Scheduler

Overview

With over 135 years of craft baking heritage, [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] is proud to be the UK’s largest supplier of celebration cakes. From branded favourites like Disney, Mars, Universal and Thorntons to supermarket own-label products, we produce over 55 million cakes and sweet treats every year right here in Hamilton. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a dynamic, fast-paced manufacturing environment where quality, efficiency and continuous improvement are at the heart of everything we do. The Scheduler plays a key role in ensuring customer demand is met by creating, maintaining, and communicating robust production plans that optimise capacity, efficiency, and operational best practice within a fast-moving FMCG manufacturing environment.

What You'll Do

As a Scheduler, you’ll be responsible for creating and managing daily and weekly production schedules, ensuring they align with customer demand, site capacity, and material availability. Your mission is to ensure production runs smoothly, efficiently, and delivers finished goods on time.

• Work closely with Demand Planners, Production Teams, and Warehousing to ensure all schedules are realistic, achievable, and optimised for efficiency and service.
• Balance customer demand, production capability, and operational cost.
• Monitor live production performance and make real-time schedule adjustments for issues such as machine breakdowns, material delays, staffing changes, or demand fluctuations.
• Ensure all updates are accurately reflected in ERP/MRP systems.
• Act as a key communication link between departments, flagging risks before they impact service levels.
• Support resolution of production planning issues by working cross-functionally.
• Liaise with Demand Planners on delivery commitments, product launches, stock levels, and customer requirements.
• Monitor stock levels, including slow-moving and short shelf-life products, and work with planning teams to minimise waste.
• Attend daily production meetings and support continuous improvement initiatives.

Ideal Candidate

• Previous experience in production scheduling or factory operations within an FMCG or manufacturing environment.
• Experience of ERP/Scheduling tools.
• Experience in Excel to an intermediate level is essential.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build effective working relationships.
• Confident communicator at all levels.
• Proactive, results-driven mindset with the ability to thrive in a fast-paced setting.
• Basic reading, writing, numeracy, and computer literacy skills.

Benefits

• Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Leave
• Enhanced Pension Scheme
• Death in Service Benefit
• Free Employee Assistance Programme
• Retail discounts via Benefits Hub
• Company shop with heavily discounted products
• Refer a Friend Scheme (up to £300)
• Employee Recognition Awards
• Extensive Learning & Development opportunities

About [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal]

Our vision is to be the leading speciality bakery group in the UK, and we want the best people in place to achieve this. Our success is built on the talented people who work here, and we are committed to developing skills and supporting career growth at every level. If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you.