Planning & Inventory Manager Office Location: Nottingham Sector: Manufacturing Planning & Inventory Manager - The Opportunity We are seeking a Planning & Inventory Manager to join an established manufacturing business, to take ownership of the Planning and Inventory teams performance. The Planning and Inventory Manager is responsible for translating customer demand accurate short-, medium-, and long-term operational plans. This role ensures that workcentre-level demand signals are aligned with customer requirements and operational capacity, enabling timely and efficient delivery of parts back to customers. Additionally, the role provides line leadership for the Stores team (approx. 20 people), ensuring effective inventory control, goods receipt, stock management, and dispatch. Planning & Inventory Manager - Key Responsibilities Responsible for planning the customer demand into a cohesive production plan for short, medium and long term effectiveness Provide leadership and development in the Stores team, ensuring performing against quality, cost, lead time and people objectives Monitor demand changes and assess future impact on operational plans Oversee goods receiving, stock mamagement, inventiry control, issuing to production and dispatch of finished parts Maintain accurate sales forecasts and capacity models to support decision making for investment and potential recruitment Apply lean principles and structured problem so...