Role: Planning Manager
Reports to: Director
Salary: £42-49k Pro rata
Location: 5 days per week largely head office
Contract Type: Minimum 37.5 hours per week
Working Pattern: Core hours Monday‑Thursday 8.30‑5pm, Friday (phone number removed)pm
The ideal candidate must be a graduate and have experience. Experience of working in a Supply Chain planning role within the manufacturing sector is essential, as you will be planning the end‑to‑end process across 5 high‑speed automated production lines. It’s also essential to have experience of procurement.
Deadlines will be tight, so experience of working in that environment is key, as is being strong, to ensure we deliver the best we can against our ambitious plans.
At times our week can change rapidly, but we do so with a focus on a target. Anyone who joins us will need to not only work with us in this way but be able to help us evolve and mature in our processes and practices.
The ideal candidate will possess a wide range of planning experience from forecasting techniques, to supply chain management and production/ transport planning.
- Wide range of planning experience developing planning tools and forecasting techniques, gained within a manufacturing environment
- Experience of ERP systems
- Experience of managing procurement
Skills and competencies
- A flexible approach, effective decision making skills alongside strong planning and analytical abilities
- Ability to communicate effectively at all levels
- Ability to work well as part of the team
- Confident and charismatic - able to build rapport quickly, and influence senior stakeholders
- Strong problem solving skills and be solutions driven
- Innovation mindset
- Using ERP to manipulate master data to manage stock levels, production points and quantities, goods receipt process times and delivery calendars
- Maintaining close links with production and warehouse teams, to manage inbound deliveries, max/min levels, and potentially new product ranges
- To create a weekly inbound delivery sheet which allows us to manage in‑house actions (inc. picks, stock counts) and inbound loads for a balanced working day/week
- Liaise with the Supply Chain Director and Quality Supervisor to deal with defective packaging and raw materials
- Ensuring systems are managed correctly so usable stock is considered and rotated when planning production, and managing reserved stock off site both electronically and physically
- Plan / prioritise all daily production activity to ensure the best use of resource and machinery capabilities
- Design and implement strategy for improved stock rotation of raw materials
- Ensure continuous and timely supply of packaging materials (pallets etc.) in alignment with production requirements
- Track and report slow moving and/or obsolete stock and raw materials
- Champion health and safety initiatives, supporting the Company's behavioural safety programme
- Responsible for ensuring optimum inventory levels throughout the business for all product ranges across the supply chain
- Maintain stock levels with due regard for customer needs, storage space and production constraints, with specific consideration given to space restrictions on site
- Develop tools to monitor / trend the performance of the planning function to enhance the overall business performance
- Look for opportunities to improve work area/ processes. Suggest improvements to eliminate or reduce waste and improve productivity
- Scheduling deliveries to arrive JIT to minimise stock holding and inventory value
- Regular face to face verbal and written communication with both internal and external customers
Significant requirement to establish and maintain effective working relationships with stakeholders, customers and suppliers
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