The Role
Create accurate demand forecasts and production plans, coordinate crop allocation, monitor yields and stock, produce planning and performance reports, and collaborate with growing, packhouse, logistics and commercial teams to minimise waste and ensure customer service levels.
Summary Generated by Built In
We're looking for a proactive and commercially minded Planning & Supply Coordinator to join our commercial team. This is a fantastic opportunity to play a key role in ensuring our customers receive the right products, at the right time, while working closely with our growers, production, logistics and the commercial team to keep our supply chain running smoothly.
If you're highly organised, enjoy solving problems and love making things happen behind the scenes, this is a role where your decisions will have a real impact!
The main purpose of the role is to develop accurate demand forecasts and production plans that balance customer requirements, crop availability and operational capacity. The Planning and Supply Coordinator is responsible for translating customer demand into achievable production plans, ensuring efficient utilisation of crops, minimising waste and supporting excellent customer service levels.
The main purpose of the role is to develop accurate demand forecasts and production plans that balance customer requirements, crop availability and operational capacity. The Planning and Supply Coordinator is responsible for translating customer demand into achievable production plans, ensuring efficient utilisation of crops, minimising waste and supporting excellent customer service levels.
Key Responsibilities
- Consolidate customer forecasts and maintain accurate rolling demand plans.
- Analyse forecast accuracy, sales trends and demand to support continuous improvement.
- Develop production plans that balance customer demand, crop availability and operational capacity.
- Coordinate crop allocation to maximise customer fulfilment and minimise waste.
- Monitor crop yields, stock levels and product availability, highlighting risks and opportunities.
- Work closely with Growing teams to understand harvest expectations and future supply.
- Produce planning and performance reports, including forecast accuracy, OTIF, waste and sales analysis.
- Provide planning insights to support commercial, operational and margin decisions.
- Collaborate with Growing, Packhouse, Logistics and Commercial teams to keep plans aligned.
- Communicate supply risks and planning assumptions to key stakeholders.
- Maintain accurate planning data and support improvements to planning systems, tools and processes.
- Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives across the planning function
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
- Previous experience in a production planning, supply chain, operations, manufacturing or scheduling role.
- Strong organisational skills with the ability to prioritise multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.
- Excellent attention to detail and a high level of accuracy when working with data and production plans.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify issues and implement practical solutions.
- Confident using Microsoft Excel and other planning /ERP systems.
- Ability to interpret forecasts, customer demand and production capacity to create achievable plans.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to build effective working relationships across production, commercial, logistics and technical teams.
- Able to work under pressure and adapt quickly to changing customer requirements and operational priorities.
- Commercial awareness with an understanding of the impact planning decisions have on cost, service and waste.
- Self-motivated, proactive and able to work independently while contributing positively to a wider team.
Benefits
- Private medical insurance
- Medical cash plan
- Salary sacrifice electric car scheme
- Group Life
- Retail and leisure discounts
- Pension contribution matched up to 5%
About
Hello, we’re the Green House Growers! We’ve been growing fresh food since 1977, beginning as a small family business with just over 1ha of tomatoes. Now we have 48ha across our nurseries in Sussex, Norfolk, and Cambridgeshire. Over the years we’ve become known for the best quality and for pioneering sustainability. Our team has over 300 years of combined experience in growing the best tasting, freshest food. We’ve always been at the forefront of reducing environmental impact, whether that is using bumblebees for production or taking care of every drop of water we use. Most recently at our nurseries in Norwich and Ely, we’ve become one of the first growers to use waste heat from water treatment plants and reservoirs, reducing our carbon footprint by up to 60%. We now account for nearly 20% of tomatoes and 25% cucumbers grown in the UK!
Skills Required
- Previous experience in production planning, supply chain, operations, manufacturing or scheduling
- Strong organisational skills and ability to prioritise multiple tasks
- High attention to detail and accuracy when working with data and production plans
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Confident using Microsoft Excel and planning/ERP systems
- Ability to interpret forecasts, customer demand and production capacity
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
- Able to work under pressure and adapt to changing priorities
- Commercial awareness of cost, service and waste impacts
- Self-motivated, proactive and able to work independently and in a team
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The Company
What We Do
The Green House Growers is a family-run agricultural business established in 1977. They specialize in cultivating fresh, high-quality food, primarily tomatoes, using sustainable greenhouse methods. With operations across nurseries in Sussex, Norfolk, and Cambridgeshire, the company is recognized for its commitment to quality and pioneering sustainable farming practices, having grown from a small 2.5-acre plot to a significant producer of fresh produce in the United Kingdom.
