Supply Chain Planning Assistant ( 7.30am ‑4.00pm )
Job purpose: to provide admin assistance to the planning team, and holiday cover to the materials scheduling and high risk planning teams.
Main purpose and responsibilities of the role
- Management / control of the sites intake booking in system. agreeing and confirming time slots with suppliers. issue each day.
- Update and distribute kpi’s and service updates.
- Ensure gist are kept up to speed with the latest active sku lists – including any upcoming new sku’s.
- Ensure plans are set and stable for the weekends.
- Processing of any manual orders received or to send, along with ocado. also complete any po amends.
- Complete the callovers to gist for m&s and ocado in a timely fashion, managing communication.
- Check & challenge accordingly stock levels v projected.
- Upload production orders for the following day – hr/sc/lr.
- Learn the basics of the materials planner role, in order to provide cover / support when required.
- Start to learn the basics of the high risk planner role in order to support and cover during holiday season.
- Build and maintain sop’s for the sc planning assistant role.
- Look for and drive to implement ci opportunities.
- Support wider business projects and drives (such as the xmas program).
Requirements, experience and person specification:
- Good business knowledge within cranswick and their systems
- Good factory knowledge and relationships.
- Group and site induction.
- Level 2 h&s awareness.
- Understanding of relevant risk assessments and safe working procedures.
- Understanding and application of hazard identification and near miss reporting.
- Willing to undergo training
- Reliable
- Attention to detail and accuracy
- Able to meet deadlines
- Resilient
- Must be flexible