Planning Co-ordinator
£31,000 to £35,000 plus great benefits
Day Shift (7am – 3:30pm), 5 days over 7
Castlewood, DE55 2JX

We’re looking for a Planning Co-ordinator to join the team at our Castlewood depot. In this role, you’ll be responsible for managing day-to-day planning activities, co-ordinating colleagues, resource, and equipment needs on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis, and making sure all shifts are equipped to perform effectively.

What you’ll do

• Work closely with our Warehouse Manager and Shift Managers to pro-actively assess recruitment needs in line with volume demands and depot efficiency targets
• Maintain our resource plan, including holiday management, overtime planning, resource movement across shifts, and seasonal planning
• Line manage our Planning Assistant colleague, supporting their professional development
• Assist Shift Managers in identifying potential planning risks and co-ordinate with the relevant colleagues to make sure plans are aligned
• Analyse data to find opportunities to continuously improve depot performance and share this with senior leaders
• Support our Warehouse Manager with budget and target planning
• Build and maintain positive relationships with third-party agencies

This role would suit people who have

• Experience in a planning role
• Experience working in a logistics environment
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, with the ability to analyse large data sets
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills, with the ability to influence and challenge people inclusively

Why Co-op?

As a Co-op colleague, we can offer you a competitive salary and great benefits package which includes 30% off Co-op branded products in our food stores (as well as other discounts on Co-op products and services). You’ll also get:

• A pension with up to 10% employer contributions
• 21 days holiday (rising with service) plus 8 bank holiday days
• Coaching and training to support your career development
• Wagestream – a money management app that gives you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn it
• YuLife – an app that rewards you for exercising with discounts and vouchers for your favourite brands

Building an inclusive work environment

At Co-op, we’re proud to do things a different way. As one of the world’s largest co-operatives, owned by millions of members, community is at the heart of what we do. Since our Co-op was founded in 1844, we’ve had a clear social purpose, and everything we do as a business helps to build a fairer world for our members, customers, colleagues, and communities.

We’re actively building diverse teams and we welcome applications from everyone. If you have a disability, we can make reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process according to your needs. We're also part of the Disability Confident scheme, meaning we'll always offer an interview to disabled candidates who apply through the scheme if they meet the minimum criteria for a job.

We'll ask whether you’d like to be considered under the Disability Confident scheme when you apply.

If we invite you to take part in the recruitment process for any of our jobs, we’ll ask you if you need any reasonable adjustments to enable you to participate.

You can find out more about our recruitment process at jobs.coop.co.uk/apply-process.

You can find out more about the Disability Confident scheme and all our commitments to diversity and inclusion at colleagues.coop.co.uk/diversity-inclusion-and-wellbeing.

As part of your application, you'll need to complete an online assessment. This assessment typically takes between 45-60 minutes. If you're a current Co-op colleague, this does not need to be completed.