Job Description
Planning Manager
Location: Leeming Bar
Salary: £40,000 - £45,000
Hours: Monday – Friday
Type: Permanent
Purpose:
To lead and manage the planning function, overseeing both strategic and operational planning activities. Responsible for coordinating production forecasts, capacity planning, demand alignment, and finished goods optimisation. Provides leadership to the Planning Team to ensure effective delivery of plans that meet customer demand and production capabilities
Duties:
Own the end-to-end planning process: demand planning, capacity planning, material planning, and short-term production scheduling.
Lead the team in turning customer forecasts into actionable, optimised production and procurement plans.
Ensure all planning parameters are accurate and maintained in SAP (inc. Production Versions, Recipe Groups).
Identify and address capacity bottlenecks, this should be across the short, medium and long-term.
Collaborate with sales, commercial, and production to develop and communicate 12–24-month planning horizons.
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