Materials Planner

3 weeks ago


Trowbridge, Wiltshire, United Kingdom Wiltshire Farm Foods Full time

Overview

The Materials Planner will play a crucial role in supporting the delivery of business strategy at Wiltshire Farm Foods. This position will report to the Head of Planning and will be an integral part of the Planning team.

Working closely with a team of 8, the successful candidate will be based at our production facility in Wiltshire. The Materials Planner is responsible for arranging orders of raw materials and packaging into the manufacturing site to meet the production plan.

Our Company

Wiltshire Farm Foods is the UK's leading supplier of food to the health and social care sectors. We service over 400 hospitals, 450 care homes, and thousands more through our work with Local Authorities. Our mission is to produce delicious, nutritious, and sustainable meals for people at home or in care.

Our Values

Our values sit at the very heart of what we do. We are proud to be a business that makes a real difference, committed to producing great food to be proud of. We have developed a range of products designed to enhance health and well-being for all our customers. We are proud supporters of British food and farming and focus on using the best ethical and sustainably sourced produce.

Responsibilities

  • Review raw material and packaging requirements & PO requisitions and place orders according to lead time
  • Monitor Vendor delivery confirmations and act on variances of orders not confirmed for delivery
  • Review overdue Purchase Orders and follow up with suppliers with appropriate actions, (complete order, amend delivery date). Escalate issues to Line Manager if required.
  • Provide clear, timely communication of supply issues via a range of communication methods, such as email, MS Teams, and face to face
  • Complete and Issue Return to Supplier requests and issue to supplier and apetito inbound delivery team and complete any necessary claim forms
  • Monitor products regularly with shelf-life constraints, and work with the Supplier and Internal apetito teams to avoid stock write offs or action usage with production
  • Report on stock cover and obsolete stock to be returned or wasted
  • Carry out actions assigned by Line Manager
  • Monitor and communicate with external storage partners on delivery dates, accurate stock levels and other issues
  • To follow all set procedures in line with food safety, quality, legality and authenticity

Qualifications/Personal Qualities

Essential

  • Supply Chain experience in a food manufacturing environment
  • Driving Licence, or willingness to travel.
  • Time management. Working to deadlines
  • Ability to work autonomously
  • Attention to details
  • Accuracy in reporting
  • Ability to work effectively under pressure
  • Communicating with all key stakeholders
  • Driving cooperation with all departments and resolving conflicts
  • Ability to change workload priorities without compromising agreed service levels

Desirable

  • SAP experience

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