Production Planner

Te Tūranga | About the role

Working as part of our Production Planning team, this Production Planner role plays a critical part in ensuring we deliver the right product, at the right time, across our network.

You’ll be responsible for developing and maintaining forward production plans, balancing demand requirements with livestock availability and site capability. This is a highly collaborative role where you’ll work closely with livestock planning, sales, and site operations teams to ensure plans are achievable, aligned, and deliver optimal outcomes.

From building forward plans through to monitoring execution, you’ll continuously adjust and refine plans in response to changing inputs. You’ll communicate changes clearly to stakeholders, manage delivery risks, and take ownership of resolving issues to maintain customer service levels.

By optimising production plans across sites, you’ll help maximise value from each animal processed while minimising wastage and costly rework such as airfreight.

This is a permanent role based in our Dunedin Hub on Princes Street.

Ōu Pūkenga | About You

You’re a commercially minded planner who enjoys working in complex, fast-moving environments where your decisions make a tangible difference. You’re confident working with data, but equally strong in building relationships and influencing stakeholders across the business.

You take ownership, communicate clearly, and thrive on balancing multiple priorities to deliver the best outcome for customers and the business.

To Be Successful, You’ll Bring

• Proven experience in production or supply planning, ideally in a multi-site or complex operation
• Strong analytical capability, with the ability to evaluate options using both quantitative and qualitative data
• Experience using ERP/MRP systems and strong Excel capability
• Ability to manage competing priorities and adapt quickly in a dynamic environment
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills
• Tertiary qualification in supply chain or equivalent experience (preferred)

Highly Regarded

• Knowledge of the meat or primary industries
• Experience working across cross-functional teams in operational environments

Key Attributes We’re Looking For

• High attention to detail and accuracy
• Strong analytical skills
• Proactive problem-solving and ownership mindset
• Ability to influence and build relationships across teams
• Strong commercial acumen and customer focus
• Continuous improvement approach to work

Te Ahurea | Why work at Silver Fern Farms?

Silver Fern Farms are all about Creating Goodness from the Farms the World Needs. Creating goodness is about taking a broader view of what goodness means and how we can create it and the impact it can have. That Goodness is created through the work of our people, the skill & expertise of our farmers, and our customers around the globe.

We offer subsidised health and life insurance, the opportunity to continuously learn and develop, and support work-life balance through flexible work options.

Tono Mai | To Apply

Applications close soon, but we will assess applications as they are received, so click on the "Apply" button to submit your application today. Applications close

July 12.

Silver Fern Farms welcomes people from all backgrounds and walks of life. We are proud to have a diverse and inclusive environment and are committed to providing equal opportunities for all team members and applicants. Come and create goodness together with us.