Planner

Planner – Spalding (FTC-6 months) 

 

We rise to challenges together 

    • 3's and 2's fixed days 6:00-18:00 (red shift)
    • Up to £28.000
    • Highly competitive reward package including life insurance, staff shop, MyBargains discount platform    

 

Why join us?  

We’re ready for anything. We thrive on challenge and change. The undeniable pressure and pace of our 24/7 operation keeps us on our toes and offers a variety of career pathways and options to explore and pursue. We encourage everyone to work hard, push further and show resilience. And it’s exciting. Because only by mentoring and role modelling our success and innovation, will we continue to diversify, grow as individuals and succeed together. 

What we do.  

This particular role is at our Bakkavor Spalding site, which employs over 1,470 people across 3 manufacturing facilities & 1 Distribution Centre. We specialise in making hand crafted sandwich wraps, salads, dips, soups & sauces and mayonnaise.

About the role.   


The successful Planner will be responsible for the formulation of daily production plans, process customer orders, and reforecast as required as well as constantly monitor the progress of the factory to ensure that we achieve 100% service level.

Accountabilities:  

  • The formulation of a production plan that maximize factory efficiency and labour productivity and still delivering factory constraints and service levels.
  • The control of finished goods stock levels to minimise disposals.
  • To constantly monitor the progress of the factory to ensure that service levels to the warehouse are met.
  • The formulation of accurate raw material figures for procurement.
  • To process all customer orders. To be able to reforecast customer provisional orders based on current orders and weather patterns.
  • To order daily labour requirements and challenge the factory team on agency requirements.
  • To act as a pivot point between all departments for the purpose of effective communication.
  • To attain best practice planning methods.
  • To be able to communicate effectively with our customers.

About you.   

  • Have previous experience of working in a planning department.
  • Excellent numerical skills
  • Good written and verbal communication skills
  • Good IT skills with the ability to develop these further
  • Ability to make decisions and solve problems.

 

What you’ll receive.   
  

As an equal opportunity employer, we’re committed to providing a safe and rewarding environment for you to thrive in. This is why we work hard to deliver benefits, rewards and wellbeing offerings that are important to you.    

 

  • Life Assurance (1 x salary)
  • 25 days holiday
  • Staff Shop
  • Stakeholder Pension Scheme
  • MyBargains Discount Platform
  • Personal Accident Insurance
  • Free Independent Mortgage Advice
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • A Range of voluntary benefits (holiday purchase scheme, additional life assurance, dental & hospital cash plans)
  • Discounted tutoring for children
  • Access to financial learning tools and affordable loans via your salary
  • Private Medical Insurance (after 5 years service)
  • Free Carparking

 


Proud to be Bakkavor.   
   

We’re proud to be the market leader in the UK fresh prepared food industry. We’re proud to supply meals, salads, desserts, pizza and bread to leading grocery retailers including Tesco, M&S, Sainsbury’s and Waitrose. We’re driven by the hard work and passion of our people and are delighted to offer a wide range of careers across our business – come and join our dedicated Bakkavor team!   

   

Find out more and apply.   

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Bakkavor

We are the leading provider of fresh prepared food in the UK, and our presence in the US and China positions the Group well in these high-growth markets. We leverage our consumer insight and scale to provide innovative food that offers quality, choice, convenience, and freshness. Around 18,000 colleagues operate from 44 sites across our three markets supplying a portfolio of over 3,000 products across meals, pizza & bread, salads and desserts to leading grocery retailers in the UK and US, and international food brands in China.

 

Category:  Planning
Location: 

Spalding, GB, PE11 2BB

Date:  19 Oct 2024
Req ID:  21228