Production Planning Specialist

1 week ago


Manchester, United Kingdom Inspired Global Cuisine Full time
Job Description

Inspired Global Cuisine (IGC) is a leading frozen ready meal manufacturer based in East Manchester.

We are an ambitious company with significant growth over the last 2 years, producing over 1 million meals a week. Our core values of accountability, creativity, openness, and teamwork drive our success.

The successful candidate will work collaboratively across functions to manage short-to-medium term planning horizons and coordinate production workflow for multiple products. This includes creating and maintaining production schedules, attending weekly planning meetings, and working closely with Raw Materials Controllers.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Contribute to production scheduling input during weekly planning meetings to review next 4 weeks of daily production plans.
  • Attend and contribute to daily Supply chain meetings, ensuring actions are completed and interacting with colleagues for continuity.
  • Work collaboratively with Raw Materials Controllers to ensure planning cohesion and minimize plan changes and waste exposure.
  • Participate in weekly Supply Chain team meetings to update on weekly performance indicators and share successes, priorities, issues, and escalate any need for help.
  • Collaborate with Product Development team to plan trials aligned to weekly production plan and required launch dates.

Qualifications and Experience:

Desirable – Proven experience within a Supply Chain role, specifically within a production scheduling discipline.

Desirable – Food manufacturing experience.

Required - Proven experience within a Supply Chain role, specifically within a production scheduling discipline.

Required - Experience of using multiple systems such as Microsoft Navision, Microsoft Excel, and various other Supply Chain based systems.

About Us:

We believe in manufacturing excellence, delivered by brilliant people, innovative products, and continuous improvement.

Benefits:

Competitive salary of up to £32,000 per annum, benefits include autonomous work environment, personal and professional development opportunities, and cross-functional collaboration.



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