Food production planner

Also searched as: Planificador

Code 3122.2

What does a Food production planner do?

Food production planners prepare production plans, evaluate all the variables in the process and strive to ensure that production objectives be achieved.

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Essential skills

Knowledge

  • statistics
  • food legislation
  • food waste monitoring systems

Skills and competences

  • apply HACCP
  • apply GMP
  • apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages
  • support management of raw materials
  • communicate production plan
  • monitor ingredient storage
  • give instructions to staff
  • disaggregate the production plan
  • detect bottlenecks
  • design indicators for food waste reduction
  • develop food waste reduction strategies
  • implement short term objectives
  • keep up with innovations in food manufacturing
  • manage backlogs
  • maintain updated professional knowledge
  • enhance production workflow
  • create food production plan
  • schedule regular machine maintenance

Transversal competences

  • adapt production levels
  • analyse production processes for improvement
  • apply control process statistical methods
  • control of expenses
  • meet productivity targets
  • ensure cost efficiency in food manufacturing
  • quality assurance methodologies

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This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission and the Mapha Taxonomy developed by OTIC SOFOFA (CC BY 4.0), in an adapted version. Group codes come from the ILO's ISCO-08. See sources and licences