Prepworld are looking for a Senior Production & Logistics Planner (MAT cover) - responsible for ensuring that the production and logistics team are conducting all appropriate activities to the required standard on a daily basis. These include producing the daily production plans, the daily plan for all outgoing finished product, and all associated paperwork.,

Ensuring all relevant planning, logistics and administration activities are completed on a daily basis. This includes playing an active part in carrying out these activities

Producing all daily production plans accurately and on time - volumes, run rates, WIP etc - and provided to Production team

Producing daily outloading logistics accurately and on time - customer depot orders, pick sheets, ASNs and load manifests, ad distribute to Dispatch

Booking of vehicles though online portals and producing loads plans and delivery notes

Ensuring any shrotages are communicated to the wider business appropriately

Ensure maximum utilisation of fruit within Production

Send weekly and daily staff requests to agencies as required

Authorisation of transport invoices

Keeping planning errors to a minimum

Plan and prioritise daily operations to ensure maximum performance and minimum delay

Determine manpwer, equipment and raw materials needed to cover production demand

Address issues when they arise aiming fr minimum disruption

Obtain, cllate and communicate output information (service level, staff numbers, waste, overpacks, WIP adherence etc.)

Liaising with 3rd party haulage cmpanies regarding collection times and traffic issues to ensure 100% service level is achieved.

Completion of Customer Issue Log

Training Planning and Logistics Administrators to conduct all activities to the required standard.

Compiling weekly data to support Sales Admin investigations of overs/shorts etc.

Maintaining recrds and archives to support audits.

Attending daily Prduction meetings - shift handover, 9am, Midday huddle

Completion of dispatched pallet and dolly spreadsheets

Completing all Production administration tasks as required - agency trackers, production handovers, rotas etc.

Deputise for the Production Planning and Logistics Manager as required, e.g. meeting attendance, Wagestream (track your earnings and instantly access up to 50% of your money as you earn it, without waiting for payday)

On site parking with electric charge points

Staff events

On site staff restaurant serving heavily subsidised hot and cold food

Fruit pots on Wednesdays

Brand new facilities

A supportive team

Previous experience in an FMCG production environment

Previous experience in a similar position

First Aid Certificate & Fire Marshall trained (advantageous)

Continuous improvement mind set, daily search for ways to improve performance and efficiency.

Good communication skills in English (written, spoken and listening)

Able to instruct and follow up on requests from Senior Management.

Teamwork, able to work and liaise with others to ensure team goals are successfully achieved.

Good emotional control (EI)

Good numerical and literacy levels

Good IT and database/system skills