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Who are we ?

We are FBC, Fox's Burton's Companies! ……-And we bake the UK's most incredible biscuits (we might be slightly biased, but we will leave that for you to judge). 

FBC was a match made in heaven, with two of the top UK biscuits manufacturers (Burton's Biscuits and Fox's Biscuits) coming together to create one unique, integrated company. 

We are home to famous iconic brands, including Maryland, Fox's, Jammie Dodger & Rocky, to name just a few. We bake our incredible biscuits at eight bakeries across the UK, located at Isle of Arran, Livingston, Blackpool, Llantarnam, Edinburgh, Kirkham, Batley & Dorset. We also have offices for our supporting services in St Albans, Liverpool and Moreton. Together, we employ circa 4,000 amazing employees across all our locations.  

We are currently the second biscuit manufacturer in the UK market with a strong ambition of becoming the number two biscuit manufacturer worldwide.

We are proud to be part of the Ferrero enlarged family: such a fantastic and successful business. The Ferrero Group operates in more than 50 countries, with products sold in over 170 countries, represented by almost 38.000 employees worldwide, and a consolidated turnover of €12.7 billion (2020-21).

Along with our fantastic brand portfolio, we also have long-term agreements to manufacture several sweet & savoury snacks across Mars, Jacobs, and LU branded products. In addition, we are proud to be a strategic partner for many retailer-branded products.

Our employees make our business special. With strong family values, we believe FBC is a more prosperous and fun place to work with when people feel free to be themselves. We believe in the power of being authentic, entrepreneurial and supporting each whilst meeting our business goals. 

And don't forget… work hard but play harder!

What does your typical day look like?  

Reporting to the head of planning, this is a key role within the FBC-UK Planning & Materials team.

Your role will be crucial in ensuring that there is always sufficient stock available to meet production plans, whilst simultaneously balancing the needs of our warehousing in not over stocking therefore reducing obsolescence and excess storage costs.

It is vital that you adhere to the Business Change Management process and report on key factors to support the planning functions across FBC UK. You will have ownership of internal planning tool BPPS (Excel) and will need to hold correct Finished Goods stocks, therefore you will need to be numerate and analytical in your approach.

Sitting within the Site Planning function this role provides an overview of all Business supply, demand and NPD and there will be considerable and frequent interaction with suppliers, project managers, marketing, site operations and more. 

You must be able to work swiftly under pressure and to tight timescales as you will be managing Customer Service level targets of 98.6% and reacting to short notice plan amendments.

There will be cross functional working between Customer Service, Demand Planner’s and other internal functions along with direct Customer Communication - the ability to build relationships internally and externally is essential.

What are the key ingredients needed for the role? 

• Knowledge of MRP and SAP systems would be highly advantageous
• Experience of working directly with customers would be desirable.
• Strong Microsoft Office skills 
• Attention to detail, ability to prioritise workload effectively
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Must be able to drive for results across a wider team

If you are ready to begin a career with real bite, we would love to hear from you so apply now by clicking the link below.

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