Job Description
About the Role
We now have an excellent opportunity for a Site Planner - Production to join the IPL team based at our Whittlesey site, Cambridgeshire overseeing Houseplants and Flowers.
The shift for this role is working Thursday - Saturday, 7am to 6pm - 30 hours per week.
As a Site Planner you will be responsible for daily production planning, involved in the daily allocation of all IPL Whittlesey operations colleagues to the correct line and the daily allocation of agency colleagues.
You are a key communicator with the Business Unit Planners on all matters of planning and forecasting and you will be responsible for checking and recording information relating to the daily orders from the Supply Team. You will also have close communication with the Shift Operations Leaders regarding priority products and liaise with the Warehouse and Goods-In team regarding any over packs or potential shorts.
Attending the Planning Operations daily meetings and weekly trading sheet meetings you will reconcile all agency timesheets for the site and send the information over to relevant parties. Your role will involve completing site headcount information and planning for the shifts ahead.
What we expect:
You should have experience of working within a fast moving environment and ideally experience of working within a similar role.
Will good IT skills you should have the ability to work quickly and methodically and possess good verbal and written communication skills. An excellent team player you should have a good awareness and Health and Safety and possess good practical skills.
Previous experience of working with house plants or flowers is desirable.
Why work for us?
We are a rapidly growing and exciting business, dedicated to the development of our colleagues and committed to creating a great place to work. In order to grow we need to find people already living our Values - Supportive, Trailblazing, Engaging and Principled.
In return we will offer you development, a competitive salary and benefits package, inclusive of:
Annual leave
Bonus Scheme
Enhanced Pension Scheme
10% Asda Discount (terms and conditions apply)
Life assurance (4x base salary)
Health and wellbeing assistance programme
Free Parking
About IPL
At IPL our role is to improve the shopping experience of the Asda customer by driving great value, quality and availability of our products to ensure that we are Asda's lowest cost, and sustainable supply chain partner. Our sustainable sourcing model supports Asda's mission to help their customers to save money and live better lives. We are one of the largest privately-owned food processing businesses in the UK and we have thousands of colleagues based across multiple sites.
About the site
Whittlesey is our purpose built Houseplants and Flowers operation, supplying Asda with their full range of bouquets, potted plants, and succulents. There are a number of support roles on site with the majority of colleagues working within our operation.
Job Types: Part-time, Permanent
Part-time hours: 30 per week
Benefits:
Additional leave
Casual dress
Company pension
Cycle to work scheme
Employee discount
Free parking
Life insurance
On-site parking
Referral programme
Sick pay
Store discount
Schedule:
Day shift
Supplemental pay types:
Bonus scheme
Application question(s):
Do you have the legal right to work in the UK for the contracted hours of this role >
Work Location: One location