Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Scheduler / Materials Controller to join a well-established food manufacturer based in Plymouth, Devon.  The role is based on working Monday – Friday officer hours.  You can expect to achieve a salary of around £35,000.

The Role

To create and maintain production schedules in order to ensure that Customer demand is achieved in the most efficient and cost effective way. To develop the correct raw material delivery flow to site to enable the production schedule to be achieved and inventory levels optimised.

• Review upload of the 4 week rolling Production plan for Material stock requirements and quickly sense check capacity, highlighting any changes if relevant.
• Place consumable material purchase orders on suppliers to acquire materials in line with agreed procurement specifications, pricing, lead times and shelf life, to deliver the short term Production plan. (3 months)
• Ensure materials are called to site in the most cost effective way, taking into account economies of order scale, balanced with storage costs, while minimising wastage levels and obsolescence.
• Raise weekly WO’s and produce weekly achievable and efficient production Schedule with correct volumes and specific requirements.
• Raise material call offs and define a materials delivery schedule which supports the production schedule, taking account of any planned material changes and ensure timely arrivals of raw materials into the factory to avoid operational downtime.
• Daily Modification of production schedules due to changing circumstances within the manufacturing site – equipment breakdowns, delayed materials etc. with timely communication of issues to Central Planner.
• Provide monthly OTIF report to procurement team, including any suppler issues.
• Issue copy of schedule to the FG warehouse team for outbound volume and transport planning purposes.
• Attend NPD meetings to ensure understanding of forthcoming launches in order to complete on time in full and provide material stockholding information when required.
• Manage vendor performance and main point of contact for issue escalation
• Attend MUV meetings and support process improvements to reduce MUV
• Create weekly reports on Production activities and effectiveness
• Work to develop site efficiency improvements through effective planning techniques.
• Develop a planning strategy to optimise reduce changeovers, improve labour efficiency and material usage variance.
• Work with the Warehouse manager and stock controller to ensure maximise warehouse storage and effective delivery schedules.
• Build effective working relationships with the shift managers and team leaders.
• Attend daily 9am operations meeting

The Person

• Previous supply chain / manufacturing experience essential
• Industry experience in an FMCG/ food environment preferred
• Ability to work with large quantities of data
• Ability to meet deadlines
• Detail conscious and numerically accurate
• Process driven with evidence of change management and continuous improvement
• Commercially Astute
• Excellent Organisational & Interpersonal Skills

• Good written and oral communication skills

JK Recruitment

Please be aware that we receive a high volume of interest for each of our roles and we cannot guarantee we will be in touch if you are not shortlisted for the position. At JK Recruitment we aim to provide the best possible opportunity to take your career forward, we will be in touch within the next seven days if your application is successful. Please continue to visit www.jkrecruit.co.uk to keep up to date with further vacancies.

We regret that this client is not prepared to sponsor work permit or work permit transfer applications. Candidates must be able to prove their eligibility to work in the UK.