Planning Manager

Silven Recruitment Ltd; Scotland; On-site; GBP 40,500 - 49,500; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is looking for an experienced Planning Manager in Cumbernauld. The candidate will develop and implement supply chain strategies, manage logistics and warehousing teams, and forecast demands. A successful applicant must have relevant experience in the food or FMCG manufacturing sectors and excellent IT skills with ERP systems. This role offers a salary of approximately £45k and requires effective communication in planning and material management.

Qualifications

• Relevant experience in logistics, warehousing, and planning within food or FMCG manufacturing.
• Ability to set and deliver supply chain strategies.
• Experience in warehouse management and capacity planning.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement the site Supply Chain Strategy.
• Lead material planning and communication of priorities.
• Forecast future capacity and labour demands.

Skills

Managing logistics teams

Driving supply chain efficiencies

Excellent IT skills on ERP systems

Job description

Planning Manager

Job Title: Planning Manager

Location: Cumbernauld

Salary: c£45k

The Person

• Do you have relevant experience of managing a logistics, warehousing and planning team in a food or FMCG manufacturing environment?
• Can you drive efficiencies through and end to end supply chain?
• Do you have experience of setting and delivering against supply chain strategy?
• Excellent IT skills working on an ERP system

The Role

• Reporting to the Site General Manager, as Planning and Materials Manager, you will be responsible for developing and implementing the site Supply Chain Strategy.
• Lead raw material and planning meetings as appropriate to ensure the effective communication of plans and priorities. Acts as the central communication hub for all planning and material replenishment issues.
• You will be responsible for warehouse management, performing material storage capacity planning, plan/redesign material flow against changes to capacity requirements.
• Forecasting future capacity and labour demands identifying short falls based on budget sales
• You will be accountable for Raw Material Call-Off and ensuring requirements are executed accurately and timely against production plans and schedules.

The Company

• Market leader in several categories
• The role will be based at a site with travel

To apply for this exciting role, please send a copy of your CV quoting ref DJ/MC to or for a confidential discussion, please call me on 0161 832 7463.