Production Planning Manager

Futures Consumer Goods are looking for an experienced Production Planning Manager on behalf of a fast-paced, forward-thinking health & wellness business based in the North-West. This impressive business supply to 60 countries across the world! Their products are designed, formulated, blended, and packaged by the business at a state-of-the-art facility in the UK led by the team of experts and accomplished sports nutritionist.

Key Responsibilities of a Production Planning Manager:

• Develop and manage detailed production plans across multiple production lines, ensuring optimal resource utilisation and output efficiency.
  
  
• Monitor daily, weekly, and monthly production schedules, adjusting for demand shifts, resource constraints, and line capacity.
  
  
• Convert production plans into raw and packaging material requirements.
  
  
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Maintain optimal inventory levels aligned with production forecasts and lead times.

* Lead the S&OP process, ensuring supply capabilities are balanced with market requirements.

* Identify and drive continuous improvement initiatives across the production planning process to improve efficiency and reduce costs.

* Apply Lean Manufacturing principles and methodologies to optimise planning and production workflows.

* Ensure full audit compliance in planning and scheduling processes with robust documentation and traceability.

About You:

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Previous experience operating as a Production Planning Manager, with proven success in multi-line, high-complexity manufacturing environments, idports Nutrition.

* Strong experience in Supply and Demand Planning, with participation in S&OP cycles.

* Demonstrated ability to manage planning for multiple concurrent production lines with differing capacities, product mixes, and changeover requirements.

* Advanced Microsoft Excel (Power Query, Pivot Tables, VBA).

* Strong SQL skills for working with production and inventory data.

Experience with production scheduling software or planning modules is a plus

What’s in it for You?

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Competitive Salary and Package

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Amazing opportunity to work for one of the UK's leading health & wellness businesses

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A collaborative and supportive team environment

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Generous product allocation!

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Extensive career development and training opportunities

Apply for more information on this exciting Production Planning Manager role