West Drayton
Why Greencore? \n Following the combination with Bakkavor in January 2026, we're one of the UK's leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to make every day taste better. \n As a vibrant and fast-moving business, we're proud to employ over 28,000 talented colleagues across 36 manufacturing sites and 21 distribution depots in the UK and the US. Together, we bring delicious food to life. Our products cover every meal occasion from breakfast through to dinner and dessert, with lunch and snacking in between. In FY25, our shared passion helped us achieve combined revenues of approximately £4bn. \n Our extensive direct to store (DTS) network, with 17 depots across the UK, allows us to deliver fresh and frozen food both our own and from trusted partners to thousands of stores every day, ensuring consumers enjoy the very best, whenever and wherever they shop. \n Here at Heathrow, we are a growing team with around 450 colleagues. We produce chilled & hot eat Food for Now products including salads, sandwiches & wraps, Protein Pots & snacking. As well as Food for Later products such as ready meals & sides for some of the biggest retailers in the UK including Amazon Fresh, Asda, Aldi, Co-op, Morrisons and Sainsbury's. \n \n At Greencore we actively encourage our colleagues to apply for our vacancies, whether as a lateral move to broaden experience or the next step up to progress your career and development. We also welcome applications from external candidates who are eager to grow their career with us. \n \n What you'll be doing \n Shift - Mon - Fri (some weekends required) \n\n • Utilise available planning systems to convert sales forecasts into achievable production and material plans and schedules that optimally balance customer service and operational cost efficiency\n, • Manage risks within the plan and amend orders where possible/practical to achieve customer service and stock targets\n, • Share forecasts with suppliers and work with them to resolve issues with materials availability\n, • Measure, minimise and publish expected obsolete/over stocks (finished product and/or raw materials)\n, • Champion ongoing communication with the operations teams to ensure accurate exchange of information\n, • Propose and implement continuous improvements in own area\n, • Maintain a state of perpetual audit-readiness for all audits (GMP, H&S, Technical, Customer, Accreditation Bodies etc.) to ensure working practices are compliant at all times\n, • Translate production plans into material requirements and convert them into supplier purchase orders\n\n What we're looking for \n We're not all the same at Greencore and our differences help us to make every day taste better for all our stakeholders. We truly put our people at the core and are proud of our diversity. \n\n • Time served understanding of planning process\n, • FMCG Knowledge/have experience of working in a fast-paced seasonal environment\n, • Worked with multiple range of SKUS; both short and long lead time\n, • Attention to detail\n, • Analytical thinking\n, • Computer Literacy including experience of ERP system\n\n These may be trained or developed. These do not all need to be in place at recruitment. \n If this sounds like you, join us and grow with Greencore, and be a part of driving our future success. \n \n What you'll get in return \n\n • Competitive salary and job-related benefits\n, • Holidays\n, • Competitive matched pension contributions\n, • Life insurance up to 4x salary\n, • Company share save scheme\n, • Greencore Qualifications\n, • Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform\n, • Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform\n, • Enhanced parental leave and menopause policies\n\n Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career. \n \n We reserve the right to close this advertisement before the stated closing date. \n \n Recruitment Fraud Warning: \n Greencore and its recruitment partners never charge candidates any fees at any stage of the hiring process. Any request for payment relating to a job opportunity should be considered fraudulent.
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