KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & EXPERIENCE:

• Excellent Working knowledge of Microsoft Office - including Excel
• Highly organized and motivated
• Excellent communication skills
• Literacy and numeracy skills to GCSE level or equivalent
• Communication with customers and suppliers
• Knowledge of bakery products
• Ability to adapt to change quickly and effectively
• Ability to analyse problems, identify and manage solutions

• Manage and maintain planning data and system parameters, of over 100 SKU’s, including the completion, distribution and communication of daily production schedules and shift plans to manufacture team.
• Liaising with other departments including manufacturing, NPD, Hygiene and Engineering manage the scheduled to include time for regular maintenance and deep cleaning as needed, whilst ensuring customer service levels are maintained.
• Production planning to maximise output to available capacity, for example through the grouping of products containing allergens.
• Liaise with the management and manufacturing team on a daily basis to ensure we plan and react to progress to deliver the customers expected service level and update them on any potential stock issues.
• Process of customer orders, reviewing schedules and re-issuing where needed.
• Communicate and where necessary action changes to stock schedule following changes in sales figures
• Maintain finished goods inventory that generate customer service levels of 98.5 % or better, whilst ensuring write off of finished goods, due to short product life, is minimised.
• Provide data and / or highlight concerns on a range of planning / production parameters such as yield or efficiency analysis.