Planning Manager

Why Greencore?
We're a leading manufacturer of convenience food in the UK and our purpose is to make every day.
We're a vibrant, fast-paced leading food manufacturer. Employing around 13,600 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 FY23, we generated revenues of £1.9bn.
Our vast direct-to-store (DTS) distribution network, comprising of 17 depots nationwide, enables us to make over 10,400 daily deliveries of our own chilled and frozen produce and that of third parties.
Here at Heathrow, we are a growing team with around 450 colleagues. We produce chilled & hot eat Food for Now products including salads, sandwiches & wraps, Protein Pots & snacking. As well as Food for Later products such as ready meals & sides for some of the biggest retailers in the UK including Amazon Fresh, Asda, Aldi, Co-op, Morrisons and Sainsbury's.

What you'll be doing**
As a planning manager 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 are looking for

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 logisticss
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 abilityThese may be trained or developed. These do not all need to be in place at recruitment.

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 Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career