Supply Chain/Planning Lead Permanent

Description

Origin Packaging are investing in and expanding their healthcare manufacturing business based in Melton, East Yorkshire.  As a result, the company will be looking to recruit a number of employees to support the expansion strategy. Adding to the recently appointed HR Advisor, the business is now seeking additional resource to support the Supply Chain and Planning function.

We are looking for 2 x Supply Chain/Planning Leads to co-ordinate activities between the supply chain, production, and warehousing, including logistics, purchasing, and planning. Two roles will collaboratively work together to ensure the smooth running and organisation of the planning, logistics and purchasing activities.

The right person will be self-motivated and organised, ensuring materials are procured and delivered in line with planned production activities.  To be successful in this role, you should have worked in a high-volume manufacturing environment and have experience of interacting with suppliers and planning production

This is a great opportunity for someone to be in involved in a business where the effects of production will have far reaching impacts, whilst joining at a time where there are no direct reports, but there is scope to develop the team as the business continues with its growth plans.

Your Responsibilities will see you:

• Plan the production schedule of multiple lines to meet KPIs and outputs
• Liaise with suppliers to ensure the successful procurement and delivery of material, working to a JIT (just in time) end to end supply chain, whilst maintaining a balance between warehouse utilisation and cash flow, without causing any disruption to Production
• Co-ordinate between warehousing and production to ensure availability of material
• Organise the outbound logistics to ensure successful delivery to customers
• Reporting to the SLT on production performance,

The Right Person for the role will have:

• Proven work experience within a high-volume manufacturing Planning/Supply Chain role and ideally from a Food/Healthcare background
• Have excellent IT skills, is fully competent with the Microsoft Office software package and ideally has experience working with SAP.
• An ability to communicate effectively with both internal and external stakeholders
• Experience of interacting with suppliers
• Has a self-motivated, responsive, and agile attitude, with demonstratable experience of actively managing a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent organisational skills with foresight and planning always at the forefront of your mind