Process Planner

Hayes, Middlesex
Kandhu Ltd

A unique opportunity to join our forward thinking and growing supply chain logistics business who partners with some of the more exciting UK grocery brands. Through continuous drive for efficiency, excellence and sustainability, exciting opportunities have arisen to join our fast-moving perishables goods company based in West London as a Process Industrial Engineer. The role is designed for individuals seeking a career in end to end food supply chain with focus on customer delivery and relationship building with cross functional departments.

THE Process Planner

• Work with manufacturing standards to estimate appropriate levels of human and capital resources required to ensure full utilization and order completion OTIF.
• Cross functional collaboration to implement SOP aligned with operational capability and technical compliance to ensure final product specification.
• Review E2E, intake to dispatch, process capabilities to ensure lean manufacturing can be implemented consistently and sustainably.
• Review and awareness of quality assessment for key products and processes to collaboratively agree acceptable modification in process flows to achieve required throughput targets.
• Continuous analysis, reporting, presentation and review of performance data and other key metrics to drive and implement changes necessary for improvement in operational efficiency and effectiveness.
• Ownership of root cause analysis relating to performance incidents with follow through on agreed corrective actions and improved ways of working.

• Managing database and internal communication of trial summaries, cost savings and process improvement.
• Focus on continuous improvement projects relating to operational effectiveness through labour, plant and equipment utilisation; space saving; one touch handling; technology and process reviews.

THE IDEAL CANDIDATE

• Qualified in Lean Manufacturing with 2 years’ work experience.
• Efficient large data handling and statistical management
• Ability to write and communicate reports, procedures and data insights.
• Work experience within fast paced production line environment critical.
• Proven problem-solving analysis skills.
• Advanced abilities using the Microsoft package and ERP systems.
• Knowledge of SQL

If this Supply Planner role is of interest and you would like to investigate this further, apply TODAY

Kandhu Recruitment are specialist recruiters within the Food, Drink and FMCG Sector

“Kandhu Recruitment will consider all applications based on each candidate’s suitability to the role or similar roles within the Food Sector and if we feel you are a relevant candidate we will process your application by adding you to our secure recruitment database and then contacting you to progress job opportunities further. We do not contact unsuitable applicants.”

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