Planning Manager

Planning ManagerStevenage, HertfordshireUp to £55,000Most planning jobs hand you someone else''s spreadsheet and ask you to keep it alive.This one asks you to replace it.You''ll own supply planning end to end for a food and drink manufacturer with big growth plans, part of a wider group with decades in the sector. Multiple sites. Multiple lines. A network of co-manufacturers. And a planning process that has outgrown the tools it runs on. Lots of SKUs!The business knows where it''s heading. Your job is to make sure planning can keep up when it gets there. That means building systems and processes that scale, not ones that need rebuilding every time volumes jump.So yes, you''ll run the master production plan. But you''ll also review how planning works today, look at what''s out there (including automation and AI-enabled planning tools), recommend the right system and lead the planning side of the implementation. That''s not something most Supply Planning Managers get to put on their CV. You will.Be clear on one thing though. This is hands on. There''s no team to delegate to at this stage, so you''ll be the one doing the do, building the plan, chasing the materials and getting into the detail. If you like rolling your sleeves up and seeing the impact of your own work, that''s the point.Day to day, you''ll: Turn demand and forecasts into production schedules that actually hold up, factoring in capacity, lead times, changeovers, minimum runs and materialsPlan capacity across ..... full job details .....