Manufacturing Capacity Lead

Our client is seeking a commercially aware and analytically strong Manufacturing Capacity Lead to support its aerospace manufacturing network. This permanent role will connect customer demand, quoting, factory operations, production planning and supply chain, ensuring available capacity and technical capability are aligned with current requirements and future growth.Key Responsibilities:Build and maintain a network-wide view of manufacturing capacity, including machine types, work envelopes, operating hours, shifts, skills, utilisation and confirmed constraints.Translate pipeline, forecast and confirmed customer demand into capacity requirements by process, machine group, geography and time horizon.Assess manufacturing capability by matching part requirements with equipment, tolerances, materials, inspection resources, finishing processes and technical expertise.Provide Quoting and Order Management teams with realistic lead-time and capacity information, distinguishing technical execution time from capacity-driven scheduling constraints.Recommend facility allocation and load-balancing decisions based on capability, capacity, logistics, quality approvals, customer requirements and delivery risk.Identify bottlenecks, single points of failure, capability gaps and overloaded work centres, developing appropriate mitigation and escalation plans.Work with Production Planners and Supply Chain Leads to validate schedules, supplier coverage, outsourced processes and execution ..... full job details .....