Planner

Planner- Brackley

Full-time– Permanent

£27,000 – £32,000 DOE

Are you passionate about building and maintaining working relationship?  Looking for a new challenge? Do you understand supply chain and planning, with experience within the agricultural environment? 

The Role:

• Creating and maintain processing plans to ensure that factory demand is met daily
• Communicate daily and weekly plans to those who require it including farms, factory, and various other parties
• To manage plans over several weeks to forecast how weight and performance is changing and understand what needs to be done to maintain target weight set out by the business 
• Plan broiler chick placements to ensure that factory supply is in line with what the business requires
• Effectively manage placement densities, grower turnarounds, cycle lengths and any additional placement requests as and when required, eg. Trials, new sites/housing
• Manage parameters within Mtech and ensure information is kept up to date and entered correctly, including placement information and 3rd party delivery notes
• Liaise with 3rd party companies to buy or sell live birds as / when necessary, in line with maintaining target weight
• Ensure that the correct paperwork is sent to the factory when third party sales occur 
• Coordinate with farms and area managers to ensure that information is accurate and is received in a timely manner, developing strong working relationships.
• Monitor performance and to highlight to the management team any anomalies or significant drops in performance
• Assist in the development of agricultural planning systems in support of planning process and to manage changes as part of a wider IT project
• Develop and maintain performance metrics which demonstrate strong understanding and control over plan performance
• Ensure that our agricultural processes are not planned to break legislation, permit restrictions or our assurance scheme standards e.g. stocking densities

The Person:

• Demonstrates understanding of supply chain and planning
• Previous experience in a demand/supply or factory planning role – desirable
• Strong IT skills – competent in Excel
• Strong numeracy and analytical skills 
• Confident, open, collaborative communicator
• Structured and organised – punctual with the ability to work to strict deadlines and multi-task 
• Capable of organising and delivering change projects
• Good verbal and especially numerical reasoning
• Approachable, personable and team focussed
• Proactive self-starter with a strong work ethic
• Naturally inquisitive with an eye for detail

Benefits:

• 31 Days Holiday
• 6%Pension
• Life Insurance
• Various lifestyle benefits, including wellbeing resources

If this role sounds of interest to you, apply to Georgej @RErecruitment .com today. George – 07825438129 / 01242 505422

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