Siemens Energy
Production Planning & Control Manager
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As a Production Planning & Control Manager, you will be accountable for the end-to-end production planning within a manufacturing or build facility across SGT. You will lead the creation and governance of a robust, achievable production plan that balances demand, capacity, inventory, and customer commitments. Your role ensures SAP integrity, ERP compliance, and on-time delivery through effective load and capacity planning, materials alignment, and strong collaboration with Operations, Supply Chain, and Senior Leadership teams.
You will lead a Planning & Control team of approximately 4-5 people, ensuring the right skills, capability, and governance are in place to support both day-to-day execution and longer-term S&OP objectives.
How You’ll Make An Impact
- Own facility-level production planning across cells, work centres, parts, sub-contract operations, delivery forecasting, and inventory planning.
- Lead load and capacity planning to ensure the production plan is achievable, visible, and committed by Operations.
- Act as SAP and ERP compliance owner for the facility, ensuring master data accuracy and schedule integrity.
- Ensure robust control of production flow across the full value stream, including sub-contractors, materials, and customer commitments.
- Forecast material availability and cascade plans across Purchasing, Logistics, Operations, and external partners.
- Identify, escalate, and resolve capacity constraints, material shortages, and delivery risks impacting the plan.
- Lead Planning & Control capability development, including SQEP levels, training plans, succession planning, and 1–2–1s.
- Provide clear reporting, KPIs, and insight to support budget planning, S&OP, and senior decision-making.
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What You Bring
- Extensive experience in Production Planning & Control within a manufacturing, build, or complex operational environment.
- Expert knowledge of SAP and ERP systems with strong governance and compliance capability.
- Proven leadership experience managing Planning & Control teams within large, complex facilities.
- Strong understanding of load and capacity planning, inventory management, facility planning, and production flow.
- Experience operating within S&OP, business planning, and budget management frameworks.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to prioritise and act decisively.
- Excellent communication skills, able to influence at all levels including senior leadership and external partners.
- Qualification in Planning, Operations Management, or Supply Chain (IOM, APICS, BPICS, or equivalent) is desirable.
- Knowledge of MES systems, Primavera P6, and advanced Excel or VBA skills is advantageous.
About The Team
Our Gas Services division offers low emission power generation through service and decarbonisation. Zero or low emission power generation and all gas turbines under one roof, steam turbines and generators. Decarbonisation opportunities through service offerings, modernisation and digitalisation of the fleet.
Who Is Siemens Energy
At Siemens Energy, we are more than just an energy technology company. With ~100,000 dedicated employees in more than 90 countries, we develop the energy systems of the future, ensuring that the growing energy demand of the global community is met reliably and sustainably. The technologies created in our research departments and factories drive the energy transition and provide the base for one sixth of the world's electricity generation.
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Our Commitment to Diversity
Lucky for us, we are not all the same. Through diversity we generate power. We run on inclusion and our combined creative energy is fuelled by over 130 nationalities. Siemens Energy celebrates character, no matter what ethnic background, gender, age, religion, identity or disability. We energise society, all of society, and we do not discriminate based on our differences.
Rewards/Benefits
- 26 days holiday, increasing to 29 days with time served.
- Access to a flexible benefits portal for private medical cover, cycle to work schemes and more.
- A class leading adjustable pension scheme.
- Opportunities for career development and continuous learning.
- The chance to work on cutting edge projects that shape the future of Siemens Energy and manufacturing.
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