Operations Resource Planner Bahrain

At Arla, we do so much more than make some of the world’s favorite dairy products. We make healthy taste delicious, mornings worth getting up for, and family dinners unforgettable. Puck®, Dano®, Lurpak®, and Castello® – names like these make us a vital, natural part of modern life in over 100 countries around the world. There are 1,200 employees in the Middle East and Africa and 19,000 global employees at the heart of our business. Every single one of us plays an important role and together we build on our 1bn Euros turnover and establish our position as one of the largest dairy companies in the world.

Do you want to be part of a team of a dedicated and highly skilled colleagues, working together towards ensuring the success of a key MENA Supply Chain site that is owned by Arla Foods? Are you someone who is passionate about the Supply chain field, creative and analytical? Do you continuously seek to improve in the execution/delivery of production procedures and processes? Most importantly, are you someone who is a demonstrates a high sense of professionalism and integrity? Then Operations Resource Planner at Arla would be the next role for you. You would be supporting the production process of state of art facilities and will be based in our Bahrain plant which is amongst the top ten plants across the globe in Arla, manufacturing different types of processed cheese under the brands of Arla, Puck and Kraft.

What is required?

An entry/associate level Professional providing support to the plant production department.

Professional production people planning by coordinating forecasts and production resources (permanent and temporary) with the purpose to reach targets of delivery services in an efficient way.

Responsibilities

• Provides optimised people production plans on short term and medium term basis.
• All plans are inclusive of fixed Arla employees as well as Temporary employees.
• Optimises delivery service levels through people/resource balancing.
• Optimises people availability by managing leave level and overall leave utilization.
• Reflect and maintain performance (OEE) in planning parameters.
• Enhance collaboration with production through planned adherence.
• Works with continuous improvement within Logistics and Planning.

Education & Experience

• A Bachelors degree or equivalent is preferred.
• Critical thinker with sharp analytical skills
• Strong in communication
• Comfortable with data analysis, numbers, reporting and presenting
• Project management oriented
• Excel knowledge is a must

Application and contact

Please apply as soon as possible as we will review applications and hold interviews on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

We have a purpose for Good

At Arla, we strive to unlock the highest potential in each other while working together to create a sustainable future of dairy. We call it Stronger People Stronger Planet and it is deeply anchored in our organisation and founded on our commitment to respecting human rights, increasing access to healthy dairy nutrition, inspiring good food habits, and improving the environment for future generations. In order to succeed we need to hire people with a sustainable mindset. Could this be you?