Production & Raw Materials Planning Manager
Location: Thirsk, North Yorkshire
Salary: £55,000-£61,000 + 15% bonus
Benefits: 15% bonus, enhanced pension, life assurance, enhanced maternity, paternity, sick pay, and holiday buy options
Type: Permanent, full time
HRGO Recruitment is working in partnership with a well established FMCG manufacturing business to recruit a Production & Raw Materials Planning Manager for its manufacturing site in North Yorkshire.
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced planning manager to join the site's leadership team, take ownership of a key planning function and make a tangible contribution to operational performance, customer service and business growth.
Reporting directly to the General Manager, you'll lead a team of planners, ensuring production schedules, raw material requirements and resource plans are aligned with customer demand and manufacturing capacity.
You'll work closely with Commercial, Operations, Procurement and Supply Chain teams, helping to improve planning performance, optimise inventory and drive continuous improvement across the site.
The successful candidate will combine strong technical planning expertise with confident people leadership, commercial awareness and the ability to influence decisions at a senior level.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and develop a team of planners, promoting accountability, collaboration and continuous improvement.
- Translate sales forecasts into achievable production schedules, raw material requirements and resource plans.
- Balance customer service, inventory levels, manufacturing capacity and operational costs.
- Manage inbound material schedules and work with suppliers to maintain continuity of supply.
- Partner with Commercial and Supply Chain colleagues to improve forecasting and support effective Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP).
- Collaborate with sales teams across multiple manufacturing sites to align demand and supply plans.
- Monitor key performance indicators, including forecast accuracy, plan attainment, service levels and stock performance.
- Identify opportunities to improve planning processes, systems and operational efficiency.
- Support budget preparation, expenditure management and cost-control initiatives.
- Build strong relationships across the site leadership team and wider business.
About You
You'll be an experienced planning professional from an FMCG manufacturing environment, with a proven ability to lead people and deliver operational results.
You'll ideally bring:
- Previous production planning, materials planning or supply chain management experience within FMCG manufacturing.
- Experience leading, coaching and developing a team.
- Strong knowledge of production scheduling, demand forecasting, material requirements planning and inventory management.
- Experience managing supplier relationships and resolving material availability challenges.
- The ability to balance customer requirements with manufacturing constraints and commercial priorities.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a data-led approach to decision making.
- Financial awareness, including budget management and cost control.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- A proactive approach to continuous improvement and process optimisation.
For further information, please contact Sophie on 0151 439 3056 or email sophie.mitchell@hrgo.co.uk
