Why Greencore? We're a leading manufacturer of convenience food in the UK and our purpose is to make everyday taste better. We're a vibrant, fast-paced leading food manufacturer. Employing 13,300 colleagues across 16 manufacturing units and 17 distribution depots across the UK. We supply all the UK's food retailers with everything from Sandwiches, soups and sushi to cooking sauces, pickles and ready meals, and in FY24, we generated revenues of £1.8bn. Our vast direct-to-store (DTS) distribution network, comprising of 17 depots nationwide, enables us to make over 10,500 daily deliveries of our own chilled and frozen produce and that of third parties. Our Warrington site is also known as the Italian centre of excellence, recent expansion and investment make this site a state-of-the-art manufacturing unit! We produce high quality Italian ready meals for both Tesco & Co-Op. What you'll be doing As a planning manager (Maternity cover) you'll lead the team that creates production forecasts, schedules, places material orders and organises other resources that are needed to meet both customer and business targets for single or multiple manufacturing units. You'll do this by: Lead available planning systems to convert sales forecasts into achievable production and material plans and schedules that optimally balance customer service and operational cost efficiency Provide leadership and direction to ensure that the planning team are kept safe, engaged, focused, developed and delivering to their potential Construct budgets and manage spend to ensure business effectiveness and cost efficiency Work with commercial and supply chain colleagues to build accurate sales forecasts and the critical information needed for effective standard operating procedure performance Liaise with customers and contribute to cross functional business forums e.g. NPD process, working with the commercial team, customers and suppliers to support joint business planning activities Monitor adherence to policy, practice, legal and customer standards, developing and implementing plans to maximise compliance and ensure the team is always audit ready What we're looking for We're proud to be recognised in the Gender Equity Measure Top 100 for our commitment to gender equality. Ideally educated to degree level or has equivalent experience Knowledge and experience of the supply chain developed in a similar role Experience of understanding sales order processing and distribution planning Experience of managing and negotiating with third-party logistics Experience of working with a broad range of suppliers Experience of inventory management and managing material availability Ability to manage customer expectations and deliver good service Demonstratable experience in managing budgets Experience of leading diverse teams with demonstratable people leadership ability These may be trained or developed. These do not all need to be in place at recruitment. If this sounds like you, join us and grow with Greencore, and be a part of driving our future success. What you'll get in return Competitive salary and job-related benefits Holidays Pension up to 8% matched Life insurance up to 4x salary Company share save scheme Greencore Qualifications Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform Enhanced parental leave and menopause policies Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career.