Assistant Production Planning Manager
| Posting date: | 09 February 2026 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 19 February 2026 |
| Location: | SY1 4AH |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | ABP UK Shrewsbury |
| Job type: | Permanent |
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Summary
Working onsite Monday to Friday from 8am to 5pm, you will be responsible for overseeing and producing efficient daily production plans in response to customer orders and forecasts. Using the planning model and various other factory systems to process all incoming orders ensuring they enter factory system to be ready for picking and revise daily plans accordingly. You will play a central role in communicating information between various departments. Furthermore, you will be responsible for planning and managing finished pack inventories, production batch control and raw material movements back to site and allocation into the factory.
Duties & Responsibilities:
Oversee daily production plans to ensure order fulfilment and maintain finished pack inventory at required level within pre agreed shift pattern, whilst maximising factory efficiencies.
Using the in-house planning tool and associated factory systems to process incoming orders, to be ready for picking and amending daily production plans in response to received orders.
Responsible for planning and managing finished pack inventories, production scheduling, production batch control and raw material allocation to production.
Oversee promotional orders and communicate these out to relevant stakeholders
Key point of contact between external and internal stakeholders. Communicate planning detail to each department as required.
Maintain service level of 99.5% as an average, or higher.
Responsible for daily management of finished stock at third party warehouse. Investigate stock discrepancies to resolution. Review and action low code stock.
Review at risk raw material on daily basis, communicate with raw material planning to resolve issues wherever possible.
Constantly manage stock levels of all products to ensure stock maturation and that product is utilised in a timely manner to maximise the value of that product and eliminate stock write offs.
Holiday cover for planning manager/retail planner when required
Involvement in project work as required.
Duties & Responsibilities:
Oversee daily production plans to ensure order fulfilment and maintain finished pack inventory at required level within pre agreed shift pattern, whilst maximising factory efficiencies.
Using the in-house planning tool and associated factory systems to process incoming orders, to be ready for picking and amending daily production plans in response to received orders.
Responsible for planning and managing finished pack inventories, production scheduling, production batch control and raw material allocation to production.
Oversee promotional orders and communicate these out to relevant stakeholders
Key point of contact between external and internal stakeholders. Communicate planning detail to each department as required.
Maintain service level of 99.5% as an average, or higher.
Responsible for daily management of finished stock at third party warehouse. Investigate stock discrepancies to resolution. Review and action low code stock.
Review at risk raw material on daily basis, communicate with raw material planning to resolve issues wherever possible.
Constantly manage stock levels of all products to ensure stock maturation and that product is utilised in a timely manner to maximise the value of that product and eliminate stock write offs.
Holiday cover for planning manager/retail planner when required
Involvement in project work as required.