Job Description - Assistant Planning and Distribution Manager
About the Role We have an exciting opportunity for an Assistant Planning & Distribution Manager to join our team at Kemsley Paper Mill. Reporting to the Assistant Planning & Distribution Manager, you?ll be part of a dynamic team, overseeing key processes from product manufacturing to customer dispatch. This role requires close collaboration with paper sourcing, warehousing, distribution, and customer support teams to ensure smooth operations. This role will involve (but not limited) Optimising mill efficiency by working with Production teams to manage capacity, planned shutdowns, and any factors impacting delivery times. Overseeing external converting processes and coordinating dispatch instructions to support Warehouse and Logistics teams. Engaging with external customers, handling meetings, complaints, and delays, while ensuring the team meets key performance indicators (KPIs). If you are highly organised, process-driven, and enjoy working with cross-functional teams to create efficient and effective supply chain processes, this could be the perfect role for you! About You Experience in supply chain management, with a strong understanding of end-to-end processes Knowledge of production planning, supply, and demand within a business and industry context Background in a fast-paced, large-scale manufacturing environment A methodical problem-solver with a process-driven mindset Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to build and maintain relationships with colleagues and customers If you?re looking for a challenging and rewarding role in a fast-moving manufacturing environment, we?d love to hear from you! Location: Kemsley Mill, onsite - Monday to Friday - 09:00 - 17:00 Salary: up to 40,000 dependent on experience Benefits Additional benefits include: 25 days? holiday plus bank holidays Pension scheme Life assurance Income protection Employee assistance program Cycle to work scheme Shopping discounts About Us We are DS Smith, together with International Paper, we are a global leader in sustainable packaging solutions and other fibre-based products.?We believe a better, more sustainable tomorrow is possible with the right people, who challenge and support one another to enact positive change. We employ more than 65,000 colleagues in North America and Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), who are experts in innovation,?manufacturing, design, sales, sustainability, supply chain, and much more. Together with our customers, we make the world safer and more productive, one sustainable packaging solution at a time. Become part of a world-leading organisation and do your best work with us! To fulfil our purpose of redefining packaging for a changing world, we aim to build a diverse, motivated, and engaged workforce. Our goal is to create a culture of inclusion where everyone is treated fairly, differences are valued, and everyone has an equal opportunity to succeed. Our people come from diverse backgrounds, bring different perspectives, ideas and experiences to generate unique solutions focused on present and future sustainability challenges. We welcome all candidates to apply, even those not meeting all criteria.
