Production Planning Specialist

1 week ago

Thrapston Northamptonshire, United Kingdom Morrisons Full time

About The Role

With a manufacturing operation as fast paced and complex as ours, it's key we have a strong planning team who are on the ball and are able to keep up to the demands of the site. It's our Planning Specialists who will generate the medium to long term production plan for our Manufacturing sites to deliver outstanding product availability for our customers.

Reporting into the Manufacturing Planning Manager and based at our Thrapston Manufacturing site you will be responsible for the end to end planning process for our produce sites and also be responsible for:

  • Utilising all available information and tools to help maximise the end to end profit of the manufacturing process.
  • Supporting the category to plan and coordinate delivery of raw material including packaging & finished goods in line with customer requirements.
  • Build strong relationships with all internal stakeholders, external parties
  • Continually improve business efficiencies.
  • Ensuring all legislation and Grocery Suppliers Code of Practice requirements are adhered to
  • Understand end to end supply chain and financial implications.
  • Identifying new opportunities and efficiencies
  • Building knowledge of product and seasonal calendars.
  • Weekend Cover (Shared Rota) can be remote

About You

As well as the ability to work at pace, with a demonstrable background and experience in manufacturing planning you will also need to have:

  • Experience in a similar manufacturing planning role within a manufacturing environment (preferably within a food/FMCG environment)
  • End to end supply chain experience and managing supplier relationships
  • Proficient in forecasting, planning and data analytical skills
  • Ability to make your own decisions and work using your own initiative on a daily basis and implementing your ideas into practice
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
  • Demonstrable experience of using planning software systems
  • Assertiveness with the ability to make decisions on the spot
  • Experience of root cause analysis
  • A can do attitude and a strong work ethic

About the site

At Thrapston, we produce fruit and nuts for 494 stores and for morrisons.com, which means preparing everything from apples, nuts, seeds, tomatoes, pears, citrus, blueberries, grapes and kiwis - all to help #MakeGoodThingsHappen.

Our team of colleagues work over a 24/7 operation to get cases of fresh food ready for our stores and Morrisons.com every week.

About The Company

We host regular seasonal events and you’ll often find our suppliers on site sharing details of their latest product. We’re also committed to fundraising for our current charity partner.

Our business is fast paced and ever changing, as such we’ve lots of opportunities for you to play your part in our success. We’d love to meet you…

Some of the benefits you can expect as follows;

  • 15% colleague discount in our stores and online, plus an additional 10% card for a friend or family members (subject to fair usage)
  • Generous holiday entitlement
  • Flexible working hours
  • Company pension contributions
  • Perks with over 850 retailers
  • Free parking onsite
  • A range of family friendly policies including 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave along with neonatal and fertility leave

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