Overview
Job Summary
The Home of 'Bootiful' Food!
Today Bernard Matthews employs over 2,000 people and is a key supplier of Turkey across the UK. Be it in branded, retailer brand or direct to foodservice, Bernard Matthews are proud to manufacture frozen and cooked meat products to nearly all UK distribution channels, major retailers and catering groups. This means Bernard Matthews products continue to be enjoyed by most homes in Britain some 66 years later.
Our Bernard Matthews Sunderland site employs over 300+ people and our focus is on producing Great Quality Products, Our Customers and Our People. It really is 'bootiful!'
We are seeking a dedicated and skilled Planning Administrator to join our dynamic planning team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for ensuring that all administration processes within the Planning Department run smoothly and efficiently.
Responsibilities
- Provide timely planning and scheduling orders to the production floor.
- Co-ordinate production workflow for multiple products for different customers working with departmental managers.
- Plan and prioritize ensuring the achievement of maximum performance with minimum delay.
- Assign perishable Raw Materials to cover Production demand, to achieve internal and financial targets, set by departments.
- Monitor production prioritizing deadlines, ready for the out loading of vehicles.
- Support the team by addressing any issues when they arise aiming for minimum disruption.
- Prepare KPI reports on Performance and Status for submission in a timely manner.
- Collaborate with different departments, such as Quality Control and Warehouse to support the Production teams.
- Produce a weekly schedule of work to be able to forecast Raw Material and Ingredients Usage.
- Support with managing the sales and order processing for the site.
- Work and communicate with Customers regarding before vs after sales.Process customer returns and communicate with the wider team.
- Plan daily transport operations, to support and fulfill any customer demand to maintain the target of 100% service level.
- Ensure all communication and transferring of all information/data is done in an effective and timely manner.Ensuring the MRP system is correct and up to date.
- Manage & maintain filing and archiving system (both hard and electronic) on a daily/monthly basis ensuring all information\ data is stored correctly.
Requirements
- Excellent Organisational and administration skills Excellent communication skills, proactive, can work as part of and on own initiative
- Planning administration experience
- Experience working within a planning department
- Ability to multitask, work to deadlines with a strong attention to detail
- Undertake additional tasks when required
- Promote Food Safety Culture
- Food Safety Level 2
- Experience and knowledge of FMCG (desirable)
This role is perfect for motivated individuals eager to develop their expertise in planning while supporting a collaborative team. If you thrive on organisation, analysis, and clear communication—apply now to be part of our energetic team dedicated to excellence!
Pay: £14.37 per hour
Benefits:
- Bereavement leave
- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site parking
Work Location: In person
