Junior Planner | South Armagh | circa £25k

Vickerstock are proud Recruitment Partners of a highly progressive Food Manufacturing client based in South Armagh with the appointment of a Junior Planner for their expanding Team.

As the Junior Planner your core responsibility will be to plan, schedule and purchase ingredients and packaging from suppliers in line with production demand.

A typical day as Junior Planner:

• Work with suppliers to ensure efficient delivery of materials
• Communicate with other stakeholders (Warehouse, Quality, Production etc.) regarding material availability, deliveries and schedules.
• Meet key inventory and material planning metrics
• Monitoring supplier quality and delivery performance
• Assure problems relating to delivery, quality or pricing are promptly conveyed to the vendor and resolved in a timely manner.
• Responsible for planning, scheduling, co-ordinating and backflushing of the master schedule
• Manage supply and stock control of materials, sub-assemblies etc,
• Manage Inventory utilising ERP stock management systems.
• Complete weekly stock counts, advising the account manager of potential stock outs or shortages and identifying slow moving materials
• Perform other office duties

Your essential ingredients:

• Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
• Proficient in MS Office particularly excel
• Strong problem-solving skills
• A pro-active can-do attitude
• Diligent, organised and ambitious
• A background in food would be preferable however not essential

Get in touch:

Sound like the career move you've been after and would like to hear more, pick up the phone to me now on T 028 9031 3720, or send an updated CV - in Word format - via the link on the page.

If this opportunity doesn't quite get the taste buds flowing but like me you are passionate about food, let's get a chat and see how I can help grow your career.

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