Planning Manager

Greencore Group plc; Todwick; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and benefits

Holidays

Pension contributions

Life insurance up to 4x salary

Company shares save scheme

Greencore Qualifications

Exclusive Greencore employee discount

Wellbeing Centre platform

Enhanced parental leave and menopause

Job summary

Greencore Group plc, a leading UK food producer, seeks a senior planning leader to translate sales forecasts into practical production and material plans across sites. You will guide a diverse planning team, manage budgets and partner with commercial and supply chain to ensure strong service and cost efficiency.

You will liaise with customers, drive joint business planning, maintain audit readiness, and support NPD initiatives while delivering best-in-class planning performance.

Qualifications

• Experience leading planning teams in a manufacturing/supply chain environment.
• Knowledge of sales order processing and distribution planning.
• Experience negotiating with third party logistics providers.
• Strong budgeting and cost-control experience.
• Ability to manage and develop diverse teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead available planning systems to convert sales forecasts into achievable production and material plans and schedules.
• Provide leadership to ensure planning team safety, engagement, development and delivery.
• Construct budgets and manage spend for cost efficiency.
• Collaborate with commercial and supply chain to build accurate forecasts for SOP performance.
• Liaise with customers and cross-functional teams to support joint business planning and NPD.
• Monitor policy compliance and implement plans to maximise audit readiness.
• Demonstrate ability to manage customer expectations and deliver high service levels.
• Demonstrate experience in leading diverse teams and budgeting.

Skills

Leadership

Supply chain knowledge

Budget management

Forecasting

Stakeholder collaboration

Inventory management

Education

Degree or equivalent experience

Job description

• 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. New product development (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
  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 logistics


• 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 ability
  Following the combination with Bakkavor in January 2026, we're one of the UK's leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to make every day taste better.

As a vibrant and fast-moving business, we're proud to employ over 28,000 talented colleagues across 36 manufacturing sites and 21 distribution depots in the UK and the US. Together, we bring delicious food to life. Our products cover every meal occasion from breakfast through to dinner and dessert, with lunch and snacking in between. In FY25, our shared passion helped us achieve combined revenues of approximately £4bn. Our extensive direct to store (DTS) network, with 17 depots across the UK, allows us to deliver fresh and frozen food both our own and from trusted partners to thousands of stores every day, ensuring consumers enjoy the very best, whenever and wherever they shop. Our site in Kiveton employs over 600 and is the UK's largest quiche bakery, producing more than 42 million quiche each year along with a wide range of ready meals and soups., At Greencore we put our people at the core. We celebrate their differences and help everyone to be themselves at work. Together we make every day taste better. Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career. We reserve the right to close this advertisement before the stated closing date.

• Competitive salary and job related benefits


• Holidays


• Competitive matched pension contributions


• Life insurance up to 4x salary


• Company shares save scheme


• Greencore Qualifications


• Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform


• Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform


• Enhanced parental leave and menopause policies