Manufacturing Planning Manager

About the role

Driscoll's is seeking a Manufacturing Planning Manager to lead production planning across its UK operations. You will align manufacturing plans with customer demand, capacity, workforce, and material supply while collaborating with Production, Supply Chain, Transportation, Quality, HR, and Packaging teams.

Key responsibilities

• Create and maintain production schedules based on forecasts, inventory, and capacity.
• Coordinate workforce planning with Shift Managers.
• Monitor performance and adjust plans for downtime, material shortages, or urgent orders.
• Partner with Packaging and Print Room to ensure material availability.
• Lead daily planning meetings and communicate priorities.
• Analyse data to identify waste reduction and improvement opportunities.
• Track and report planning and manufacturing metrics.
• Drive continuous‑improvement and operational‑excellence projects.
• Ensure compliance with safety, quality, and regulatory standards.
• Support planning system implementation and act as liaison with IT.

Required profile

• Proactive, hands‑on leader comfortable in a fast‑paced manufacturing environment.
• Strong balance of strategic planning and operational execution.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder‑management skills.

Required skills

What we offer

• Purpose‑driven, people‑first culture.
• Opportunity to lead a critical function within a leading berry producer.
• Exposure to cross‑functional teams and continuous‑improvement initiatives.