Manufacturing Inbound Planner

Job Description

Manufacturing and Inbound Planner

Kings Lynn
• Salary £31,+70 - £35,+70 dependent on experience
• Performance related company bonus
• Mon-Fri - 37.5 Hrs
• Permanent

Job Purpose

The purpose of the job is to provide an actionable Production Schedule for the Operations department to comply to. Taking into account; factory line constraints, approved/planned line time requests from others, reaction to unplanned scheduling adjustments.

To ensure availability of packs required for planned production schedule, working with various packaging suppliers and commercial representatives. Daily co-ordination with European Planning team representative, Site Inbound Planner, Site MQM Technician and Site Outbound Planner to ensure schedule is attainable.

What are we looking for?
• Knowledge of manufacturing environment
• Relevant work experience in logistics, commercial or operations
• Customer service/telephone skills.
• Capable Excel user or knowledge of Excel functionality.
• SAP systems knowledge preferred - or other relatable systems experience

What will be your key responsibilities?
• Translate the Master Production Schedule delivered by the Production Planner into an actionable Weekly Production Schedule for the short term (current week+2) which achieves the agreed CSL (Customer Service Levels) at minimum pipeline costs.
• Assess the impact and approve/reject line time requests in cooperation with the Production Planner and Operations team
• Monitor current weeks performance and make necessary scheduling changes, keeping close communication with Operations and inbound supply.
• Ensure availability of packaging materials, keeping stock levels on target
• Optimize order quantities by making a trade-off between fixed order costs and storage costs, taking into account the scrap risk. (pack changes related)
• Co-ordinate new packaging introductions in close co-operation with Activity Management.
• Attend/Facilitate Daily LMOS meetings to drive root cause, corrective and preventative actions.

What can you expect from Mars?
• Work with diverse and talented Associates, all guided by the Five Principles.
• Join a purpose driven company, where we're striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.
• Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.
• An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.

About Mars
• Mars is a family-owned business with more than $35 billion in global sales. We produce some of the world's best-loved brands: MM's®, SNICKERS®, TWIX®, MILKY WAY®, DOVE®, PEDIGREE®, ROYAL CANIN®, WHISKAS®, EXTRA®, ORBIT®, 5™, SKITTLES®, BEN'S ORIGINAL® and COCOAVIA®.
• Alongside our consumer brands, we proudly take care of half of the world's pets through our nutrition, health and services businesses such as Banfield Pet Hospitals™, BluePearl®, Linnaeus, AniCura, VCA™ and Pet Partners™. Headquartered in McLean, VA, Mars operates in more than 80 countries.
• The Mars Five Principles - Quality, Responsibility, Mutuality, Efficiency and Freedom - inspire our 130,000 Associates into taking action every day towards creating the world we want tomorrow.

Mars is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance, and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request. Read more