Production Administrator (Maternity Cover)

An experienced Production Administrator is required by our client, a global supplier of Ingredients and Premix solutions for the food and beverage industry. Based in Kent, this role is responsible for supporting the planning of all orders into the production and planning schedules to ensure the customers deadlines are met to the best of their abilities. Using the system to produce Batch Documents in conjunction with the schedules and to issue and book finished goods into stock after production in a timely manner. Other Key Duties will be:

• Raising Batch Documents in agreed time scales
• Finished goods to be booked into system after completion to enable goods to be dispatched
• Raw material allocation following company procedures and liaising with prep room to support stock rotation
• Provide the loading instructions and Spec labels as part of the batch document
• Liaise with relevant departments to ensure raw materials arrive and can be sampled in necessary time scales
• Support/cover daily planning of the production/packing programmes as and when required
• Dealing with allocation or document queries and authorising batch changes for Production/Warehouse
• Participation and support in projects as and when required
• Minimizing plan changes wherever possible by working closely with production team leaders to match workload resource
• Responding quickly to urgent orders to ensure the customers needs are met to the best of abilities.
• Cover for production planner

Must have good numerical skills and good Microsoft Office knowledge. You will have the ability to communicate well and be able to multi-task. Pay great attention to detail and have excellent time management, planning, and organisation skills. This is a maternity contract for 1 year.