Planning Manager

Planning Manager- £55,000, Rotherham If your skills, experience, and qualifications match those in this job overview, do not delay your application. We are working with a well-established and internationally recognised manufacturing business in Rotherham to recruit a Planning Manager. This is a key role within the business, responsible for leading the planning function and ensuring customer demand, manufacturing capability, material availability and inventory strategy are effectively aligned. Reporting into the Operations Manager, you will lead a team of three across planning, materials planning and planning administration, whilst working closely with Operations, Customer Service, Procurement, Sales and Finance. The role will suit an experienced manufacturing planning professional who combines strong leadership skills with a hands-on, analytical and commercially focused approach. Package & Benefits: Circa £55,000 salary, dependent on experience Contractual bonus Flexible working around core hours Core working hours of approximately 8:30am – 5:30pm Flexitime available, with core availability between 10am – 3pm Opportunity to join a well-established international manufacturing organisation Significant responsibility within a key business function Opportunities to contribute to wider UK and group supply chain initiatives

Key Responsibilities

Lead and develop the site's planning function and a team of three Own the end-to-end production planning and scheduling process Develop and execute the master production schedule Translate customer demand into achievable manufacturing plans Ensure production schedules align with labour, machinery and material availability Monitor schedule adherence and identify opportunities for improvement Manage changes in customer demand and adjust plans to maintain customer commitments Lead and support the site's Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) process Facilitate xwwtmva regular demand and supply reviews with key stakeholders Balance customer demand with manufacturing capacity Identify production bottlenecks and resource constraints and develop mitigation plans Conduct short, medium and long-term capacity planning Work closely with Operations to maximise throughput and operational effectiveness Ensure material availability to support production schedules Work closely with Procurement to resolve supply risks and shortages Support inventory review activity Drive customer On-Time Delivery (OTD) performance Manage critical customer priorities and expedite r...