Supply Planner

Overview

Supply Planner – responsible for managing supply planning and scheduling for biscuit manufacturing sites to maximise customer service, optimise factory efficiencies and maintain appropriate working capital.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage a 12‑week capacity plan and a 2‑week production schedule to meet service levels while balancing efficiency with customer needs.
• Collaborate closely with Demand Planning, MRP, Customer Services and Factory Operations to make decisions that balance customer service, inventory and cost performance.
• Represent planning in daily factory reviews, monitor stock levels to prevent shortages and attend monthly planning meetings to align capacity with market demand.
• Achieve inventory targets, use analytics to reduce overproduction, eliminate dead stock and minimise waste from raw materials and finished goods.
• Maintain accurate master data in planning systems, ensure automation an...