Production Planner

About Us

ABP UK is a major division of the ABP Food Group with factories in Ireland, UK and Europe. We are a food business that specialises in the supply and development of award-winning British and Irish beef and lamb products for retail, foodservice and wholesale.

As one of the UKs largest food producers, ABP relies on the skills and experience of its people, thats why we offer lifelong careers with secure and full-time hours as well as competitive rates of pay, backed by great training and the opportunity to grow and progress within the business.

With the growth and expansion of our ABP Penston site in Glasgow, we have the opportunities below available to build our teams inline with increase in volume.

Role Definition:

Produce day to day production forecasts and plans, ensure stock is accurately reported and rotated to strict deadlines and to manage the administration support for sales order processing and factory order processing.

Key Responsibilities:

Deliver accurate plans to achieve customer service of 100%

Planning - plan effectively to ensure smooth and efficient flow from Boning Hall to Despatch.

Maintain forecast within the planning model to allow to effective packaging/raw material planning.

Ensure clearly communicated plans drive effective utilisation of resource.

Manage the eam to ensure minimisation of stock write off of finished goods through effective planning.

Stock Management - constantly manage stock levels of all products to ensure stock maturation and that product is utilised in a timely manner to maximise the value of that product and eliminate stock write offs.

KPIs - departmental performance indicators to be agreed, developed and monitored with Retail General Manager.

Personal - it is expected of you to have or to be; professional, organised, have good people skills, good management and control skills and good personal attributes.

Quality - to process Beef and all by products to Company and Customer requirements.

Legal - ensure all legal and legislative requirements are maintained and up to date.

Yields - maximise use of products obtaining high yields and low waste.

Labour - efficiently deploy and manage departmental resource.

Cost - manage and control departmental costs effectively to include; energy usage, water usage, effluent cost and all other aspects off overhead costs.

Hygiene - ensure best practice is always adopted.

Workforce - maintain a well disciplined and motivated workforce and provide appraisal and feedback for all departmental staff.

Constantly and consistently review systems and procedures to ensure continuous improvement.

What's in it for You?

• Employee Assistance Programme for both colleague and family
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Internal Training and Development Programmes
• Employee discounts offered by customers
• Employee Recognition Programme
• Refer a Friend Scheme
• Benefits Portal inclusive of technology discounts, vehicle leasing etc
• Free Parking with EV Charging available with a salary sacrifice
• Onsite subsidised canteen and vending machines
• Life Assurance
• Free fruit

Mon-Fri 0600-1530