Production Planner, Wakefield

Coca-Cola European Partners; Leeds; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job description

Production Planner, Wakefield

Permanent, Monday-Friday 40 hours

Benefits: Structured career development + Competitive salary + Bonus + Competitive pension contributions + Share scheme + Range of flexible benefits and Corporate discounts + Holiday buy/sell scheme + optional Health Care and Life Assurance + Free parking + Free hot and cold drinks and subsidised canteen + Excellent parental benefits

What you become part of:

Wakefield Operations is the 2nd biggest plant in CCEP and the biggest soft drink plant in Europe. The Wakefield site produces just under half of GB’s volume across their 8 manufacturing, and 2 preform lines. The site can produce 672,000 cans an hour and 132,000 bottles an hour. With over 550 employees across Manufacturing, QESH and Engineering, experience at our Wakefield site can lead to excellent career opportunities both in Wakefield and further afield across other GB sites and Pan-European locations.

What to expect:

As part of the Short Term Planning Team, you will work alongside a dedicated team of planners who are responsible for ensuring all site planning processes are completed and resources required to support production are available. In a fast-paced and fast-changing environment you will work cross-functionally to manage the flow of information & materials that are necessary to deliver the plan efficiently and satisfy our customers.

All production planners take on the responsibility of the day to day running of the department to ensure all tasks are completed in full each day. With a supportive team around you, you can expect to be challenged daily, providing ample opportunity to learn and develop both professionally and personally. Supporting the delivery of key projects and Continuous Improvement programmes. Sharing best practices with other team members and colleagues to improve line utilization, yield, quality and CRS targets.

Skills & Essentials:

1. Prior experience in a fast-paced high-volume supply chain operation
2. Knowledge and understanding of ERP systems and processes (SAP-APO, SAP-IBP knowledge an advantage)
3. Ability to maintain and make sound, timely decisions, without losing sight of the bigger picture
4. A natural networker, building and sustaining a range of working relationships across multiple functions and levels with ease
5. Great organisation skills and strong attention to detail. Ability to make critical decisions within a fast-paced environment.
6. A pro-active, flexible team player and with several years’ experience in two or more supply chain functions, ideally within an FMCG industry
7. Highly organised with good attention to detail
8. Good communication skills with the ability to influence key stakeholders within the business
9. Must be highly process driven with the tenacity to problem solve and deliver key messages through facts and data
10. Strong understanding of inventory management systems

The closing date for applications is 24/04/25. We reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of applications. To ensure you are considered for this role, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

We are Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) – a dedicated team of 42,000 people, serving customers in 31 countries, who work together to make, move and sell some of the world’s most loved drinks.

We are a global business and one of the leading consumer goods companies in the world. We help our 2.1 million customers grow, and we are constantly investing in exciting new products, innovative technologies and fresh ideas. This helps us to delight the 600 million people who enjoy our drinks every day.

From gender, age and ethnicity to sexual orientation and different abilities, we welcome people from all walks of life and empower unique perspectives. We recognise we’ve got some way to go, but we’ll get there with the support of our people. It’s them who drive our future growth.

To find out more about what it’s like to work at and our culture we would welcome you to speak to one of our employees on our live chat platform.

We recognise some people prefer not to participate in alcohol related sales, interactions, or promotions. If that’s true for you – please raise this with your talent acquisition contact who will advise you on whether this role includes activities related to our alcohol portfolio.