Production Planner

Company description:

At Tip Top Bakeries, we're proud to produce an extensive range of wholesome sliced bread, muffins, crumpets, pies, and bakery snacks. Our purpose of ‘Everyday Moments of Goodness' represents the lives we touch and the difference we make. Those moments that bring a smile, make us proud, or keep us safe, are moments we strive for through our work.

We take pride in supporting our people to learn, grow, and develop throughout their careers with Tip Top Bakeries. We believe in the power of an inclusive and diverse workforce and invest in meaningful initiatives to remove barriers and enable our employees to have a satisfying and rewarding career with us. Our vision for Tip Top Bakeries is an organisation where everyone belongs, everyone is valued, and everyone has equal opportunity.

Join the team and be part of one of our iconic brands like Tip Top, Abbotts Bakery, Bürgen and Golden.

Job description:

• Support planning activities across multiple chilled and frozen manufacturing sites
• Build your Supply Chain career with an iconic FMCG business
• Free fresh product to take home daily!

At Tip Top, we're passionate about delivering the products Australians know and love. As our Production Planner (Chilled & Frozen), you'll play a critical role in balancing demand, inventory and production across our chilled and frozen network.

Based at our Ermington manufacturing site, you'll work closely with Operations, Supply Chain and Customer Service teams to ensure products are available when and where they're needed. Reporting to the National Supply Planning Manager (Chilled & Frozen), you'll help develop and execute short-term supply plans, manage risk and contribute to the efficient operation of a national manufacturing network.

Purpose of the Role

• Create and maintain short-term production plans across chilled and frozen sites
• Facilitate weekly planning meetings and align production schedules with operational requirements
• Monitor inventory levels while achieving customer service targets
• Identify and manage supply risks, constraints and forecast variances
• Coordinate with Customer Service, Logistics and Operations teams to ensure seamless supply
• Support NPD launches and product transitions
• Drive process improvements and contribute to supply chain projects
• Build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders to deliver customer outcomes

About You

You are an analytical and commercially minded supply chain professional who enjoys solving problems, working cross-functionally and operating in a fast-paced environment.

You'll bring:

• Experience in Supply Chain, Supply Planning, Demand Planning, Logistics or Supply Chain Analytics
• Intermediate to advanced Excel skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capability
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
• Experience working with SAP or another ERP system
• Continuous improvement mindset and ability to identify process efficiencies
• FMCG experience highly regarded
• Tertiary qualifications in Supply Chain, Planning or a related discipline (desirable)

Working with Tip Top, we offer many benefits including:

• Family-friendly policies including 12 weeks of paid parental leave, additional paid time off to ease back to work and ongoing superannuation contributions during unpaid parental leave
• Recognition and award programs, including access to our online rewards platform
• Health and wellbeing programs including access to our 24/7 Employee Assistance Program, and on-site physiotherapy services
• Flexible working options
• Access to an extensive range of internal trainings and development programs for your career
• Financial support for approved study pathways, as well as traineeship and apprenticeship programs
• Two paid volunteer days per year as part of our focus on Community Partnerships
• Novated Leasing Options

Start the Conversation

If this role sounds like you and you're eager to learn, grow, and help create everyday moments of goodness, we want to hear from you. To apply for this opportunity please submit your application by clicking on the ‘apply now' button.

Our Recruitment Process typically consists of a brief, prearranged telephone or video call, followed by 1-2 interviews in-person or over Zoom/Teams. We're happy to adjust our recruitment process to support your accessibility needs. Let us know your needs in providing a positive, barrier-free recruitment process via phone on (02) 9168 4200 9168 4200) or email to [email protected] . Please do not call to enquire about this position as the phone number is for requesting accessibility needs only.

During the recruitment process you may be required to complete pre-employment screening which include a medical (includes drug & alcohol testing) and a criminal record check.

At Tip Top we strive to create a place where Everyone belongs, Everyone is valued, and Everyone has equal opportunity. We encourage applications from people of all ages, nationalities, abilities, and cultures - including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, the LGBTQI+ community and people living with disability.

Important: We have been alerted to scam emails falsely claiming to represent George Weston Foods. Please note that we will never offer employment without a formal recruitment process, ask for payment, or request sensitive information via external links or unsolicited messages. All official communication will come from verified company channels.