Production Planner

Requisition Number

3583BR

The Role

This role will be situated at our Malton site, in the planning department and will be responsible for the planning and coordinating of all raw material and production within the Central Packed Meats (CPM) area of the site, to meet customer requirements whilst aiming for maximum efficiency in the use of machinery, raw materials and labour. The post-holder will produce accurate stock requirements and plans for labour, machinery and labour hours and will work closely with production, other planning areas, costing and technical, communicating and notifying of potential problems where necessary.

The root to success in this role will be through strong understanding of factory production capabilities and critically strong working relationships with all relevant internal departments and external customers. Maintaining an awareness of the material flow between departments and querying any deviation to standard practises and resolving accordingly. Ensuring departmental supervisors and managers understand their role in achieving the plan. Acting decisively under challenging time pressured conditions and take full responsibility and accountability for actions to ensure excellence is achieved.

Company Information

Sofina Foods is more than just a food company. It’s a place where you can grow your career, learn new skills, and make a positive impact on the world.

With a wide range of meat and seafood products that delight consumers worldwide, Sofina Foods is always looking for talented and passionate people to join its team of over 13,000 employees across 40 sites in Canada and Europe, including Young’s Seafood and Karro Food Group.

At Sofina Foods, you will be part of a culture that values innovation, quality, sustainability, and customer satisfaction. You will also have the opportunity to work with diverse and delicious products that are sourced responsibly and sustainably from over 50 different protein sources from 5 continents.

Sofina Foods has a 25 year history of excellence in the food industry and provides over 500 million meals for the global market every year.

Our vision is to be the most successful food company in the worldIf you are looking for a rewarding and exciting career in the food sector, Sofina Foods is the place for you.

Key Accountabilities

Typical activities may vary from week to week and will change depending on the needs of the Buisness. Activities will include:

Work as part of a unified team, driving increased planning accuracy and stock control throughout and supporting an environment for the whole team to contribute to success, with ownership by all

Receive customer orders from forecasting systems, Sales Managers and the Trading Department

Update daily plans to reflect orders and requirements, ensuring the correct specification of product is available for the forecasted production

Ensure provision of detailed production plans for all designated departments

Analyse actual versus plan on a daily and weekly basis and report on adherence to plan

Explore, develop and implement the most efficient and cost effective methods of producing products from the site.

To explore, develop and implement best practices, identify areas for improvement and ensure continuous performance improvement across all areas of responsibility.

Utilise standard operating procedures for the planning team and identify improvements where appropriate

Ensure the accuracy of stock reports

Immediate communication and escalation of potential problems to minimise potential errors

Effectively communicates relevant information to all business levels and confronts issues openly and quickly

Skills and Experience Required

Excellent communication and team working skills

Natural decision-maker, able to exercise judgement and take responsibility for the consequences of actions and decisions

Determined and resilient, with the drive to complete tasks

Ability to accept and learn from constructive criticism

Tactical thought process, able to challenge convention and identify alternative ways of working

Relationship builder with the ability to build and develop strong personal relationships with the supplier and internally within Karro Food Group

High levels of professionalism and integrity

Excellent analytical skills

IT literate (Excel - essential, SAP - desirable and Hellenic - desirable

Benefits

Competitive rates

Online Benefits Hub

Canteen

Life insurance

On-site parking

Company pension

Schedule

12 Hour Shift

Hours of Work

Full time

Company

Sofina Foods

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