Materials Scheduler

7 months ago


Devizes, United Kingdom Bakkavor Full time

**Materials Scheduler**

Salary: Competitive

Shift: Monday - Friday 08.30 - 17.00

Business Area: Bakkavor Desserts

Location: Devizes

Permanent, full time

We're the biggest name you've never heard of. You've probably eaten our food - you just didn't realise it. We make innovative fresh products, with around 18,500 colleagues working across the UK, US and China. We’re the market leader in the UK fresh prepared food industry supplying meals, salads, desserts, pizza and bread to leading grocery retailers (including Tesco, M&S, Sainsbury's and Waitrose). We’re ambitious. We’re full of ideas. And we’re ready for more people who share our values and passion for quality to join us.

Bakkavor Desserts is based in Devizes, Wiltshire and specialises in making chilled desserts such as tarts, yum yums, doughnuts, pies and pastries. The site employs over 550 people and is one of three factories that are part of the Bakkavor Desserts sector in the UK.

**The Role**

To work as part of a team controlling the materials Supply Chain and maintain continuity of supply in a very fast-moving environment.

**Accountabilities**

Health and Safety - To contribute towards creating and maintaining a safe working environment for all colleagues in their area and that as a minimum their area meets the standards set out in the group Health and Safety policy

Communications - Seek input from and maintain effective ongoing communications with internal and external stakeholders

Produce, interpret, provide insight and react to KPIs which identify the performance of the Materials team

Ensure that materials are always available and delivered on time to meet production schedules

Communicate within the wider Supply Chain team to develop new methods of working and encourage effective collaboration and teamworking

Internal Relations - To build and maintain internal relations in other functions and locations, including Commercial, Process Team, Technical and site stores and De Box areas.

Supplier Relations - Proactively develop collaborative working relationships with suppliers and continually review ways of working.

Stock management
- Responsible for stock days/stock value in line with agreed stock strategy, proactively look for opportunities to improve supply chain processes in order to reduce/improve stock management - Raw Materials / Packaging / Crates

Continuous Improvement - To proactively look at ways to improve customer service, short and long-term control systems development and further opportunities

**About you**
- Competence with numbers, including costings, calculations, and performance data.
- High levels of competence and confidence with systems and software programmes
- High standard of comprehension and analytics for written and verbal information
- Ability to use knowledge, information, data and experience to come up with new and innovative solutions to supply chain issues
- Experience of working in a fast paced, demanding environment
- Ability to diligently follow procedures and processes, yet also be comfortable and willing to use own initiative, and work with a degree of independence and autonomy
- Good communication skills, in writing and verbally, including the ability to influence, train and support others to gain buy-in to new working methods - both internally and with external suppliers

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