Production Planner

1 week ago

Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire, United Kingdom myGwork Full time

This job is with AG Barr Plc, an inclusive employer and a member of myGwork – the largest global platform for the LGBTQ+ business community. Please do not contact the recruiter directly.

Job Title: Production Planner (Fixed Term)

Location: Cumbernauld

Are you ready to Be Your Best Barr None?

We are all about Being Your Best Barr None and having a career with real Moments that Matter

AG Barr has been quenching the nation’s thirst for over 145 years and is home to some of the UK’s most loved drinks brands.

Employing around 850 people across four business units and seven UK locations, we are proud to be a responsible business that takes care of our people, values diversity, gives something back to our communities and works to minimise our environmental impact.

At our core is Barr Soft Drinks, home to some of the UK’s most loved soft drinks. Whether it’s the iconic IRN-BRU, launched in 1901 and still going strong today, the vibrant RUBICON fruit based brand or the unique range of BARR flavours, we brighten people’s lives with refreshingly different drinks.

We also have a number of exciting owned brands within our portfolio, including the functional drinks brand Boost, FUNKIN which operates in the exciting and growing cocktail market and MOMA, which crafts quality oats into great tasting oat drinks and porridges.

There's never been a better time to join us

What we’re looking for...

You will be a key member of the Site Production Planning team, working towards creating and delivering the weekly production schedule, ensuring that it is the most efficient, optimised schedule taking into account machining, warehousing, crewing & material constraints. You will also update the system for material usage and place call offs for JIT orders.

You will have the opportunity within this role for personal growth within the Planning and Supply Chain Optimisation team. This position directly impacts two of our Supply Planning KPIs, by impacting our Service into our customers & also the Availability Metric within our OEE targets.

Your responsibilities will include...

As a Production Planner your responsibilities will include;

  • Support Senior production planner with building the weekly production plan
  • Working within our ERP system ensures all raw materials is correctly assign to each individual product pack
  • Place and manage in week materials, of both raw ingredients and materials, to meet the daily production plan (cans, preforms, glass, sugar & liquid citric)
  • Participate in the daily meetings and providing administrative support where required
  • Respond to delivery booking requests from our suppliers for raw materials whilst working closely with our Goods In team.
  • Update and provide site work order packs for production ensuring information is accurate via BOM updated and aligned to production plan.
  • Work closely with the Senior production planner to foster a Continuous Improvement environment.
  • Liaise with suppliers to create call-off schedules for the following week to support that week's production.
  • Ensuring high levels of communication within the Supply Planning team and drive process/activity alignment within the team.
  • Drive towards achieving & reporting on the team’s KPIs.
  • Ad-hoc requirements to cover other activities within the Supply Planning department.

What you’ll bring...

The successful candidate will have;

  • Previous experience in FMCG would be an advantage however not essential
  • Keen willingness to learn
  • Team player
  • Strong computer IT skills. Eg Microsoft Office: Excel, word etc.
  • Experience of an ERP systems. Eg JDE/Orchestr8/SAP/BPCS would be advantageous, not essential training will be provided.
  • Excellent communication skills essential
  • Ability to work independently, or as part of a team.
  • Attention to detail is critical
  • Continuous improvement mindset

What we offer…

We believe in creating a diverse and inclusive culture where your voice can be heard. Our skilled, loyal and committed people are critical to the future success of AG Barr which is why we are continually investing in our employees to develop their talent.

We look after our employees by offering a competitive salary and benefits package which includes;

  • 33 days holiday
  • Flexible holiday trading
  • Living Wage Employer
  • Healthcare Cash Plan
  • Flexible benefits e.g. discounts & cashbacks, gym memberships, technology purchases etc
  • Life assurance
  • Save as you earn scheme
  • Staff sales discount
  • Free AG Barr products throughout your working day
  • Pension
  • Annual salary review
  • Ongoing professional development

And much more

To find out more about what it is like to work for AG Barr, please visit our careers platform here.

We are an equal opportunities employer and happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments that may be needed for successful candidates with a disability, health or mental health condition.

While we have highlighted our ideal requirements for this role, we are realistic that the successful candidate probably won't meet every single requirement in this advert, but we are big advocates of people growing in role. So even if you don’t meet every single requirement, we encourage you to submit an application - you may be just what we are looking for Apply now

Speculative CVs from agencies will not be accepted.

Latest closing date for applications is Friday 22nd November 2024.

Please note, we may close vacancies early where we receive significant numbers of applications, so apply now

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