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Mars UK • USA-Texas-Waco | United States of America

Production Planner (Shift: 223 Day 6:30am - 7pm)

Employment type:  Full time
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Job Description

Job Description:

We’re looking for a Production Planner who can plan, control and optimize product stocks that are matching production needs to meet customers' demands who are seeking to make the best alternative possible.

What are we looking for?

  • Ideally, you’ll have experience in a similar position
  • Ability to plan, work with numbers
  • We want someone who is a confident PC user (SAP, Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Power Point)), production planning systems.
  • You’ll also need to hold a Bachelor’s degree or Equivalent Level.

What will be your key responsibilities?

  • You’ll analyze the long-term production plan of the company, adapt to the production capacity of the factory.
  • You’ll calculate the need for raw materials and materials, inform the related departments in time to meet the delivery deadlines and the fullness of the production warehouse.
  • You’ll conduct regular analyses of all material demand changes and forecast runoff of unclaimed raw materials, packaging at the end of activities.
  • You’ll identify processes to find opportunities and make recommendations to optimize inventory levels, increase supply chain flexibility, preventive measures to reduce scrap/understock.

What can you expect from Mars?

  • Work with over 140,000 diverse and talented Associates, all guided by The Five Principles.
  • Join a purpose driven company, where we’re striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.
  • Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.
  • An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.

Company benefits

Open to part-time employees
Open to job sharing
Open to compressed hours
Sabbaticals
Enhanced maternity leave – 26 weeks at 90% pay
Enhanced paternity leave – 26 weeks at 90% pay
24 days annual leave + bank holidays
“Pawternity” leave
Pregnancy loss leave
Bank holiday swaps
Shared parental leave
Adoption leave
Family health insurance
Pregnancy support
Neo-natal leave
Faith rooms
Meditation space
Dog friendly office
Dog friendly co-working space
Annual bonus
Employee discounts
Cinema discounts
Referral bonus
Joining bonus
Cycle to work scheme
Electric Car Salary Sacrifice
Enhanced pension match/contribution
Theme park discounts
Lunch and learns
In house training
LinkedIn learning license
Studying sabbaticals
Open to part time work for some roles

Working at Mars UK

Company employees:

4,000 In the UK

Gender diversity (m:f):

57:43

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