Primary Production Planner | Pontefract
| Company: | Dovecote Park Ltd |
| Location: | West Yorkshire |
| Salary: | £40,000 per annum |
Role: Primary Production Planner
Contract: Permanent
Pay Rate: £40,000 per annum
Location: Pontefract, WF8 3DD
Shift Available: Monday to Friday, 40 hours per week (Occasional weekend work)
Who are we?
We are a family business established in Yorkshire in 1997 based in Darrington just outside of Pontefract with a reputation for exceptional product, innovation, and industry leading animal welfare standards. Our facilities combine traditional British butchery technique with some of the best technological prowess in the food sector.
A committed team of over 700 staff oversee the whole process from procuring the best possible livestock from our carefully picked group of farms, through butchery, retail packaging and despatch before it finally arrives on the supermarket shelf or as part of the restaurant dining experience.
About you:
- Attention to detail with a diligent approach to work activities
- Good communication with staff across site and external visitors.
- Ability to work under pressure whilst maintaining quality and speed.
Role:
- To effectively plan the primary production of the boning hall and offal hall.
- To ensure that all VDL and cold store stock levels are maintained in order for the retail / stock departments to meet the primal demand of the customer base
- Review VDL stocks daily using both the RM forecasting model and Fops web.
- Whilst reviewing the VL trims identify where necessary the need for any up tempering requirements from cold store and action accordingly
- Report and log any understock / overstock issues to the relevant department on a daily basis as well as weekly in the raw material planning meetings
- Produce and distribute the boning hall / offal hall production plans for the following days production with expected harvest included for plan compliance.
- Produce and distribute daily a (stock at risk report) with actions on where to downgrade at risk product based on the best financial option to the business.
- Track and quantify all stock downgrades and substitutions on a weekly basis.
- Ensure that affiliated / non affiliated orders are completed on time and in full.
- Ensure that any primal planning issues regarding production of affiliated / non affiliated orders are communicated to the relevant commercial representative.
- Ensure that surplus VL stocks are laid down to be frozen where necessary and that the frozen stock levels are built and monitored in accordance to the required stock holding targets set by the business
- Control and monitor the 3rd party stock holding whilst ensuring that only products stipulated as required are returned to site.
- Ensure that where necessary external suppliers are informed in advance of any upcoming stock building requirements i.e. promotional or seasonality lines.
Benefits:
- Free onsite parking
- Staff shop, with products as low as £1
- Onsite Gym open 24/7
- Subsidised canteen
- 3% Pension contribution
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Dovecote Rewards scheme where you’ll find discounts at over a 1000 Retailers.
- Yearly attendance bonus – (qualifying criteria)
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