Our client is a well-established and successful manufacturer with a global presence. They are looking for an experienced Production Planner / Planning and Scheduling Manager to join their team at Chippenham. The Planning and Schedule Manager role is to ensure the efficient and effective supply of the products produced in the territory through coordination of the Planning function for territory covering the: • Sales and Operations Execution Meeting. • Coordinate work of detailed Schedulers and Material Planners from aggregated monthly plan generate by supply. • Support fulfilment function with availability and OTIF. • Work with site leaders on improving production adherence, discuss on daily basis any deviation from production plan. Resolve short term issues impacting products availability. • Manage raw material planning, material call offs. • Lead improvement projects in area of short and long-term factory performance. • To be successful requires high level of interaction with many stakeholders such as: Site Managers, Distribution Managers, Finance, Sales Managers, Customer Service Leads, Fulfilment Planners, Production Planners from other sites across EMEA, and project leaders from various departments. • It also requires to development of the team successfully and embed best-practice ways of working. Responsibilities: • Support of weekly SandOE meeting for the assigned production plants. • Support in IBP process (capacity constraints, utilization, short term issues, force ..... full job details .....