Senior Labour Planner

JOB DESCRIPTION:



Do you have experience as a Supply Chain Planner/ Labour Co-ordinator working within manufacturing who is looking for an opportunity to lead, develop and empower a team?



This is a pivotal role reporting into the site Supply Chain Manager, ensuring customer demand, labour and training are kept in balance in the short, medium and long term.

The role is multi-faceted and you must be able to manage both analytically and practically, at a site level.



YOUR ROLE:



* Ensuring the site has the right labour establishment/skills by line to meet budgeted volumes.



* Implementing a process for reviewing labour establishment, both short and medium term.



* Managing the Overtime spend vs agreed budget.



* Providing daily/weekly labour reconciliation.



* Developing a Labour Management system/process that is fit for purpose.



* Supporting training plans to mitigate any skills issues, system in place to track sign off.



* Delivering ongoing training plans to meet budgeted volumes.



* Producing a process plan that minimised overtime, mitigates idle time.



* Agreeing a process plan with the S&OP team that allows training to be delivered.



* Managing the relationship with the Agency providers.



* Managing the plan.



* Agreeing holiday group sizes & communications.



* Creating/developing a Labour Management team that meets site requirements.



* Developing a training plan to cross skill all current team members.



* Managing 3 direct reports, coaching and providing development opportunities within your team with 1-2-1’s.



* Managing & supporting the working time directive policy on site.



ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE:



* Experience in a FMCG company, preferably within a manufacturing environment.



* Proven track record of engaging with key stakeholders at all levels.



* Highly analytical.



* Previous operational management experience.



* Evidence of operating within end-to-end Supply Chain process.



* Business/Commercial awareness and understanding of the business. drivers and factors that impact on related KPI's.



* Experience using Microsoft Office (e.g. Excel).



DESIRABLE EXPERIENCE:



• Food manufacturing experience.

• Experience of developing or implementing labour planning models.



Interested in the role? Apply now and I will call you with more details