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Factory Activity Management Coordinator

  • United Kingdom
  • Liverpool 
  • Hybrid
  • Temporary Full-Time
  • 12 months
  • Posted: 11 Feb 2025
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Factory Activity Management Coordinator
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About the job

An exciting opportunity opportunity has arisen for the position of Factory Activity Management Coordinator. The role is responsible for driving and managing Central Business Unit requests and internal projects relating to SKU management, ensuring the wider business needs are fully understood and managed. You will be required to work on a number of projects at any one time, therefore it is critical you have a proven track record in project balancing workload and resources for multiple projects.

Critical to the role is a strong eye for detail. You must have excellent communication skills and the ability to build effective working relationships, a self starter and be able to prioritise your own workload. In return you’ll get a fantastic benefits package and salary dependant on your experience.

About you

Main Responsibilities

 

  • Establish operational feasibility of projects and internal SNX projects for innovation & OP projects through close teamwork with ops functions.
  • Drive and manage requests for changes made by SU’s which are production process related.
  • Manage project trials.
  • Creation and management of TOP’s for project.
  • Creation and management of Change Controls for projects.
  • Responsible for successful local operational implementation of innovations/renovations and saving projects within supply point or third-party producer (local project lead).
  • Phase in and Phase out (PIPO) of SKU management within multiple projects.
  • Involve local key stakeholders.
  • Balance between operations and market needs.
  • Communication to stakeholders on project progress.
  • Risk assessment and scenario planning.
  • Minimise write off costs via write off discontinuation process.
  • Effective decision making sometimes beyond own scope of responsibilities.
  • Responsible for successful project management.
  • Direct and indirect KPI’s◦Project launch timelines.
  • Right First Time.
  • Write offs of Raws & Packs.
  • Cost of Non-Quality.

 

  • Actively supports Production / Quality / Performance departments with Continuous Improvement efforts, by initiating and/or contributing to local projects to improve SQCDME performances, in collaboration with other functions (local or global).

 

Ideal candidate will have these skills: 

 

·         Project leader or coordinator experience

·         Experience in either production operations, QA, logistics, development, process technologist, planning

·         Knowledge of factory raw/pack/product and equipment

·         Understanding of raw/pack/process/recipe/FG specifications management

·         Expertise in one of the key technologies in the factory (Dry blending / packaging and materials)

·         Strong skills in the use of Microsoft office.

·         Experience in the use of SAP (desirable).

·         Strong Communication skills, able to communicate with people at all levels, and build effective working relationships.

·         Self-managing, able to prioritise workload.

·         Strong eye for detail.

·         Proactive approach to work.

·         Experience working in a fast past multiple objective international company.

 

Some international travel required for category meetings & project meetings.

 

 

 

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About Danone

Danone is a major FMCG company in the UK, with market leading brands across four divisions: Waters (Evian, Volvic), Dairies (Actimel, Activia, Shape), Early Life Nutrition (Aptamil, Cow & Gate) and Nutricia Advanced Medical Nutrition (Neocate, Fortisip).

You’ve probably never heard of Nutricia Advanced Medical Nutrition but read on and you’ll be glad you did. We are Danone’s Specialised Nutrition  Division and are Europe’s largest specialist nutrition company and the market leader in the UK. We specialise in the delivery of medical nutrition for the very young, the old and the sick, supplying high quality feeds to patients and consumers. Our purpose is to pioneer nutritional discoveries that help people live longer, healthier lives.

When it comes to finding a great place to work there are plenty of things to look for: inspirational colleagues, freedom in your job to make a real difference, and a shared ethos you can truly believe in. Throw in top perks, a responsive and dynamic environment and unrivalled opportunities to develop personally and professionally and you’ve found something pretty special. You’ve found Danone.

Here at Danone we put people at the centre of everything we do – whether we’re developing ground-breaking new products, taking care of individual patients, or supporting the community. And if you join us you can expect exactly that sort of attention too.

What about Nutricia?

Nutricia is enjoying double digit growth in production volumes as the medical nutrition products have a strong market share. The business is operating within a mature market but there is still scope for expansion both within local and global markets, and the emphasis in the coming years with be on maintaining volume growth, whilst ensuring we drive our cost targets in the right direction.

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Dedicated to bringing health through food to as many people as possible, we are a leading global food & beverage company built on four businesses: Essential Dairy and Plant-Based Products, Waters, Early Life Nutrition and Medical Nutrition. 

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