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Supply Chain Planner
Location: Clitheroe, Lancashire
Department: Group Supply Chain
Are you an organised and analytical Supply Chain professional looking for an opportunity to play a key role in a fast-paced food manufacturing environment? We're looking for a Supply Chain Planner to join our Group Supply Chain team and help ensure our factories have the right materials, at the right time, to deliver exceptional service to our customers.
About the Role
As a Supply Chain Planner, you'll be responsible for planning raw materials, packaging, and production schedules to support both chilled and frozen manufacturing operations. You'll work closely with teams across Commercial, Operations, Procurement, Finance, Marketing, NPD and Process to ensure demand is accurately translated into supply plans while maintaining efficient stock levels and minimising waste.
This is a varied role that combines materials planning, production scheduling, data analysis, forecasting, and continuous improvement, making it an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys working across multiple functions and making a tangible impact on business performance.
What You'll Be Doing
Managing raw material and packaging requirements through ERP and MRP systems.
Coordinating supplier call-offs and deliveries to maintain optimal stock levels.
Planning and scheduling daily, weekly, and monthly production activities.
Working closely with production teams to maximise efficiency and minimise changeovers.
Managing material changeovers and promotional requirements while reducing obsolescence.
Investigating and resolving invoice and supplier queries.
Producing KPI reports, identifying trends, and recommending corrective actions.
Maintaining accurate master data and supporting forecasting activities.
Reviewing storage capacities and associated costs to drive efficiencies.
Creating and updating SOPs to support continuous improvement initiatives.
What We're Looking For
Previous experience in a Supply Chain, Materials Planning, Production Planning or similar role.
Experience within FMCG, food manufacturing, frozen, chilled or other fast-paced manufacturing environments would be highly beneficial.
Strong understanding of ERP and MRP systems.
Advanced Excel skills and strong IT literacy.
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
A highly analytical mindset with excellent attention to detail.
A passion for continuous improvement and problem-solving.
What can we offer you?
Option to purchase additional annual leave
A day off work to support our charity partners
Flexible working options
Pension
Medical benefit
And access to a HUB that offers many discounts from a range of suppliers and retailers
About The Hain Celestial Group
Hain Celestial Group is a leading health and wellness company whose purpose is to inspire healthier living for people, communities and the planet through better-for-you brands. For more than 30 years, our portfolio of beloved brands has intentionally focused on delivering nutrition and well-being that positively impacts today and tomorrow. Headquartered in Hoboken, N.J., Hain Celestial’s products across snacks, baby/kids, beverages, meal preparation, and personal care, are marketed and sold in over 75 countries around the world. Our leading brands include Garden Veggie™ snacks, Terra® chips, Garden of Eatin’® snacks, Earth’s Best® and Ella’s Kitchen® baby and kids foods, Celestial Seasonings® teas, Joya® and Natumi® plant-based beverages, Greek Gods® yogurt, Cully & Sully®, Imagine® and New Covent Garden® soups, Yves® and Linda McCartney’s® (under license) meat-free, and Alba Botanica® natural sun care, among others.
Hain Celestial UK
In the UK, Hain is one of the UK's leading food companies. We create food and drink products with natural goodness at their core. We're the business behind a host of household brands - Hartley's jams and jellies, Sun-Pat peanut butters, New Covent Garden Soup Co., Linda McCartney's meat free food,…