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Head of Planning
3 months ago
Ultra Precision Control Systems (PCS) have an exciting opportunity for a Planning Manager to join our team in Cheltenham. This is a position leading the Planning & Scheduling department and will report directly to the VP Operations & Supply Chain. They will be responsible for all planning activities and be the interface in the compilation and update cycle of the rolling plan.
Wherever possible, we will consider a variety of working options to suit your lifestyle, whether that be hybrid home/office working, flexible working and part or full time employment. It's the 'innovating' and 'empowering' values that we ASPIRE to be. We welcome the challenge to work in new ways and have trust in you when getting the job done because we recognise, our business is our people.
Key Responsibilities:
- Overall responsibility for our planning function
- Responsible for producing the monthly operations forecast & plan
- Responsibility for daily reporting of progress to the operations forecast
- Ensure appropriate raw material provisioning to support the company customer repair requirements
- Perform monthly forward load capacity reviews, identifying improvements & risks
- Conduct monthly performance to forecast reviews identifying root cause and opportunities for improvement
- Talent management and development, including hiring, retention, performance feedback, mentoring, career and development planning.
- Accountable for all aspects of planning in operations.
- Lead planning and capacity management process improvements as well as toolbox developments
- Lead and execute the planning process for PCS, ensuring alignment to the business strategy.
- Liaise with scheduling when required to ensure customer order and project demand contract review activities are achievable.
- Responsible for labour variance reporting and stakeholder engagement.
- Control the IFS implementation of ECR/ECN and CCB embodiment.
- Responsible for maintenance of planning related IFS ERP settings.
- Accountable for PMRP/MRP and CRP inside the execution window.
- Responsible for the plan commitment, orderbook reconciliation and financial reporting in the execution window.
- Involved in product lifecycle development and identifying opportunities.
- Ensure effective and achievable lead/lag measures and objectives are established.
- Provide accurate reporting of manufacturing against our expected costs.
- Actively manage the planning/scheduling risk register alongside the Scheduling Manager.
- Establish clear standards and approach specific to planning.
- Support external or internal auditing to demonstrate our compliance to process and working practices.
- Enable effective decision making by developing where required as well as data capture and analysis opportunities.
- Support and where appropriate lead investigations into determining the root cause of delays.
- Responsible for ensuring suitable attendance at MRB/Triage reviews, impact assessments and control of IFS following disposition.
- Provide feedback to production, commercial, quality and procurement on areas that may affect quality, cost or delivery.
- Support development of the business’ IT and IFS literacy.
Knowledge, Skills and Experience:
Essential
- Computer literate and experienced in using ERP functions, Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint office tools
- Demonstrated proficiency in forecasting methods with an understanding of their financial and operational impacts.
- Working knowledge of S&OP and the demand planning process.
- Experienced and effective communicator at all levels, experience engaging and presenting to senior level professionals.
- Clear understanding of business functions, responsibilities and opportunities.
Desirable
- Licenses/Certificates: APICS or other planning Certification preferred
- Experience of IFS ERP system
- Ability to influence and support key business stakeholders
- Ability to challenge current embedded culture and ways of working
- Understanding the commercial drivers of business and how they impact the P&L
- Data driven with the ability to analyse and resolve problems.
Security Clearance:
- Benefits:
- Every employee is critical to our success and as such we offer a range of flexible employee benefits along with career development opportunities.
Flexible working within core working hours
-25 days holiday with the option to buy/sell 5 days plus bank holidays.
-4 times your annual salary in life assurance
-Flexible benefits package
-Pension Scheme - Less than 5 years' service up to 5.5% employer contributions, 5 years' service + up to 7.5% employer contributions.
-Sports and Social club
-Supportive and friendly working environment with regular team events
Here at Ultra we are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity and inclusivity. Underpinned by our values, behaviours and policies, we want you to feel empowered to be the best version of yourself. We also believe that people from different backgrounds and cultures will increase our di
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