Planning Executive

Nicholsonsts; Bassingbourn cum Kneesworth; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

On-site parking

Pension scheme

Annual leave 31 days incl bank

Free lunches

Birthday voucher

Holiday buy/sell

WFH options

Job summary

Nicholson STS Ltd is seeking a Planning Executive to turn customer orders into a reliable production schedule. You will align shop floor activity with forecasts, report on performance, and communicate dispatch timelines to customers.

You’ll work across customer service, sales, procurement and production with a focus on accuracy and timely delivery. The role suits a precise planner with strong Excel and numerical skills, who thrives in a fast-paced manufacturing environment and values proactive

Qualifications

• Alignment with Nicholson values and a customer-first mindset.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• High maths ability and strong numerical literacy.
• Outstanding organisational skills and meticulous attention to detail.
• Experience in demand planning or scheduling in manufacturing/engineering.
• Proactive in identifying and resolving capacity constraints before issues arise.

Responsibilities

• Plan and schedule design activities and keep schedules updated to reflect actuals.
• Plan, schedule and coordinate daily production activities to meet targets.
• Update schedules to reflect actual production times.
• Collaborate with customer service, sales and procurement to hit OTIF targets.
• Track production metrics and work with the Operations Manager to improve performance.
• Assist with logistics and order processing as needed.
• Communicate dispatch dates to customers in a timely manner.

Skills

Maths

Communication

Organisation

Attention to detail

Proactive

Customer-focused

Urgency management

Lean

Just-in-time (JIT)

Education

GCSE/A Level English & Maths

Tools

Excel

Sage

Job description

Role Overview

As our Planning Executive, you'll sit at the heart of operations, turning customer orders into a production schedule that keeps our factory running smoothly and our promises to customers on time and in full. You'll plan and coordinate daily production activity, keep schedules honest by reflecting what's actually happening on the shop floor, and work closely with our Operations Manager to track efficiency and cycle times, spotting capacity constraints before they become problems rather than after. This is a role for someone who's genuinely energised by precision, someone with a sharp head for numbers, real confidence in Excel, and a meticulous eye for detail who takes pride in getting the plan right. You'll be the connective tissue between customer service, sales, procurement and production, so you'll need to be a natural communicator, comfortable coordinating with couriers and transport providers as easily as you are reporting on project costs or updating customers on dispatch dates. We're looking for someone with a background in scheduling or demand planning, ideally within a manufacturing or engineering environment, who brings a customer-first mindset and a proactive streak, someone who'd rather solve a problem a week early than fight a fire when it's too late. Above all, you'll share our values: Hungry to improve how we plan and deliver, Humble enough to learn from what the data and the shop floor are telling you, and Smart in how you balance competing priorities under pressure. If you want a role where your organisation and attention to detail genuinely keep a business moving, we'd love to hear from you.

• 31 holidays (including bank holidays)
• 5 sick days on full pay
• Buy or sell holiday scheme
• Free lunches
• Birthday voucher
• Free On-Site Parking
• NEST Pension scheme
• Health insurance scheme, including discounted gym membership and appointment paybacks
• On premises/WFH

This role required full time presence on premises.

• 40 hour week, 8 hour / day
• Office open 7am to 5pm
• Flexible start and finish time - e.g. 7:30-4:30, 8:00-5:00

Role Responsibilities

• Plan and schedule design activities and ensure schedule is updated to reflect actuals.
• Plan, schedule, and coordinate daily production activities to meet production targets and deadlines.
• Ensure schedule is updated to reflect actual production times.
• Collaborate with internal departments, including customer service, sales and procurement to ensure timely production processes to achieve OTIF targets.
• Track and analyse production metrics, including cycle times and efficiency and collaborate with the Operations Manager on strategies to maintain and improve performance.
• Execution of some aspects of order processing such as assisting with logistics.
• Timely communication of dispatch dates to customers.
• Necessary cost reporting for projects.
• Communication with courier and transport providers.

There may be additional duties to the above.

Skills, experience, qualifications required

• Alignment with, and commitment to the Nicholson company values
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• High Maths ability
• High Excel ability
• Organisation
• Meticulous eye for detail
• AccuracyDemand planning
• Lean
• JIT
• Sage
• Lead times
• Proactive personality – e.g. identifying & resolving capacity constraints ahead of time.
• Customer first mindset – seeking to meet their deadlines
• Able to act with urgency to deal with high levels of competing priorities and commercial pressure to meet deadlines
• The candidate should have a range of GCSE / A Level results which show passes in English and Mathematics

Who we are

Nicholson STS Ltd is an innovative and fast-growing company which designs, manufactures and supplies specialist roofing systems. We supply Tier 1 construction companies, roofing contractors and the solar industry with unique products to help solve specific challenges in the industry, such as waterproofing riser penetrations, and fixing to the structure in a 100% waterproof way. We aim to be involved in sales projects at the earliest opportunity, so target specifiers and architects.

The company was started by two brothers, Paul Boyt and Alan Boyt in 2000. Before this, they were roofing contractors, but quickly realised that there were not the products on the market to solve challenges they were facing, so they began to design and manufacture products. These became the basis of the Nicholson product range, and we’re still innovating today.