Planning Team Leader

Bosch Group; Worcester; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading heating brand in Worcester seeks a Planning Team Leader for their Logistics department. In this role, you will lead a high-performing team to ensure customer demands are met timely. The ideal candidate will have leadership experience, strong decision-making skills, and the ability to analyze data effectively. This position offers a hybrid working model with competitive benefits including performance bonuses and comprehensive employee support.

Benefits

Hybrid working options

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Company Performance Bonus

Enhanced pension contributions

Employee Assistance Programme

Discounts on Bosch products

Health and wellbeing support

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading a high performing team in a fast-paced environment is desirable.
• Good attention to detail with effective decision making skills.
• Able to communicate confidently with all business levels.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop Planning team members across two sites.
• Manage the Planning team to meet customer demands.
• Analyze demand for effective forecasting of Finished Goods.

Skills

Leadership experience

Computer literate

Attention to detail

Decision making

Problem-solving

Communication skills

Data analysis

Education

Good standard of education

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Outlook

SAP

Power BI

Job description

Company Description

We’re the nation’s favourite heating brand, here to warm up people’s homes, lives, and futures.

From boilers, hybrids and heat pumps to solar thermal and smart controls, we’re givingour customers plenty of choice. With cutting-edge tech and research, we’re right in the thick of the drive for a better future of home heating.

It’s not all tools and tech. People are the real heart of our company. We connect with our customers to deliver genuinely helpful support, and we care about our employees and give them enriching careers. We work hard, we work together, and we work with a cause – delivering brilliant customer support and exceptional engineering.

As an organisation of more than 1,600 employees, we also take our role in the communities we serve seriously. From giving away free heating systems for community spaces, to our charity, education, and volunteer work – we’re no strangers to rolling our sleeves up, getting stuck in, and helping out.

If that sounds like something you’d like to be a part of, we’d love to meet you.

Come and work #LikeABosch at Worcester Bosch.

Job Description

We are excited to offer you the opportunity to join our Logistics department as a Planning Team Leader at our Distribution Centre, Worcester!

In this role, you will be responsible for:

• Leading and developing all Planning team members across two sites Worcester and Clay Cross.
• Being the point of escalation for any supply chain topics.
• Managing the Planning team to ensure customer demands are met OTIF.
• Analysing demand and ensuring all Finished Goods are forecasted effectively.
• Establishing and maintaining the optimal level of inventory.
• Driving continuous improvement topics.

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Qualifications

Education requirements: A good standard of education.

Skills & Attributes:

• Proven experience of leading a high performing team within a fast-paced environment would be desirable although not essential.
• Computer literate with a good knowledge of the Microsoft packages including Word, Excel, Outlook, and SAP & Power Bi would be advantageous but not essential.
• Good attention to detail, decision making and problem-solving skills.
• Able to make inferences from large datasets.
• Ability to communicate confidently with personnel from all levels of the business.
• Able to cope with varying workloads, pressures, and deadlines.

Additional Information

Deadline for Applications: 27th of November

Please note, we reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time so we encourage candidates to submit their applications as soon as possible.

Working Hours:

• 39 hours per week – standard working pattern of 08:00 – 17:00 Monday to Thursday and 08:00 – 16:00 Friday with a 1-hour lunchbreak

Working with us comes with the following benefits:

• Hybrid working options available
• 25days annual leave per year plus bank holidays – additional service days accrued after 5 years
• Eligibility for our Company Performance Bonus (up to £2,000 gross per annum)
• Enhanced pension contributions
• Access to the Perkbox and My Benefits platforms giving access to discounts, group income protection and death in service benefits
• Employee Assistance Programme and Virtual GP
• Discounts on products from across the Bosch Group
• Subsidised onsite café and canteen
• Health & wellbeing support including: over 200 trained mental health first aid champions, free of charge employee assistance programme and after 2 years’ service you gain eligibility for funding up to £150 per annum to support your personal wellbeing
• Access to Bosch Social Club membership offering you and up to 5 friends and family discounts on excursions and events
• Volunteering days
• Cycle to work scheme with discounts on push-bikes, e-bikes and accessories
• Policy to support growing families
• Access to self-service training platform containing over 200 Bosch approved programmes
• Networking opportunities across Bosch UK including a mentoring programme
• And more!