Senior Production Planner

Job Title: Senior Production Planner

Location: Cumbernauld

Are you ready to Be Your Best Barr None?

We are all about Being Your Best Barr None and having a career with real Moments that Matter! 

AG Barr has been quenching the nation’s thirst for over 145 years and is home to some of the UK’s most loved drinks brands.

Employing over 1,000 people across four business units and ten UK locations, we are proud to be a responsible business that takes care of our people, values diversity, gives something back to our communities and works to minimise our environmental impact.

At our core is Barr Soft Drinks, home to some of the UK’s most loved soft drinks. Whether it’s the iconic IRN-BRU, launched in 1901 and still going strong today, the vibrant RUBICON fruit based brand or the unique range of BARR flavours, we brighten people’s lives with refreshingly different drinks.

And we’re growing, thanks to some exciting acquisitions in recent years, including the functional drinks brand Boost, FUNKIN which operates in the exciting and growing cocktail market and MOMA, which crafts quality oats into great tasting oat drinks and porridges.

There's never been a better time to join us!

What we’re looking for…

Key to this role will be to support and achieve defined Supply Planning processes and objectives. By working with the Site Capacity Planning Manager, the production site team & the wider Supply Planning team on delivering the weekly schedule, this role will aim to achieve, maintain, then exceed the Supply Planning team's key performance metrics. With two direct reports, this role will also be responsible for the development, training & coaching of the Production Planners on site.

Your responsibilities will include...

As Senior Production Planner your responsibilities will include;

To create & issue the site manufacturing plans for both the process room & the canning/bottling/packing lines.

• Responsible for having all the raw materials and packaging available on site in line with that manufacturing plan.
• Chairing the daily / Weekly production meetings with the relevant stakeholders.
• Work closely with the Site Capacity Manager to foster a Continuous Improvement
  environment. 
• The training, development and coaching of the Production Planners on site - ensuring you champion a continuous improvement environment.
• Liaise with suppliers to create call-off schedules for the following week to support that week's production.
• Ensuring high levels of communication within the Supply Planning team and drive process/activity alignment within the team.
• Drive towards achieving & reporting on the team’s KPIs.
• Ad-hoc requirements to cover other activities within the Supply Planning department.

What you’ll bring...

The successful candidate will have;

• Educated in a related subject or have equivalent experience working in a similar role.

• In depth knowledge of production planning - of MRP, scheduling, material planning, constraint planning & OEE.
• Strong computer IT skills.
• Significant level of experience in Microsoft Office / google spreadsheet, including an advanced level of Excel.
• Knowledge of ERP systems. Eg JDE/Orchestr8/SAP/BPCS
• Experience of leading & developing a team.
• Analytical - ability to turn data into information in order to deliver the most efficient weekly schedule.
• Problem Solver - ability for lateral thinking and quantitative problem solving sustained by a strong understanding of planning & manufacturing constraints.
• Software Literate - can utilise ERP systems, analytical and data systems to maintain information integrity and accuracy within the supply planning systems and the relevant outputs.
• Logical thinker - the person will have a logical thinking style

What we offer…

We believe in creating a diverse and inclusive culture where your voice can be heard.  Our skilled, loyal and committed people are critical to the future success of AG Barr which is why we are continually investing in our employees to develop their talent.

We look after our employees by offering a competitive salary and benefits package which includes;

• Up to 33 days holiday (depending on shift pattern)
• Flexible holiday trading
• Living Wage Employer
• Healthcare Cash Plan
• Flexible benefits e.g. discounts & cashbacks, gym memberships, technology purchases etc
• Life assurance
• Save as you earn scheme
• Staff sales discount
• Free AG Barr products throughout your working day
• Pension
• Annual salary review 
• Ongoing professional development

And much more! 

To find out more about what it is like to work for AG Barr, please visit our careers platform here.

We are an equal opportunities employer and happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments that may be needed for successful candidates with a disability, health or mental health condition.

While we have highlighted our ideal requirements for this role, we are realistic that the successful candidate probably won't meet every single requirement in this advert, but we are big advocates of people growing in role. So even if you don’t meet every single requirement, we encourage you to submit an application - you may be just what we are looking for! Apply now!

Speculative CVs from agencies will not be accepted.

Latest closing date for applications is 5th July 2024.

Please note, we may close vacancies early where we receive significant numbers of applications, so apply now!