Planning Executive Banbury 2022

At HelloFresh, we want to change the way people eat forever by offering our customers high quality food and recipes for different meal occasions. Over the past 10 years, we've seen this mission spread around the world and beyond our wildest dreams. Now, we are a global food solutions group and the world's leading meal kit company, active in 17 countries across 3 continents. So, how did we do it? Our weekly boxes full of exciting recipes and fresh ingredients have blossomed into a community of customers looking for delicious, healthy and sustainable options. The HelloFresh Group now includes our core brand, HelloFresh, as well as: GreenChef, EveryPlate, Chef's Plate, Factor, and Youfoodz.

About the role

Planning Executive is a role that forms the connection between Planning and Operational functions. The ideal candidate is someone who is therefore, highly proficient and organized; works efficiently within a team and individually. An enthusiastic person with a good understanding of the Planning and Operational procedures in order to be able to support the wider business achieving our goals.

What the Planning Executive will be doing:

• Amendments of customer order data to a Data Protection format to help produce efficient production plans for Operations
• Prepare inputs for various tools/software’s to support efficient production planning
• Produce outputs using planning tools that will be uploaded into production related systems
• Liaise with Senior Operations management and Agencies to produce forecasted and final labour requirement for any given week
• Liaise with Operational staff to collate feedback for future improvements
• Implementing improvements of planning tools by taking on product ownership and using initiative to improve and develop planning functionalities for the team and wider business
• Liaise with other stakeholders and senior leadership on a regular basis for continuous information exchange
• To solve planning related problems effectively under pressure and escalate appropriately in a timely manner

Who you are

Who the Planning Executive is:

• Fast learner
• Able to process large amount of data set
• Agile thinker/ability to adopt to change
• Experience using excel
• Desirable to work with WMS systems before (warehouse management systems)
• Being able to complete task on pre-set criteria and do basic problem solving outside of it
• Team mentality/collaborative approach
• Can work under pressure
• Willing to learn

What you will get in return

• 70% discount on HelloFresh or Green Chef boxes
• Bippit financial wellbeing account
• Premium Headspace account
• Group Life Assurance
• Cycle to work scheme
• Eye care scheme
• Learnerbly professional development membership
• MoreHappi unlimited professional coaching membership

Upon passing probation

• Company pension scheme
• Gym membership
• Bupa private medical insurance (including dental)

Other great perks

• If in the office, enjoy a free breakfast every day
• Mental health first aiders and an employee assistance programme
• Working from home equipment budget

Start date: ASAP

Location: The Granary, Unit 3, Chalker Way, Banbury, OX16 4XD

Shifts: Sunday to Wednesday or Wednesday to Saturday shift pattern on 10 hour shifts

Recruitment process: First, you will have a phone interview with a member of our Talent Acquisition team. Should you be successful, you will be asked to complete a technical test and, depending to the result, you will be invited for an final competency interview.

If you are an internal candidate, please ensure your current manager is aware of your application for this role.

About HelloFresh

We believe that sharing a meal brings people of all identities, backgrounds, and cultures together. We are committed to celebrating all dimensions of diversity in the workplace equally and ensuring that everyone feels a sense of inclusion and belonging. We also aim to extend this commitment to the partners we work with and the communities we serve. We are constantly listening, learning, and evolving to deliver on these principles. We are proud of our collaborative culture. Our diverse employee population enables us to connect with our customers and turn their feedback into meaningful action - from developing new recipes to constantly improving our process of getting dinner to our customers’ homes. Our culture attracts top talent with shared values and forms the foundation for a great place to work!

At HelloFresh, we embrace diversity and inclusion. We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of an individual's race, national origin, color, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, marital status or any other protected characteristic under applicable law, whether actual or perceived. As part of the Company’s commitment to equal employment opportunity, we provide reasonable accommodations, up to the point of undue hardship, to candidates at any stage, including to individuals with disabilities.

We want to do adapt our processes and create a safe space that welcomes everyone so please let us know how we can accommodate our process. In case you have any accessibility requirements you can share that with us in the application form.

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