Business Planning Manager

Supply Chain Planning Manager

£65k - £75k plus car allowance, bonus and package

Peterborough

If you thrive in fast‑paced environments and enjoy the challenge of keeping multiple sites aligned, this role puts you right at the heart of a complex operation. You'll shape how Supply Chain Planning works across a multi‑site network, driving efficiency, strengthening processes and making sure the numbers translate into action on the ground.

This role blends daily pace with longer‑term thinking, using your visibility across several factories to lift service, performance and clarity end‑to‑end.

What you'll be doing

You'll take the lead on Planning across multiple sites, bringing structure, influence and direction to a busy operation. It's a strategic position with real impact: guiding senior stakeholders, improving systems, and ensuring Planning supports both service and commercial performance.

Your remit spans everything from day‑to‑day optimisation to long‑term modelling, giving you a central role in how the business plans, reacts and grows.

More on the role:

• Planning strategy: Set and deliver a clear Planning approach aligned to business goals.
• Systems & process improvement: Strengthen Planning systems and ways of working to boost efficiency.
• Team leadership: Lead and develop Planning teams to produce robust, optimised operational plans.
• Insight & analysis: Provide the modelling and insight needed for long‑term decisions, including capacity and contingency planning.
• Workforce planning: Oversee strategic workforce planning across site.
• Customer collaboration. Bring external market understanding and drive joint initiatives with customers.

What do you need in your background for this opportunity?

• A supply chain specialist who understands how a business operates end‑to‑end with detailed knowledge in supply chain planning in food or FMCG environments.
• Proven success delivering change and improvement.
• Strong problem‑solver who stays calm under pressure and can prioritise at speed.
• Confident influencer with impact across teams and customers.
• Solid understanding food manufacturing and supply chain.
• Experience managing Planning teams.
• Someone who knows how to drive performance, engagement and clarity.

If you're looking for a fresh challenge to start in the Autumn, send your CV without delay. With strong leadership support and a business that keeps evolving, there's plenty of scope to broaden the role further.