We have an exiting role in Supply Chain team - Production Planner.

As a Production Planner you will be in charge of construction of medium-term production plan covering CW+5 to CW+16 within agreed parameters, including capacity, safety stocks, RFS cycles and RM availability. Maintain APO master data. You will be indentifying slow moving and expiring stock for possible distribution/scrapping. Liaise with project managers for new product introductions and management of FG PIPO.

Maintain optimum balance between manufacturing efficiency and inventory levels in order to deliver availability targets, including ensuring that there is a enough buffer to take normal production variability and stock level targets into account, across both MTO & MTF categories.

Working with key stakeholders to minimise impact of production and supply issues.

To be successfull in the role you will be: 

Candidate profile (leadership & functional competencies)

Degree educated

Chem/pharma, food manufacturing, FMCG manufacturing

Production scheduling, demand planner, supply planner, master production scheduler

Sap R/3 and APO, product knowledge, project management, medium term planning

Ability to manage and motivate a team.

Good communicator; comfortable working with many different people from different cultures; and at different levels in the organization.

Good problem-solving skills – getting the right balance between analysis and action.

Highly motivated individual, prepared to make step changes on current SC performance indicators.

Strong leader, prepared to drive cultural and organizational change.

Worked in companies within lean manufacturing culture.

Strong excel skills

Critical experience required

Experience of Supply Chain/Logistics and production planning; and, ideally, experience of the production process.

Experience on SAP implementation (or working in that environment) is an advantage.

Experience with Power BI

Danone is a major FMCG company in the UK, with market leading brands across three divisions: Waters (Evian, Volvic), Dairies (Actimel, Activia, Shape), Specialized Nutrition (SN) (Aptamil, Cow & Gate and Neocate, Fortisip).

The Specialized Nutrition category, offer nutritional solutions with the shared goal of improving the health and well-being of vulnerable individuals. This ambition stretches from the first day of pregnancy into old age, with similar activities in terms of innovation and scientific research. Specialized Nutrition focuses on allergies, from prevention to treatment, with Early Life Nutrition and Advanced Medical Nutrition working hand-in-hand to foster synergies and strengthen Danone's leading position in this sector. The Nutricia brand is a key asset for both businesses, thanks to a medical legacy of more than 120 years and a recognition of health leaders around the world.

Nutricia is 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.

Nutricia  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.