Overview
Position Title: Planning Manager
Company: Clipper Logistics plc
Location: England, UK
Job Description:
A great opportunity for a Planning Manager to make their mark working for one of the leading fulfilment businesses in the UK.
Responsibilities:
- To create a planning model which enables the site to deliver to forecasted demands and service levels.
- From the planning model address the labour requirements to ensure 100% service delivery, including the ratio of perm to agency Colleagues.
- Authorisation of overtime when required and also the use of flex models where required to effectively manage labour to meet customer demand at different points in the year.
- Analysing trends and ensure the optimum shift patterns are in place to meet the requirements.
- Working with the Operation/ training team to create flexibility through multi skilling.
- Control of annual leave levels.
- Manage the agency partners on site – holding weekly and quarterly reviews to determine performance.
- Responsible for all peak planning – including what if scenarios around service propositions.
- Complete data analysis and generate management reports as requested.
- Data analysis and planning for capacity of the site to incorporate improvement initiatives.
- Engage with all levels of management to ensure received data is accurately maintained to keep plans up to date
- Challenge operational deviations from the plan and look for mitigation.
- Support on the planning for space utilisation of current and new business
- Main point of contact for the reporting of site performance to the multi-channel clients on site.
- Support Site Engagement & Charity Initiatives
- Maintain H&S in the Workplace
Requirements:
- Analytical
- Previous planning experience, ideally within logistics
- Problem solving
- Change management
- Written and verbal communication
- Industry awareness
- Excel and Database management
- High level attention to detail
- Data analysis and output reporting
- Working as part of a team
- Managing own activity
- Self-starter
About Clipper Logistics plc
Founded in 1992, Clipper Logistics plc has been a leader in retail logistics for more than two decades, operating in over 50 sites in the UK and mainland Europe, and employing a workforce of over 7,500 which rises to 10,000+ during peak periods.