Strategic Planning Specialist

**Contract type**:Permanent

**Working hours**:37 hours per week

**Salary**:£39,742 - £46,755

**Location**:Ansty Park, Coventry

Setting the standards all of our customers will love and others will aspire to

At Cadent we’re excited to be part of the future of UK energy We’ve got a clear roadmap that will both drive our performance to the forefront of our industry and support the UK government in achieving their net zero target by 2050.

We’re making a difference through innovation and new ways of working. Together we’re shaping a cleaner, greener future for our 11 million customers who we put at the heart of everything we do.

**Role Accountabilities**:
Strategic planning of the end to end AMP process, building in allowances for Reactive, Project, balancing to ensure deliverable plans.

Identifying opportunities to manipulate the plan to create optimum efficiencies and utilisation.

Breaking the annual work stack into efficient plannable work buckets to be delivered.

Champion knowledge sharing, collaborative working and continual improvement across the North West Planning teams.

Forecast resource availability and identify upcoming risks to the network and strategize accordingly

Planning for the delivery of the CAPEX plan and forecasting deliverables and Map against projected targets

Own the Site Familiarisation and Assurance Training Plans for the North West field force and ensure we are continually investing in our teams retaining skills and experience

Ensure the annual delivery of the North West PT&E Programme across North West Emergency, Repair and Energy Operations Process.

Accountable for the annual RRP reporting, creating and embedding a customer focused culture

Accounting for Network and Area level performance and recovery plans at various performance committees.

To drive consistency and best practice across the Planning model

Drive accurate data collation to drive initiatives to improve performance

Management of field force availability and non-availability to ensure that the network has accurate visibility of resources

Ownership of the North West Training Plan ensuring we have a skilled and competent workforce

Ensuring planning allows financial value to be maximised from operational activities (in line with specific network strategies) including resourcing, materials and other elements of work delivery.

Ensuring and promoting compliance with Cadent policies, standards and procedures with accountability for effective resolution of any non-compliances identified, including supporting any reviews and investigations as required.

**Functional Accountabilities**:
Understanding, communicating and championing the overall strategy for the network.

Effective risk management as required to fully execute the purpose of the role.

Design, drive and ensure delivery of key improvement initiatives.

Champion knowledge sharing, collaborative working and continual improvement across the North West Planning teams.

Analyse and interpret complex technical and data issues to form insights and recommendations.

Acting as a “critical friend” for Customer Operations teams to ensure effective plans are created that deliver across the whole network, in line with budget and performance constraints.

Understanding, communicating and championing the overall strategy for the network.

Effective risk management as required to fully execute the purpose of the role

**What's In It For You**

25 days holiday, statutory days, option to buy too + 8 bank holidays

Competitive salary with fantastic career prospects

Pension Scheme - double match up to 12%

Opportunity to earn bonus

Flex Benefits including; cycle to work scheme, salary sacrifice car scheme, insurances and healthcare packages

My Offers membership card - offering discounts and savings from hundreds of retailers

Support with financial wellbeing

Access to our Occupational Health Services

Full emergency training to ensure you are operating at your best

Vehicle, tools, equipment, phone & tablet all supplied on your first day

**Be Yourself**

Cadent embraces Diversity and Inclusion. We celebrate what makes us different, as well as what we have in common. This enables us to work better as one team shaping a dynamic, innovative and inclusive culture. Our employee communities support us in keeping our employees engaged and motivated and through our partnerships and covenants we ensure our workforce reflects our communities in all their diversity.

Cadent is a Disability Confident employer so if you require any reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process, please get in touch and let us know. We’re also happy to discuss flexible working options should the role accommodate it.