The Dawn Meats Group is one of Europe’s leading food processing companies and operates as Dunbia in the UK. This is an exciting opportunity to join a company who have a desire to produce better food naturally.
As a Commercial Administrator you will be responsible for creating plans for factory production that take into account customer requirements, commercial profitability and operational capability. You will be supported in gaining a sound knowledge of the whole production process from primal butchery specifications and yields, product packaging and food safety requirements, through to transport post production.
The successful candidate will report to the Commercial Department and need to be comfortable working within a food factory environment. Standard hours would be 8.00 - 17.00 Monday to Friday.
Responsibilities- Producing the sites daily production plan
- Planning and forecasting to hit daily, weekly and monthly production targets
- Managing and controlling stock
- Communicating with commercial, operations, planning, transport and technical at site level, the wider group and externally.
- General office administration – order entry, stock releases etc
- Further responsibilities and tasks will be available as you progress.
Experience in production planning in some capacity is desirable but not essential as full training will be provided.
- A willingness to gain a detailed and full understanding of our products and our full supply chain
- A willingness to build strong relationships with all our stakeholders
- To be flexible, with the capacity & ability to multi-task and adapt in a dynamic working environment
- To be proactive and self-motivated
- To represent the site and business professionally
- Attention to detail
- Willing to cover and support within the team as necessary
No company sponsorship is available to overseas applicants for this position.
Skills Required
- Production planning experience is desirable but not essential; full training is provided.
- Willingness to develop detailed knowledge of products and the full supply chain.
- Ability to build strong relationships with stakeholders.
- Flexibility and ability to multitask in a dynamic working environment.
- Proactive and self-motivated approach.
- Ability to represent the site and business professionally.
- Strong attention to detail.
- Willingness to provide team support as necessary.
What We Do
Dunbia is a Northern Ireland–headquartered food company and division of Dawn Meats. Founded as a family business, it processes cattle and sheep into beef and lamb products for national and international markets. Operating 13 UK sites, Dunbia supplies supermarkets, foodservice and restaurant businesses, exports to more than 50 countries, and emphasizes sustainable sourcing, consistent quality and new product development across its operations.
