Strategic Automotive Production Planning Lead

Apex Resource Management; Badby; Presencial; GBP 65.000 - 90.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Apex Resource Management is seeking an experienced Operations Planning Manager to lead production planning and scheduling for a premium automotive manufacturing operation near Daventry. You will own short-, medium-, and long-term plans, ensuring demand, capacity and supply chain performance align to drive world-class manufacturing results.

Join a fast-paced environment where you’ll influence capacity planning, lead S&OP discussions, and drive continuous improvement initiatives across

Formación

• Proven experience as an Operations Planning Manager, Production Planning Manager or similar.
• Strong background in automotive manufacturing or a complex manufacturing environment.
• Experience with production planning, scheduling, capacity planning, S&OP, ERP and MRP systems.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and stakeholder management skills.
• A continuous improvement mindset with knowledge of Lean Manufacturing principles.

Responsabilidades

• Develop and manage short, medium and long-term production plans.
• Create and maintain daily, weekly and monthly production schedules.
• Balance capacity, labour, equipment and material availability.
• Lead S&OP and production review meetings.
• Identify capacity constraints and develop contingency plans.
• Maintain ERP and MRP planning data and parameters.
• Monitor planning performance, schedule adherence and production efficiency.
• Drive Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Support advanced planning systems and digital transformation projects.
• Act as the key planning interface between customers and internal stakeholders.

Descripción del empleo

Apex Resource Management is seeking an experienced Operations Planning Manager to lead production planning and scheduling for a premium automotive manufacturing operation near Daventry. You will own short-, medium-, and long-term plans, ensuring demand, capacity and supply chain performance align to drive world-class manufacturing results.

Join a fast-paced environment where you’ll influence capacity planning, lead S&OP discussions, and drive continuous improvement initiatives across