Demand planning and forecasting, production planning, stock management, daily availability reporting, weekly quality/ finance reporting, month end stock and quality reporting, BOM & item maintenance, inventory control.

Chocolate, ice-cream and food categories

Create a weekly production schedule in agreement with operations, based on available capacity and materials, in-line with agreed S&OP volume ensuring customer requirements are fulfilled.Improve operating efficiency and plant utilisation, reducing areas of material wastage and production line inefficiency.Manage WIP, remnants and rework.Liaise with vendor schedulers, operations, process quality assurance, laboratory, formulations, warehouse, engineers and operation shift managers to ensure recipes, packaging, ingredients and production facilities are available to meet the schedule.Monitor daily, weekly and monthly performance by gathering information from plant and SAP to produce Key Performance Indicators including performance to schedule, schedule stability and production tracker metrics.Ensure Standard Work Instructions and Standard Operating Procedures are up-to-date reflecting any changes to processes.Support the implementation of the future state in planning, through focus on quarterly Tactical Implementation Plans (TIP), delivering timely actions in-line with these.Drive improvements in activities in order to achieve an improvement in Overall Service Effectiveness (OSE) metrics such as process order release time reduction and performance to plan stability.Identify and implement corrective actions for the major causes of loss in order to reduce all inventory exposure.Utilise all options of avoiding exposure for both the plant and divisions through the age of stock process and ensure all non-conforming stock is managed in a timely manner through the Materials Review Board process.Attend daily operations meetings and communicate the production schedule to the operations teams.

Monitored customer demand for product in SAP.Liaised with customer services/ internal sales regarding expected delivery dates.Created, released and maintained production orders in SAP to meet demand.Liaised with the purchasing team regarding availability of resources.Monitored raw material stock levels and ensure stock levels cover demand in accordance with a Just-in-Time inventory management system.Ensured raw materials are available if changes are made to the agreed production plan. Satisfied customer demand by monitoring achievable production schedules based on available capacity, resources and forecasts in SAP. Produced and distributed detailed daily and weekly production plans.Monitored the execution of production plan daily and communicate progress of plan in a morning meeting.Communicated changes to the agreed production schedule to operations. Communicated changes to the agreed production plan, which will impact customer orders and/or supply of product.Monitored performance and produce Key Performance Indicators on a regular basis. Took part in continuous improvement projects and continuously seeked to make processes leaner and more efficient.Worked closely with artwork coordinators, buyers, internal sales representatives, technicians, engineers, technical representatives, quality specialists and continuous improvement project managers. Had daily contact with machine operators, shop floor supervisors and managers, warehouse personnel and transport coordinators. Liaised daily with external suppliers the regarding availability of raw materials and machine parts. Organised reengineering of machine parts. Monitored demand requirements for machine parts and organised the delivery of parts in accordance with a Just-in-Time system.Attended daily production meeting and reported on the production schedule.

Created finished product and material goods numbers, planning bill of materials (BOM) and BOM routings.Carried out administration of all product/ material master data in SAP.Obsoleted old data and ensured data accuracy at all times.

Performed general clerical duties, supported management in assigned project based work, maintained hard copy and electronic filing systems and modified documents in Microsoft Office.