AddressAre you looking for new challenges and personal growth within Coca-Cola Europacific Partners? Then we have a great opportunity for you!
Do you have a personality with the power to influence and connect?
Can you sustain the pace to keep on growing?
Will you make an impact with your desire to win?
Production Planner
Location - Wakefield site
Day based
Salary + pension plan + Health care + Flexible benefits + Structured career development + Share scheme + Competitive pension contributions + Laundered uniform + All safety equipment provided + Corporate discounts + Free parking + Free hot and cold drinks + Subsidised canteen + Excellent Parental Benefits
What you become part of:
Wakefield Operations is the largest plant in CCEP and the biggest soft drink plant in Europe which produces nearly a third of GB’s volume across their 8 manufacturing, and 2 preform lines. The site can produce 540,000 cans per hour and 132,000 bottles per hour. With over 450 employees across Manufacturing, QESH and Engineering, experience here can lead to excellent career opportunities both in Wakefield and further afield across other GB sites and Pan-European locations.
What to expect:
As part of the Short Term Planning Team, you will work alongside a dedicated team of planners who are responsible for ensuring all site planning processes are completed and resources required to support production are available. In a fast-paced and fast-changing environment you will workcross-functionally to manage the flow of information & materials that are necessary to deliver the plan efficiently and satisfy our customers.
All Production Planners take on the responsibility of the day to day running of the department to ensure all tasks are completed in full each day. With a supportive team around you, you can expect to be challenged daily, providing ample opportunity to learn and develop both professionally and personally. Supporting the delivery of key projects and Continuous Improvement programmes. Sharing best practices with other team members and colleagues to improve line utilization, yield, quality and CRS targets.
Skills & Essentials:
- Prior experience in a fast-paced high-volume supply chain operation
- Knowledge and understanding of ERP systems and processes (SAP-APO, SAP-IBP knowledge an advantage)
- Ability to maintain and make sound, timely decisions, without losing sight of the bigger picture
- A natural networker, building and sustaining a range of working relationships across multiple functions and levels with ease
- Great organization skills and strong attention to detailAbility to make critical decisions within a fast-paced environment.
- A pro-active, flexible team player and with several years’ experience in two or more supply chain functions, ideally within an FMCG industry
- Highly organised with good attention to detail
- Good communication skills with the ability to influence key stakeholders within the business
- Must be highly process driven with the tenacity to problem solve and deliver key messages through facts and data
- Strong understanding of inventory management systems
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) is a major fast-moving consumer goods business and the world’s largest independent Coca-Cola bottler. We’re a dedicated team of 33,200 people, serving 2 million customers in 29 countries. We make, sell and distribute the world’s most loved drinks brands - including Coca-Cola®, Fanta®, Sprite®, Costa Coffee® and Monster®. We’ve also expanded into alcohol with ready to drink Jack Daniel’s and Coca-Cola. We want a workforce that is as diverse as our products – with a culture that fosters belonging and inclusivity.
From gender, age and ethnicity to sexual orientation and different abilities, we welcome people from all walks of life and empower unique perspectives. We recognise we’ve got some way to go, but we’ll get there with the support of our people. It’s them who drive our future growth. To find out more about what it’s like to work at and our culture we would welcome you to speak to one of our employees on our live chat platform, just click here to speak to an insider.
We recognise some people prefer not to participate in alcohol related sales, interactions, or promotions. If that’s true for you – please raise this with your talent acquisition contact who will advise you on whether this role includes activities related to our alcohol portfolio.
