Production Planner

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Scheduling and sequencing in production/raw materials planning process in order to ensure efficiency and supply
• Review of data from multiple sources including demand planning, supplier information, and production limitations and make decisions against these.
• Provide key information including but not limited to daily updates for manufacturing, weekly routines, and 3-month outlooks for purposes of business planning.
• Manage inventory levels to business targets on a monthly/quarterly basis
• Actively pursues self-development in role with cross-functional rotations, training packages, and on-the-job learning for peer-to-peer knowledge
• Embraces a continuous development mindset, and continually challenges existing practices and seeks to generate or adopt Best in Class and right first-time ethos. Looking for opportunities to improve and streamline processes and non-value-added tasks in order to strive for agility and simplicity.
• Manage successful new product launches, product delists, and promotional activities through the year in line with CPA, with careful awareness of the costs involved and customer expectations.
• Develop and build relationships with key stakeholders in both in-house and external in order to drive business performance. Stakeholders include (but are not limited to): Manufacturing, Logistics, and Wider supply chain teams, Demand/commercial teams, and external suppliers/customers as and when required.
• Meet & Exceed All Operational Goals & KBIs to Support Overall company business plan outputs.
• Utilise problem-solving techniques and aggressive improvement plans to track and build on success.