Labour Planning & Optimization Lead

Danish Crown A/S; Rochdale; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 78,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Early finish Fridays

Job summary

Danish Crown UK is seeking a Labour Planning & Control Lead to own end-to-end planning and control of production-based labour across the site. You will balance permanent and agency labour, forecast demand, and drive improvements in labour efficiency and cost control.

You will partner with Operations, Planning, Finance and HR to ensure safe, efficient and compliant labour deployment, while maintaining tight cost discipline and transparent governance.

Qualifications

• Education: relevant qualification or experience in operations, manufacturing, planning, or workforce management.
• Professional experience in labour planning, workforce planning, or operations support within manufacturing, FMCG, or high-volume production.
• Strong planning, forecasting, and organisational capability.
• Confident working with data, labour schedules, and workforce models.

Responsibilities

• Labour planning & forecasting for all lines and shifts based on forecasted plans and volume requirements.
• Control day-to-day production labour for site and agency; manage agency relationships.
• Monitor labour spend, productivity, and utilisation against plan; report KPIs.
• Work with Production, Planning, HR, & Finance teams; support planning meetings with insightful labour data.

Skills

Labour planning

Forecasting

Planning systems

Data analysis

Cost control

Education

Relevant qualification or experience in operations, manufacturing, planning, workforce management

Tools

Excel

Labour planning systems

Job description

Danish Crown UK is seeking a Labour Planning & Control Lead to own end-to-end planning and control of production-based labour across the site. You will balance permanent and agency labour, forecast demand, and drive improvements in labour efficiency and cost control.

You will partner with Operations, Planning, Finance and HR to ensure safe, efficient and compliant labour deployment, while maintaining tight cost discipline and transparent governance.