AddressFrom humble beginnings as a butcher shop, Primo is now a household name on a journey to being a purposeful food brand. We hold market leading positions, across a house of brands, in multiple categories from Smallgoods to Cheese Snacking.
We are truly local for local, dedicated to serving our Customers and Consumers without politics: strategy, production and execution starts and ends here, and we are not burdened by the overbearing processes and approvals that often constrain companies of our size.
And last but not least, we are building a culture to match the ambition and we are proud to be part of the JBS Group.
About the role:
An opportunity is available for an experienced Supply Planner – Salami & Smallgoods to join the Planning Team at the Primo Wacol facility in a permanent full-time capacity.
This role will work alongside a team of Planners who specialize in dedicated categories. This role will maintain a rolling 13-week master production schedule, anticipating and maintaining optimum inventory levels to ensure service levels are maintained and costs are kept to a minimum.
Responsibilities include (but are not limited to):
- Develop, execute and communicate a Master Production Schedule with a focus to manage and link sales requirements with operational capability.
- Understand material and capacity constraints within 104 weeks, focus in a 13-week horizon and provide feedback to stakeholders around predicted failures due to demand, supply or other changes.
- Maintain service levels by ensuring the Primo Inventory Policy is set, implemented and routinely reviewed.
- Contribute to the ongoing refinement of the planning process, ensuring that the process is adapting to a changing environment.
- Develop and monitor feasible production schedules taking into consideration production constraints such as line capacity, labour, batch sizes, run rates, bottlenecks, downtime, capacity and storage restrictions.
- Participate in the IBP process, helping build longer term plans and overcoming constraints.
- Interact with commercial teams to shape demand when store order requirements cannot be met by helping to suggest and evaluate alternatives such as removing promotions or lessening promotional activity.
- Work with operations to resolve manufacturing efficiency issues or production information as requested by operations, sales or finance.
- Understand, maintain and execute planning parameters within planning systems.
- Run the supply review within the IBP process ensuring long, medium- and short-term capacity requirements are communicated within the business.
- Drive effective communication with all stakeholders, supported by factual reporting and analysis.
- Create cost contingency plans and scenarios, supported by the operational and finance teams.
- Follow communication, QA, SLOB, production changes time fence, throughput, chiller stocks, std agenda procedures.
About you:
- Demonstrated experience in delivering high-quality customer service, providing customers with options and solutions.
- Previous experience in a manufacturing or FMCG environment
- Solid understanding of the production process, capacity planning, and scheduling techniques including master production schedules
- Solid understanding of Integrated Business Planning (IBP), Integrated Tactical Planning and Demand Management
- Ability to articulate key metrics and root causes of performance to stakeholders.
- Strong knowledge and understanding of supply chain planning.
- Competent in industry technology software and proficient in Microsoft Office Product
- Strong ability to communicate across a variety of communication settings by translating and articulating technical concepts to non-technical groups.
- Proven ability to work collaboratively within and across teams.
- Self-motivated and able to work well under pressure.
- Strong attention to detail and accuracy
- Ability to work well under pressure through strong organisational skills.
Benefits include (but not limited to):
- Retail discounts with national partners
- Access to novated leasing programs
- Access to discounts with health insurance providers
- Ongoing training and career development programs
What next?
If you’re passionate and want to be a part of the largest meat, pork and salmon manufacturer and producer in Australia, this opportunity may be for you. Apply now!
