Securitas UK
Planning Manager
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Planning Manager
We’re Hiring: Planning Manager
📍 Location: Milton Keynes, MK17 8LX
💰 Pay: £35,000
🕒 Working Hours: Monday – Friday (8am-5pm), Onsite
About the Role
"See a Different World. Where potential is seen and progress is nurtured."
We’re building something new, and this is your chance to be part of it!
As we launch and scale a brand-new centralised Workforce Management (WFM) function, we’re looking for a Planning Manager to take a leading role in shaping how we forecast, plan, and deliver our workforce strategy alongside the Head of WFM.
This is more than a planning role—it’s an opportunity to influence how the business operates at its core, bringing innovation, structure, and insight to how we meet customer demand while balancing our peoples’ work-life needs.
As our new Planning Manager, you’ll play a key role in helping the business stay one step ahead—ensuring we have the right people in place for today and tomorrow. You’ll lead on forecasting and workforce planning, using data and insights to build clear, practical plans that support both day-to-day operations and long-term growth for Securitas and our clients.
You’ll support and guide the Planning team to spot risks early, plan for peaks in demand, and ensure everything runs smoothly. Your work will have a real impact—helping teams make better decisions, improving service delivery, and positioning us for sustainable growth.
Job Description
What You’ll Be Doing:
As a Planning Manager, your responsibilities will include:
- Leading, coaching, and developing a team of planners to build a high-performing, forward-thinking function
- Owning workforce planning and forecasting, ensuring the business is prepared for current and future demand
- Taking a hands-on approach using WFM systems to optimise resource allocation and planning accuracy
- Analysing historical trends, real-time data, and forecasts to proactively identify risks and opportunities
- Collaborating closely with scheduling and operations teams to ensure plans translate effectively into delivery
- Monitoring live operations and adjusting plans as necessary to respond to changing demands
- Acting as a key escalation point for planning-related challenges, driving swift and effective resolutions
- Ensuring compliance of all planning activity with contracts, policies, and regulatory requirements
- Continuously improving processes and introducing smarter, more efficient working methods to enhance service delivery
- Supporting recruitment planning by identifying future workforce requirements and capacity gaps
- Driving data accuracy and reporting, ensuring decisions are based on robust, reliable insights
- Building a team culture that reflects high performance, accountability, and continuous improvement
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Please note: This list is not exhaustive but provides a good overview of the duties of the role.
Qualifications
What We’re Looking For:
- Strong planning, organisational, and decision-making skills
- Experience working with WFM systems and data analysis (Timegate system is desirable)
- The ability to think ahead and anticipate workforce needs
- A collaborative approach with a focus on continuous improvement
- Ability to supply a five-year checkable employment history or documentary evidence of periods of unemployment, self-employment, or full/part-time education in those years
- A proven ability to embody and uphold our core values of Integrity, Vigilance, and Helpfulness
- Right to work in the UK
- Working knowledge of Microsoft packages
- Previous management experience in administration and clerical roles
Additional Information
It’s great to see you’re considering a career with Securitas UK!
Join our global team of 336,000+ colleagues and help make the world a safer place.
Our People Promise:
We live by our values:
- Opportunity – We see potential in every person and situation.
- People – We open our eyes to all that’s good.
- Purpose – We make your world a safer place.
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Diversity & Inclusion – Be Yourself
We are an inclusive employer, proud of our Level 2 Disability Confident status. This means we will always make every effort to guarantee interviews for eligible applicants who have disclosed a disability to our Talent Team, provided they meet the minimum requirements.
We actively support equality through:
- Employee Networks
- Working with The Race at Work Charter
- Armed Forces Covenant
Additionally, we celebrate diversity through initiatives such as:
- BSL Week
- International Women’s Day
- PRIDE
- Black History Month
Your Benefits
Here’s how we reward our team:
- STRIVE – Securitas Perks: Access to great discounts on popular retailers, services, and everyday spending options.
- Dental Plans: Cash-back support for everyday expenses like dental examinations, X-rays, and treatment.
- HSF Health Plan: Discounted cash-back plans for dental, prescription, and alternate therapies (e.g., acupuncture), plus cover for unexpected medical costs.
- Cycle to Work Scheme: Save up to 42% on new bikes or equipment, and spread costs over months via salary deductions.
- Specsavers Discounts: Money-saving offers on eye tests and purchasing spectacle lenses/frames.
- WeCare: A 24/7 online GP and mental health support service, fitness programs, and more.
- Toothfairy: Free access to UK dentist advice and guidance.
- Pension Plan: Work towards a secure future, with employer contributions and tax relief on your contributions.
- Payroll ISA: Tax-free savings account to help achieve long-term financial goals.
- Free Mortgage Advice
- Go & Live – Financial Wellbeing Hub: Support for mortgage, savings, and overall financial health planning.
- Death in Service Benefit: Permanent employees automatically enrolled for a lifetime assurance policy, providing a lump sum benefit in the unfortunate event of passing while employed.
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