Planning Manager

Job Description

Do you want full autonomy for production planning within a machinery / equipment manufacturing environment Can you support our Sales Manager to accurately forecast & capacity plan the factory Heading up the planning & materials department, as the PlanningManager, youll also run procurement & supplier management too!BASIC SALARY: £35,000 - £45,000 dependent on experienceBENEFITS: 24 Days Holiday (rising with service) & Bank Holidays Pension Early finish on FridaysLOCATION: RutlandCOMMUTABLE LOCATIONS: Melton Mowbray, Oakham, Corby, Peterborough, Grantham, Stamford, Market Harborough, Leicester, Kettering, Peterborough, Market DeepingWhy you should join us: Materials, Procurement & Planning Manager - ManufacturingOur parent company is a global organisation who have supported us to double our turnover in the last few years We have a growth plan in place which could offer you excellent medium term career prospects Youll remain hands on and lead our planning, scheduling, materials, suppliers and procurement - fancy the challengeJOB DESCRIPTION: Materials, Procurement & Planning Manager - ManufacturingYou will see that this Planning Manager role is a really varied role, sitting within the factory and holding full autonomy for planning, scheduling & the procurement department, who also manage materials selection & supplier management. You will directly lead6 people and remain hands on with planning and scheduling, whilst working closely with the Operations Manager & the Sales Manager on forecasting and capacity planning.YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES: Materials, Procurement & Planning Manager - ManufacturingHelp to devise a 4 - 6 week rolling production plan & schedule for the factory S&OP, SIOP & Capacity planning for the next 6-12 months - this will help you to forward and level load the factory in partnership with the Operations Manager and the Sales Manager Drive procurement including the lead time of raw materials, sub-components and improve supplier management Control the stores department, parts & stock control levels to align with the production plan - your aim is to mitigate parts and raw materials shortagesYOUR BACKGROUND: Materials, Procurement & Planning Manager - ManufacturingYou must have experience in production planning or production scheduling in an engineered production or manufacturing environment - were very open on your product / machine / system / equipment experience etc Your materials background should cover stainless steel, aluminium, fabricated parts, sheet-metal, mild steel, plastics, sub-assemblies, components & maybe even full systems Your ERP experience will give you the confidence and ability to analyse and manipulate data for improvements (heijunka) Be able to manage & lead a team of at least 6 people (we will grow more) covering procurement, production planning & stores. You may never have held a management job title before, but you might have been a Supervisor or a Senior Planner etc.THE COMPANY: Materials, Procurement & Planning Manager - ManufacturingWe design our own niche electro-mechanical special purpose machinery and equipment that installs fibre optic cables. About half of our machinery / equipment is manufactured for stock or spares, with the other half being bespoke / re-engineered to the clientsexact specification. We also invest in NPD.We dont expect you to have any existing knowledge of those types of machines, but you will bring us a strong materials and planning background from an engineering / machinery / equipment manufacturing environment.We supply to the National Grid/ Power Grid & smaller energy contractors. We also supply into multiple industry sectors such as Civils & Telecoms, so youll be joining a very stable business within a strong industry sector.It is highly likely you will have worked in any of the following roles and/or markets and worked with the following products and/or services: Materials Manager, Planning Manager, planning, scheduling, ERP, SAP, SAGE, procurement, buying, purchasing, supply-chain,manufacturing, assembly, production plan, stock control, Kanban, inventory, S&OP, SIOP, manufacturing plan, production schedule, forecastINTERESTED Please click apply. You will receive an acknowledgement of your application.Please Note: Wallace Hind Selection have been chosen as the retained recruitment partner of our client and therefore any direct applications to our client from candidates or agencies will be forwarded on to us direct.REF: JAC16387, Wallace Hind Selection