Gressingham Foods
Assistant Production Planner – Redgrave
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Full time Assistant Production Planner – Redgrave
Job Details
- Pay: £28,000 per annum rising to £30,000 per annum upon successful probation period
- Position: Permanent
- Job type: Full-time
- Shift schedule: 40 hours per week. Monday to Friday, hours will vary as we operate different shift patterns to cover the needs of the factory. Additional hours and some PM shift coverage may be required during our seasonal peak (November/December).
- Location: Gressingham Foods, Redgrave, Diss, IP22 1SA
Benefits
- Holidays: 28 days per annum inclusive of Bank holidays pro-rated
- Free onsite parking
- Subsidised Canteen
- Staff Sales shop
- Workplace pension (after initial qualifying period)
- Staff and family events
- Monthly Employee Draw
- Long Service Awards
Who are we?
We are Gressingham Foods – the number 1 Duck producer in the UK.
Gressingham is synonymous with duck, its reputation for exceptional taste has made Gressingham the duck of choice for all the major UK retailers and many independent stockists and specialist butchers, as well as being featured on the menus of top restaurants nationwide.
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The role
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic individual wanting to join a thriving, forward-thinking business in the food manufacturing sector.
Fast-paced & varied, covering an array of production planning duties within the Supply Chain function of the business. This position is ideal for individuals looking for a rewarding career in production planning.
Duties will include:
- Creating short-term production plans based on customer forecasts and longer-term production plans based on sales forecasts.
- Liaising with other departments including material scheduling, warehousing, and operations aligning production with demand.
- Analysing production throughput rates, efficiencies, and suggesting areas for improvement.
- Supporting the team of production planners with data analysis and reporting.
- Raising and aiding to resolve any production issues as they arise.
- Communicating to customers and internal sales colleagues any issues with supply.
- Placing orders for any bought-in meat.
- Updating delivery schedules for bought-in meat.
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You are
- An enthusiastic person with a passionate, can-do approach to your duties who demonstrates attention to detail with good organizational and time management skills.
- Take pride in your work.
- Have a professional working ethic.
- Able to work with Excel spreadsheets and other system software, have strong analytical and communication skills.
- Want a long-term opportunity you can grow with.
- You can work as part of a team and equally able to use your own initiative.
- Due to our remote location, you will need your own transport for getting to and from work.
Interested in joining us?
Please submit your CV along with a covering letter to hr@gressinghamfoods.co.uk
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