Our client, requires a Planning and Logistics Manager to work at its site in Tamworth. Duties include reporting directly to the Operations Director. Responsible for managing a team consisting of a Production planner, Transport planner and 21 drivers.

Job Role

• Managing and support the production planning, transport planning and transport teams
• Planning, coordinating, and optimising the production schedule and logistical operations to ensure that customer requirements are fully met on time

Key Accountabilities:

• Ensuring customer orders are completed efficiently and delivered on time
• Developing production schedules that optimise resources while ensuring efficient use of equipment and manpower.
• Ensuring transport is used efficiently, plan and manage all logistics operations, including dispatch and delivery of finished goods.
• Ensuring team is a professional point of contact for Sales and Customers regarding delivery times, production updates, and logistical challenges
• Providing daily leadership to planning and transport teams
• Ensuring compliance with health, safety standards, environmental regulations, and industry best practices
• As a key member of the operations team, you will have a strong team working ethic with the ability to communicate customer needs to key stakeholders ensuring needs are met

Key Experiences and Qualifications:

• Proven track record of production planning and logistics coordination within a manufacturing business
• Strong understanding of production scheduling and capacity planning
• Understanding of efficient use of transport to minimise logistics costs whilst achieving customer demand
• Experience of communicating with customers and help provide solutions to scheduling queries or concerns
• Strong leader who is able to foster a positive motivating high-performance culture
• Excellent organizational skills with ability to work on several priorities at once

Desirables Skills and Experience Required:

• Knowledge of Business Central IT system
• Knowledge of New house building industry and its methods of practice

Our client offers

• Monday to Friday. 

• 08:30-17:00 Monday – Thursday and 08:30-16:00 on Friday.

• £45,000 pa 
• Company pension contribution
• 22 days per year holiday plus the bank holidays.
• Onsite car park
• Onsite canteen
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee benefits / Wellbeing scheme