Senior Production Planner

BAE Systems.; Preston; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

BAE Systems is seeking a Senior Production Planner to work at their Samlesbury/Warton locations. This role involves creating balanced schedules, assessing demand and capacity, and supporting engineering changes within a vibrant team. Applicants should possess strong project planning skills and excellent IT capabilities, particularly in MS Excel. Enjoy competitive benefits including a pension scheme and flexible health options.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Flexible discounted health benefits

Private health plans

Shopping discounts

Potential for annual incentive

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of project planning principles in a manufacturing environment.
• Excellent IT skills, particularly in MS Excel.
• Ability to build relationships across multi-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain balanced schedules to meet customer requirements.
• Assess demand and capacity to inform resource solutions.
• Support Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) inputs.

Skills

Project planning principles

Demand and capacity planning techniques

Communication skills

Influencing skills

IT skills

Education

Recognition from a Professional Supply Chain body (CILT, APICS, etc.)

Tools

MS Excel

Job description

Job Title:Senior Production Planner

Location:Samlesbury/Warton

Salary:£47,683+ dependent on skills and experience

What you'll be doing:

• This role will require you to create and maintain balanced schedules to meet customer requirements
• You will be assessing demand and capacity to inform resource solutions
• Supporting Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) inputs
• You will be supporting engineering change and Make-vs-Buy opportunities
• Communicating customer demands to the relevant Supply Chain and Procurement teams
• Working closely with operations, updating toolsets with accurate forecast dates and challenge where possible to achieve best possible outcomes

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Strong understanding of project planning principles and have competence in demand and capacity planning techniques in a manufacturing environment
• Excellent IT skills will be required to succeed in this role (primarily MS Excel)
• Excellent communication and influencing skills to provide the capability to build relationships across multi-functional teams / broad stakeholder groups

Desirable:

• Previous experience of S&OP
• Working knowledge of manufacturing processes in an Aerospace environment
• Recognition through an appropriate Professional Supply Chain body at a Chartered level i.e CILT, APICS or equivalent

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts - you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Production Planning team - FalconWorks:

An exciting opportunity to work within the FalconWorks business as a production planner, covering the end to end Manufacturing process, liaising internally with multiple functions from design & engineering through to the assembly manufacturing team, ensuring business critical activities are prioritised and planned effectively.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you'll be able to make a real difference. You'll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you'll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date:2nd July 2025

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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