Renishaw
Business Unit Planning Managers
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Job Description
Salary: Up to £55,000 depending on experience
Location: Woodchester (Gloucestershire) or Miskin (South Wales), with travel between Renishaw manufacturing sites.
We are recruiting three Business Unit Lead Planners to support our Assembly Business Units. This is a key leadership role responsible for planning, scheduling and material control activities that enable business growth, strong customer service and operational performance.
Working closely with Assembly Managers and Supply Functions, you will ensure demand, capacity, materials and inventory are aligned through a robust planning process, enabling timely decision-making and efficient delivery.
Responsibilities
- Lead planning and materials management activities across multiple manufacturing sites.
- Manage a team of planners and material controllers, providing coaching, support and performance leadership.
- Ensure materials are available to support production plans and customer commitments.
- Monitor demand, capacity and inventory, identifying risks and driving solutions.
- Develop planning processes, governance and performance measures to improve operational effectiveness.
- Collaborate with manufacturing, procurement, logistics and warehousing teams to support business priorities.
- Drive continuous improvement across planning, stock management and material flow.
Key requirements
- Experience in planning, materials management, supply chain or manufacturing operations within an engineering or high-technology environment.
- Strong knowledge of MRP/ERP systems, capacity planning, inventory management and production scheduling.
- Experience leading teams and influencing stakeholders across a complex organisation.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate data into practical business decisions.
- Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
- A continuous improvement mindset and a proactive, hands-on approach.
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Person specification
We're seeking a positive and collaborative leader who can balance strategic thinking with operational delivery. You'll be confident influencing decisions, building strong relationships across multiple sites, and developing a high-performing team capable of supporting future business growth.
Travel within the UK, including occasional visits to our Ireland facility, will be required.
Benefits
When you join Renishaw, we're committing to your future career. That's because we believe in developing our people's skills and promoting them internally. We also offer a benefits package that's highly desirable; including a 9% non-contributory pension, discretionary annual bonus, *subsidised onsite restaurants and *coffee shops, free parking, *car sharing scheme and *24 hour fitness centres. (not available at all sites).
We also want to promote a healthy work-life balance as much as possible, so we have introduced a hybrid working policy which allows for a combination of home and office based working depending on the nature of your role. We also offer a variable working programme, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, Life Assurance policy of 12 times annual salary, Cycle to Work scheme, enhanced maternity pay subject to qualifying criteria, Health Cash Plan, the option to join Renishaw Health Trust (Aviva) and an Employee Assistance Programme for employees and family.
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At Renishaw we believe that our success is powered by welcoming a workforce of diverse and talented people. Through encouraging an inclusive culture, where all our employees are free to be themselves, we can achieve our core values: Innovation, Inspiration, Integrity, and Involvement.
If you are excited about the role but feel as though you don’t meet all the requirements, we would encourage you still to apply. You might just be the right person for this role or another opportunity at Renishaw.
We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments to make interviews and jobs more accessible. Should you have any difficulty during the recruitment process, or require any reasonable adjustments please contact the recruitment team on 01453 490384 or recruitment@renishaw.com.
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Employment Type: Permanent
Time Type: Full time
Requisition Number: R10000 Business Unit Planning Managers (Evergreen) (Open)
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