Production Scheduler

Cargill is a family company committed to providing food and agricultural solutions to nourish the world in a safe, responsible, and sustainable way. We sit at the heart of the supply chain, partnering with producers and customers to source, make and deliver products that are vital for living. By providing customers with life's essentials, we enable businesses to grow, communities to prosper, and consumers to live well.

This position is in our Food Enterprise where we are committed to serving food manufacturers, food service customers, and retailers with a complete range of innovative ingredients and branded products. Our portfolio includes poultry, beef, egg, alternative protein, salt, oils, starches, sweeteners, cocoa and chocolate.

Job Purpose and Impact

The Production Scheduler will prepare, issue and control production schedules and direct material requirements to ensure a controlled flow of goods and materials to meet production requirements and customer demand. We seek an entry-level professional to support production planning, process development, customer interaction, business partnership, systems/data management and reporting and analysis.

Location: Manchester, UK (M17 1PA)

We offer competitive salary plus comprehensive benefits package including contributory pension, private healthcare, performance related bonus and employee assistance programme.

Key Accountabilities

• Create production schedules and proactively manage necessary adjustments to guarantee sufficient stock for customer deliveries in a cost-efficient way.
• Support supply chain key performance indicators data collection, reporting, analysis and taking timely actions when appropriate to meet the targets and close deviations.
• Provide necessary input to supply planner for assigned product or location.
• Maintain data relevant to master production planning, production scheduling and material requirements planning activities including planning calendars, material data and location data.
• Conduct stock movement reviews and support variance investigations for finished goods under guidance.
• Handle basic issues and problems under direct supervision, while escalating more complex issues to appropriate staff.
• Other duties as assigned

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Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Secondary education level or equivalent

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in related field
• Experience in production or supply chain planning
• Experience with SAP
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel

Our Offer
We provide a fast paced stimulating international environment, which will stretch your abilities and channel your talents. We also offer competitive salary and benefits combined with outstanding career development opportunities in one of the largest and most solid private companies in the world.

We welcome applications from people with disabilities and are committed to providing an inclusive, accessible recruitment process and workplace. We encourage candidates to let us know if they require any accommodations during the recruitment or interview process so we can support them appropriately.

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