Production Planner

At Lantmannen Unibake, we believe in baking the world a better place. Our team is passionate about creating delicious, bakery products that bring joy to our customers. We’re on the lookout for a talented Production Planner to join our dough-lightful team and help us rise to new heights.

Main Purpose of Role: As our Production Planner, you’ll be the yeast we need to create weekly production plans and amendments for our Milton Keynes site. Your role is crucial in ensuring we achieve our target customer service levels and inventory goals, all while maintaining our high-quality standards. You’ll optimise medium- and long-term production capacity plans to ensure labour, output, and stock holding align with our budget assumptions throughout the year.

You will be responsible for:

  • Crafting and amending weekly production schedules that stay within target inventory levels, deliver customer service targets, and optimise OEE and line utilisation.
  • Ensuring labour and materials are available on time to deliver these plans and achieve CTP targets.
  • Leading planning meetings and engaging with senior leaders.
  • Identifying and working with Operations to solve plant capacity constraints through Planning Meetings, S&OP Demand & Supply reviews.
  • Optimising inventory for own produce in line with cyclic scheduling processes.
  • Medium- and long-term planning through running plans and hours models supporting the Budget process.
  • Working cross functionally with all stakeholders.
  • Working closely with demand planners to meet customer service level KPIs and providing advance notice of events allowing for efficient forecasting and planning.

You will have:

  • Solid experience of supply chain planning experience within the Food Manufacturing sector experience of frozen devisable
  • Excellent organisation skills and results-driven.
  • Able to work autonomously.
  • Strong time management skills.
  • Data-driven with strong attention to detail and a high level of accuracy in delivering objectives.
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Proficient in Excel & PowerPoint Presentation.
  • MRP/ERP understanding/experience.
  • A sound background in line scheduling and sequencing with a good understanding of inventory optimisation to achieve target customer service levels.
  • Analytical with the ability to seek and structure required data sources and communicate it back in a simplified way.
  • High-level knowledge of common IT tools (we use Microsoft Dynamics AX12, SO99+, Microsoft Office).

What we offer:

  • Competitive salary with opportunities for growth.
  • A warm and friendly work environment where you can truly flour-ish.
  • Opportunities for professional development and training.

How to Apply: If you think you have what it bakes to join our team, please apply now.

Work with great people

Darren McNeil
HR Business Partner, UK
"I enjoy working with a diverse and dynamic workforce, our people engage with the business and enjoy what they do. Unibake has a passion for attracting and developing the best individuals."
Egija Klavina
Procurement and Contracts Manager, UK
"I believe that hard work always ‘pays off’ and its valued in Lantmännen. There’s many opportunities to be involved in new things and the business supports this, if you want it."
Viktorija Iqbal
Technical Supplier and Specifications Coordinator
"I started at Lantmännen as a Production Operative. I have since worked in the Technical department and NPD. My current role came up and I thought I would challenge myself and apply. It all went well."

About the company

Lantmännen Unibake is a leading global bakery company within the Lantmännen Group. With expertise in bakery products for food service and retail, we serve consumers around the clock and across the world every day. The aim is to make bread and pastry a profitable business for our customers through tasty, high-quality products and innovative solutions and based on a sustainable mind-set and excellent food safety standards. Headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark, Lantmännen Unibake operates modern bakeries around the world and has sales in more than 60 countries. The brand portfolio comprises a range of well-established B2B and BtC brands e.g. Schulstad Bakery Solutions, Schulstad, Bonjour, Vaasan, Pastridor and Hatting. Lantmännen Unibake has a turnover of EUR 1.5 billion and employs more than 6,000 people in 20+ countries. Appetite for more? Visit us at www.lantmannen-unibake.com


#1It goes right. Right from the start. New people start at Lantmännen Unibake every day. We’re used to creating the right beginning, right from day one. We’re ready for you.

#2Baking is a people business. Lantmännen Unibake has flour on its hands and people at its heart. The whole process of making everyday products takes team work, open-ness and mutual respect.

#3It's a group thing. Working for a global business is different. You feel connected to something bigger. Your team has a higher purpose. Ripples turn into waves.

#4It's about baking the future. We are taking baking further. Not just geographically but in terms of innovation. We have a proud heritage but we want to explore new products, markets and opportunities.

#5Diversity is a reality. Not an ambition. Not only are we global, we hire a multitude of nationalities. At the moment, your future colleagues come from more than 40 countries.

Tammy Davies | Contact Person

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