food manufacturer, specialising in various bespoke white label and own brand products.

About the Role

Your previous high volume admin experience will give you the advantage when understanding and assisting all aspects of this pivotal Production Planning role. This role would suit someone with a Planning/ Food Manufacturing background with strong IT and Excel skills. You will be responsible for the control of paperwork issues, tracking & returns to the factory floor, working with senior planning & purchasing on double check systems and contributing towards implementation of a new RP system.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Control of production paperwork – manage issues, tracking & returns.
  • Produce and update the weekly production tracking sheet
  • Checking issued paperwork against tracking sheets and ensuring the correct paperwork is issued or updated prior to production commencement
  • Set up and generation of WD & RTE schedules from planning lists
  • Picking up & processing daily additions independently
  • Work closely with the Planning Manager on scheduling – maintain WD schedule; add secondary planning points to RTE (dispatch, warehouse, traying etc); administrate agreed schedule additions
  • Adding sample transfer requirement details to the packing schedule
  • Double checking schedules before issue
  • Issuing new printed schedules daily
  • Close liaison with operations on packing dispatch requirements
  • Secondary point of contact for the factory on paperwork queries – resolving batch queries, missing paperwork issues, clarification on schedule or paperwork issues
  • Processing consolidation pre-advice
  • Absence cover for Operations Assistant
  • Processing & logging recipe updates

About You

  • Planning/ Production/ Manufacturing experience gained from working in a FMCG Food/ Drink/ Pharma environment or equivalent 
  • Ideally an understanding of planning systems, MRP systems, spreadsheets, forecasting and stock replenishment
  • A passion for building a strong planning function that will be the hub of the business.
  • Hands on work ethic & ability to juggle many balls at the same time
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills

**The above is not an exhaustive list of duties and you will be expected to perform different tasks as necessitated by your changing role within the organisation and the overall business objectives of the organisation.

 

Ref Code: FM40149

To apply, please e-mail in strict confidence, with a comprehensive CV, including salary details, quoting the above reference and for the attention of Danielle to Danielle.Nicolas@cparecruitment.com or call 020 8203 1000.

Due to a high volume of responses, we cannot reply to each application individually. If you have not had a response within one week, we are sorry to say your application has not been successful on this occasion.

Company

International specialists in the provision of practical recruitment and resourcing solutions, across every sector of the food and drink industry, CPA Recruitment is a name synonymous with quality and service, as well as being a business that’s justifiably proud of its well earned reputation.

Offering a global capability, we’re able to draw on an unrivalled wealth of in-house expertise and are clearly acknowledged as one of the market leaders in our field.


Highly respected in the food & drink industry, we are dedicated to building partnerships in business, with both clients and candidates that bring, mutual benefits to all parties, on a long term basis.


With twenty year’s experience, we have grown a talented team of consultants, whose knowledge and experience and expertise of the food and drink recruitment market guarantees that success will be at your disposal to achieve your recruitment objective.


We are renowned for providing bespoke solutions, with in-built flexibility and have a long and successful history of handling both UK and overseas assignments, at all levels, on behalf of a loyal and growing client base – ranging from global blue-chip organisations to independent enterprises.

Company info
Website
Telephone
020 8203 1000
Location
Eclipse House
20 Sandown Road
Watford
Hertfordshire
WD24 7AE
United Kingdom

Get job alerts

Create a job alert and receive personalised job recommendations straight to your inbox.

Create alert