Planning Administrator

Planning Administrator

Working Pattern: Tuesday - Saturday, 8am to 4pm

Location: Leicester, LE3 8JR

The role

As the Planning Administrator working alongside the Demand Planner & Senior Materials Planner you will be responsible for using analytical, marketing, and sales data, to forecast future product demands with the goal of allowing us to optimise our production plans reducing downtown and improve cash flows, stock holding, and service. You will use this data to support you with placing orders on suppliers for ingredients, packaging and consumables to support out manufacturing operations, with an understanding of lead times, stock holding and minimum order quantities.

The main responsibilities include:

  • Working alongside the Demand Planner maintaining the masterdata for SKUS, creating new SKUS and adjusting BOMs when anything existing is changed.
  • Monitor and report on important changes in sales forecasts and conduct weekly forecast maintenance.
  • Review item forecasts for new, existing, and discontinued products.
  • Address demand-related issues in a timely and effective manner.
  • Updating various reports and dashboards to help review and maintain the forecast.
  • Place orders for factory consumables to meet production requirements maintaining minimum safety stock levels.
  • Assisting with the ordering of ingredients and packaging.
  • Assess volume requirements against planning assumptions.
  • Day-to-day order management and management of deliveries.
  • Monitor the integrity of Bill of Materials (BOM) and manage inventory accuracy.
  • Monitor inventory levels against agreed target levels.
  • Minimise obsolete stock and ensure business is left with minimum liability.
  • Create regular statistical reports and analysis.
  • Any other administrative tasks as required

About Us

At Geary s Bakeries, we re on a crusade to make proper bread more accessible to more people. We re passionate about re-imagining the way Great Britain thinks about their everyday loaf. This passion is at the heart of everything we do, and have done, since 1906.

We are born and bread in Leicestershire and proud of our long-standing heritage. Today, we operate from three sites on a 24/7 operation. We re made up of towards 900 people: a friendly, diverse and outgoing team, passionate about making a difference to the bakery industry.

The business has grown rapidly from GBP5m in annual sales to GBP125m+ in the last 15 years with strong and consistent profitability. We have an ambition to increase sales to more than GBP200m+ in the next 3- 5 years. A clear Vision and Strategy has been articulated, and this is being backed with major capital investment and a renewal and upgrading of the people, processes, and systems.

Our brilliant benefits include free delicious bread, BUPA Cashback Plan, Death In Service, a Cycle to Work scheme and a chance to win a GBP10k worth prizes annually! Plus, if you refer a friend to join our team, you could earn up to GBP500!

About You:

At Geary s, we look for people who show up every day to do their best. We re a passionate, friendly team and look for the same qualities in our new recruits. We firmly believe your attitude and approach is just as important (if not, more so) than the skills and experience on your CV.

What we re looking for:

  • 3 years + experience as a Demand Planner or a similar role Essential.
  • Solid understanding of inventory management practices and procedures - Essential.
  • Strong mathematical and statistical knowledge Essential.
  • Capability to multitask in a fast-paced environment Essential.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills Essential.
  • Good understanding of supply chain processes Essential.
  • Strong IT systems knowledge and skills including Excel Essential.
  • Knowledge and experience of using Sage 200 - Advantageous.

All applicants must have the right to work in the UK, at point of interview, and for the tenure of employment contract. As part of the recruitment process, you will be asked to provide documented evidence of your eligibility to work in the UK.

If you have not heard from us within seven days, unfortunately you have not been successful on this occasion, but we wish you every success in your search for a new position.

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