The Role
At Notpla we’re at the leading edge of sustainable innovation, creating natural alternatives to single-use plastic packaging that’s carefully engineered to create a healthier planet. Founded on the belief that nature knows best, we’re an innovative, ideas and action-oriented scale-up who develop and manufacture uncompromisingly natural packaging solutions from seaweed and plants.
As a Supply Chain Planner, you’ll be joining a detail driven, fast moving and agile team that pride themselves on their ability to adapt to any challenge.
This is an exciting time to join Notpla, right on the brink of a record-breaking year for revenue and on-track for major growth in the next 18-24 months. Bolstering confidence in our financial performance, we have just secured a Series A+ fundraise for £20million, enabling us to scale our growth and environmental impact faster than ever.
Our Supply Chain & Procurement team sit within the Technology & Operations group but, due to the nature of the function, interacts with the majority of the teams across the business, holding a particularly strong relationship with the sales & business development teams. The Supply Chain Planner will be a key cog in our sales machine, ensuring that we can deliver, accurately and on time to all of our customers, building trust with key suppliers and customers to ensure our continued growth.
Led by strong values, all Notpla employees are encouraged to take responsibility for their domain, giving a high level of autonomy. Our aim is to build an inspiring culture that's reflected in our working policies, environment and employees.
Besides offering exciting roles and a great working environment, Notpla provides competitive salaries, the potential for EMI Share Options, a zero-carbon pension scheme, discounts with local businesses, and subsidised social activities. Our office first hybrid working policy allows you to work in the manner that maximises your productivity, while still creating a vibrant and collegiate work environment. We are a social business with regular clubs and events, and we are proud of how our diverse workplace has created a community that is all pushing towards the common goal of making plastic disappear.
Your profile
We are looking to employ a detail-oriented and experienced production planner and vendor scheduler to create, modify, and manage third-party production schedules and inbound materials. You should have demonstrable experience working with internal and external production partners to ensure that production orders are completed on time and within budget. You will also need to have a sound knowledge of material requirements planning (MRP) ideally with Cin7. Reporting into the Head of Supply Chain & Procurement, your day-to-day responsibilities will include:
- Monitoring inventory levels, regularly providing production status updates to management and facilitating the timely delivery of products to customers.
- Evaluating sales orders to create suitable production schedules.
- Estimating the amount of raw materials needed, collaborating with third- party manufacturers to ensure on-time production and readiness.
- Promptly addressing and resolving suppliers and third-party manufacturing issues to minimise delays in the supply chain.
- Recommending viable solutions to reduce production costs as well as improve production processes and product quality.
- Effecting changes to production schedules to ensure that production deadlines are met.
- Compiling status and performance reports and submitting them to management in a timely manner.
- Promptly informing the relevant departments of changes to current production schedules.
About us
Notpla is a family of regenerative packaging materials, made from seaweed and plants. Behind these products is a company of the same name, deeply committed to making the planet a healthier place. Winner of the prestigious Earthshot Prize, Notpla are famed for their innovative, scalable alternatives to plastic. These include the edible liquid bubbles - Ooho, their seaweed-coated food containers, single-use films and rigid materials. To date, their solutions have already replaced 16 million pieces of single-use plastic from entering our environment.
Notpla Limited takes inclusion and diversity seriously. It is important for us that we live by our values and our policies outline how – We work better together. Notpla is committed to encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination.
