Bread is the heart and soul of Laurent. We craft authentic French breads, based on time-honoured recipes and contemporary breads using the finest ingredients. With 25 years of success, 16 retail outlets, 2 manufacturing facilities and over 500 employees; quality is our life. Along with constant innovation and ensuring authenticity for French artisan baking, paying homage to the values of a true French village bakery.
The Role
Reporting to the S&OP; Manager, you will be responsible for planning, scheduling and coordinating production activities to ensure customer orders and deadlines are consistently met. You'll work closely with multiple departments to manage workflows, optimise resources and proactively address production challenges in a fast-paced food manufacturing environment. This role is located at our Braeside factory.
A key focus of the role is to maintain reliable availability of finished goods in line with the sales forecast and customer demand. The Production/Supply Planner will develop, manage and continually optimise the production schedule, balancing priorities, inventory requirements and operational constraints. This requires close coordination with production and other stakeholders to make efficient use of available capacity and resources,
while responding effectively to changes in demand, supply or production performance.
Key responsibilities:
- Review forecasts, sales orders and inventory on hand daily
- Convert demand into deliverable production plans
- Develop daily and weekly production schedules
- Balance production capacity, labour and equipment
- Ensure Customer experience through on time delivery in full
- Other duties as directed and within the incumbents' skills and abilities
About You:
You're a highly organised planner with robust analytical skills and a proactive mindset. You thrive in a deadline driven setting and enjoy coordinating multiple moving parts to achieve successful outcomes.
You'll bring:
- Demonstrated experience in production/supply planning, scheduling or a similar role within FMCG
- Experience with SAP highly regarded
- Strong excel and analytical skills
- Microsoft Office 365 knowledge
- Excellent organisational and time management skills
- Strong communication skills and interpersonal skills
- A proactive approach to problem solving and continuous improvement
- Ability to manage competing priorities and meet tight deadlines
- A team player
Why join Laurent Bakery?
- Competitive salary package
- Supportive team culture
- Fast growing innovative Australian business
Applicantsmustbe able to work in Australia without any ongoing work restrictions.
Please note only short-listed candidates will be contacted.