Production Support Planner

As Production Support Planner you will be joining the Planning and Replenishment Team in a distinctive, ambitious and trusted manufacturing company that is committed to making great British dairy the right way. Forever. Working closely with the Production Planning Manager you will be responsible for the effective provision of daily production plans for Yeo Valley manufacturing operations. You will interact with manufacturing, replenishment, and commercial colleagues to ensure effective production planning.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Supporting the provision of stable, effective production plans to the manufacturing operations and schedules to meet the customer demand forecast.
• Generating accurate reports to support the Planning Team.
• Effectively liaising with the manufacturing and replenishment operations to support the Planning Team.
•  Producing accurate, reliable, and timely reports to advise the wider business of any risks to service level.
• Escalating any significant risks and impacts to plan achievement which may result in a significant impact on customer service.
• Providing effective flexible cover for all holidays and absence necessary to support the effective operation of the Production Planning function.
• Building and maintaining excellent relationships, confidence and trust with internal teams, creating shared understanding and effective solutions.

The important things:

• Education to A level standard.
• Confident Communicator.
• Ability to influence people at all levels.
• IT skills & Micro Soft Office skills.
• Excellent numeracy skills.
• Effective time management skills.

• Smart sheet and other Microsoft packages. 
• Experience of Micro Soft Dynamics
• Short shelf life Food industry experience.

We’re independent, British and proud to be making the highest quality yogurts, desserts and ice cream under the Yeo Valley brand and for many of the UK’s major retailers. Operating from four dairies and two logistics centres in Somerset and Devon, we employ over 1700 staff and produce more than 25% of the UK’s packaged yogurt.

We’re sure you don’t need convincing, but there’s a whole host of benefits that we offer including:

• competitive holiday allowance
• non-contributory pension scheme
• life cover
• healthcare cash back plan
• cycle to work scheme
• subsidised Yeo Valley products and services
• preferential rates with our partners
• annual bonus (as part of the Employee Benefit Trust, based on company performance for the year)
• learning and development opportunities; we’re committed to ensuring all of our employees have the chance to grow

Our closing dates are a guide for when the application window should close, although we may close the advert sooner if we can. So, we recommend you get your application in straight away – and don’t miss the opportunity to join us!

Unfortunately, we’re not able to provide employment sponsorship to candidates at this moment in time.

Please note that Yeo Valley do not accept speculative agency applications; we will only accept applications from preferred suppliers that have been submitted to us via our recruitment portal at the point of instruction.