Are you ready to take on a new role? If so, we're looking for a dynamic Planning Manager to join this long-standing brand! Reporting directly to the Head of Supply, this is a pivotal role that will oversee all planning and procurement activities to ensure every customer promise is delivered.

What’s in it for you?

• Work Hours: Monday to Thursday 8:30am to 16:45pm and Friday - 8:30am to 15:45pm
• Salary guide: £50,000 - £53,000 with a £5k company bonus
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Access to a pension scheme
• Wellbeing events and access to an EAP
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Monthly incentives
• Regular events
• Death in Service insurance
• Health Cash Plan
• Employee Discounts
• Free on-site car park

Planning Manager Responsibilities:

• Drive end-to-end planning and procurement activities to support production and customer expectations
• Develop manufacturing and stock strategies, ensuring requirements and capacity planning meet operational and customer needs
• Manage product life cycles, from new product introductions and engineering updates to product exits
• Oversee production planners to ensure all plans reflect customer requirements and KPIs are met
• Manage stock to ensure customer requirements are met
• Supervise product transitions and phase-outs with a focus on minimising waste and risk
• Support product launches with robust pilot builds, ramp-up plans, and go-to-market execution
• Lead engineering changes on products while maintaining workflow integrity
• Utilise category code management for stock at risk of obsolescence
• Develop capacity and pre-build plans to optimise workflows for the planning and procurement team and minimise bottlenecks
• Build relationships with suppliers to plan for product supply and demand
• Sign off production plans
• Grow and mentor the planning and procurement team through regular performance reviews
• Collaborate with commercial teams to provide accurate availability updates, manage customer expectations, and identify issues

Planning Manager Skills and Experience:

• Possesses considerable experience as a Planning Manager, gained within a manufacturing or planning environment
• Confident overseeing stock, working to stock targets and deadlines
• Management experience, capable of managing and developing a team
• Extraordinary problem-solving skills, solutions focused with a proven track record of developing and implementing improvement initiatives
• Exceptional organisation skills, able to manage multiple projects and priorities
• Excellent communicator, able to liaise professionally at all levels and inspire a team
• Strong commercial acumen

If you require any further information, please contact the office

on 0121 321 2444.

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