Planning Lead
Leading the customer service team. • setting team goals • Leading continuous improvement program with the team • Holding fortnightly 1 on 1’s• Established and lead sales and opera4ons planning meeting with operations, sales& commercial teams to discuss sales forecast, review projects and driving criticalbusiness decisions relating to production plan• Lead S&OP process, engaging with relevant stakeholders to ensure seamless andaccurate process.• Short term (1-4 wks) & long-term (2 months to 18 months) produc4on plan for thefactory. Over 5 production lines and 4 packaging lines and 20+ finished goods.• Implementation of inventory management process including design of an MRPsystem.• Procurement and intergration of 40+ new raw & packaging ingredients, withnumerous bespoke products imported from across the globe.• An active participation in 30+ NPD & CI projects as the supply chain lead.• Assist in setting and building the departments budget.• Managing suppliers & 3rd party manufactures, ensuring KPI’s are met; • Lead time conformance • Cash flow management • Forecast/stock availability conformance