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Euan Pincott
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Short-Term Production Planner
Name:
Euan Pincott
Job title:
Short-Term Production Planner
Employer:
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP)
Qualification:
BA Business Economics
Salary Range:
£32,000
- What does a Short-Term Production Planner do?
- Responsible for planning productions that are within a 2 week time frame. We assess the plan that has been sent to us by the Mid-Term Planner and decide based on real time data what products need to be produced, where they need to be produced, how much to produce and when in the week to produce it. We then send these plans to manufacturing sites to schedule in the productions. In addition to this we have to monitor the products we are responsible for in our portfolio and decide if plan changes are needed depending if we have oversold etc
- Describe your job in 20-25 words.
- Requires constant problem solving and good communication with other teams to know what is going on and how you can fix things efficiently
- After you qualified, did it take long to find a job?
- I worked as a teacher for 2 years while I waited to find a job and I also wanted to make sure that any graduate programme I went into was right for me but I applied for loads and just had to be patient
- What’s the best thing about your job?
- The constant challenges that are always slightly different but you can also use your experience to help you overcome problems
- What was your starting salary?
- £32,000
- How long have you been doing your job?
- Started in September 2024, so 3 months
- Where do you see yourself in five years time?
- Hopefully in a managers role in the area of the business that I see myself building a career in which will be helped by my rotations allowing me to spend time across the business and allow me to find where I want to be
