Scheduler- Fixed Term

TN United Kingdom; Stretford; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000

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Müller UK & Ireland is wholly owned by Unternehmensgruppe Theo Müller which employs over 31,000 people throughout Europe. In the UK, Müller develops, manufactures and markets a wide range of branded and private label dairy products made with milk from 1,300 farmers in Britain. Müller is ranked within the top 20 in The Grocer’s Top 100 list of Britain’s Biggest Brands and is picked from shelves millions of times each year. Müller UK & Ireland includes:

Müller Milk & Ingredients which aims to be Britain’s private label dairy leader and produces branded and private label fresh milk, cream, butter and ingredients products. It boasts a network of dairies and depots servicing customers throughout the country.

Müller Yogurt & Desserts which is the UK’s leading yogurt manufacturer which aims to create millions more Müller moments for its consumers. It is responsible for major brands like Müller Corner, Müllerlight, Müller Bliss, Müller Rice, FRijj and Müller Kefir Smoothie and produces chilled desserts under licence from Mondelez International. It also supplies the UK private label yogurt market from a dedicated, state of the art yogurt facility.

We are recruiting a Scheduler for our Manchester Dairy

Based at our Manchester Dairy you will create production plans/schedules to facilitate efficient flow for Manufacturing and Logistics to deliver customer service at optimal cost, working to the Muller values and standards whilst striving to continuously improve.

Contract: Fixed Term (10 months)

Location: Manchester Dairy M17 1TU

Responsibilities will include but not be limited to the following:

• Create accurate and timely daily production plans/schedules to deliver customer service at optimal cost, utilising assets efficiently
• Monitor plan execution, highlighting risks and opportunities to the daily schedule, and resolving/escalating as appropriate
• Implement and action agreed support moves within the network
• Review previous day reporting on any non-conformances with Root-Cause Analysis (RCA) involving other functions where appropriate
• Plan adherence, service, wastage, demand v forecast
• Support implementation of business change through relevant system and process set-up
• Support and actively contribute to planning performance management system (PMS)
• Have an active role to play in continuously improving our business
• Be an active part of small teams with Continuous Improvement objectives within the E2E supply-chain
• Build, manage and maintain effective working relationships with Production, Logistics, Milk Trading, and within the Planning team
• Understands the impact of own actions and others on achieving site/business OGSM
• Support other schedulers within team, covering for absence and deputising for advanced scheduler where appropriate
• Health and safety of self and others
• Ability to deliver on the job training (show and tell) to new colleagues

Your learning and development:

• Develop expertise in Milk and Cream categories, to understand Customer requirements, and Production and Logistics capabilities and constraints
• Develop expertise in Business System tools enabling efficient creation of plans and schedules. As400/Excel/DPS
• Contribute to and Implement Planning parameters to improve E2E KPI results
• On the job coaching and support from Planning Lead and Planners to meet full competency requirements for role
• Level 3 Supply-Chain apprenticeship where aspiration to develop career

What we offer as a company:

We value our people and are proud to offer a competitive salary package and a wide range of benefits.

• Up to 5% bonus paid yearly (April)
• 2x life assurance
• 33 days holiday including bank holidays
• Access to the Muller rewards platform which gives you a multitude of retailer discounts, Cycle to work scheme etc.