Job description
Location: Batley WF17 5JE
Who are we ?
We are FBC, Fox's Burton's Companies! And we bake the UK's most incredible biscuits (we might be slightly biased, but we will leave that for you to judge).
FBC was a match made in heaven, with two of the top UK biscuits manufacturers (Burton's Biscuits and Fox's Biscuits) coming together to create one unique, integrated company.
We are home to famous iconic brands, including Maryland, Fox's, Jammie Dodger & Rocky, to name just a few. We bake our incredible biscuits at eight bakeries across the UK, located at Ilse of Arran, Livingston, Blackpool, Llantarnam, Edinburgh, Kirkham, Batley & Dorset. We also have offices for our supporting services in St Albans, Liverpool and Moreton. Together, we employ circa 5,000 amazing employees across all our locations.
We are currently the second biscuit manufacturer in the UK market with a strong ambition of becoming the number two biscuit manufacturer worldwide.
We are proud to be part of the Ferrero enlarged family: such a fantastic and successful business. The Ferrero Group operates in more than 50 countries, with products sold in over 170 countries, represented by almost 38.000 employees worldwide, and a consolidated turnover of €12.7 billion (2020-21).
Along with our fantastic brand portfolio, we also have long-term agreements to manufacture several sweet & savoury snacks across Mars, Cathedral City, Marmite, Jacobs, and LU branded products. In addition, we are proud to be a strategic partner for many retailer-branded products.
Our employees make our business special. With strong family values, we believe FBC is a more prosperous and fun place to work with when people feel free to be themselves. We believe in the power of being authentic, entrepreneurial and supporting each whilst meeting our business goals.
And don't forget… work hard but play harder!
What does your typical day look like?
This role will be a fixed term contract to support the planning function with various administrative and reporting duties during an ERP system implementation; spanning across the Supply Planning and Demand Planning teams.
Other key actions will be but not limited to:
Issuing of MTO requests to sites to facilitate weekly planning schedules.
- Liaise with scheduling teams to ensure adjustments to plans are reflected in the future planning horizons.
- Update and maintain traffic schedules to support Co-pack operations.
- Update Weekly/Monthly KPI’s (Forecast Accuracy, Conformance to Plan metrics
- Refresh stock/service reports daily to ensure production visibility of priorities.
- Review weekly Orders vs Forecast and offer analysis of whether volume should be carried over to following weeks.
- Review of weekly EPOS data to ensure base forecasted run rates are accurate.
What are the key ingredients needed for the role?
- A graduate in a business-related discipline and career-based experience gained in a similar role.
- High level of numerical and analytical skills.
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Experience working within an operations or supply chain environment.
If you are ready to begin a career with real bite, we would love to hear from you so apply now by clicking the link below.