Marshall Land Systems
Production Planning Lead
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Brief Description
Why join Marshall Land Systems in this role:
The Production Planning Lead is responsible for leading and coordinating all production planning, capacity management, and material control activities to ensure efficient and effective delivery of operational and project objectives.
The role drives the optimisation of ERP/MRP systems, planning processes, and data integrity, providing leadership and direction to the planning function while ensuring alignment across production, supply chain, and engineering to achieve on-time, cost-effective delivery.
Your responsibilities in this role include:
- Lead the development and execution of capacity planning strategies, ensuring optimal utilisation of resources and alignment with production demands and maintenance cycles
- Own and drive material planning, inventory management, and stock control through ERP/MRP systems to meet customer and project requirements
- Ensure full integration of capacity and material planning within ERP/MRP systems to optimise delivery performance, efficiency, and cost
- Provide leadership, guidance, and support to Production Planners, ensuring consistency, accuracy, and best practice across the planning function
- Own data integrity within the ERP system (IFS), ensuring accurate master data, timely MRP execution, and resolution of system and stock issues
- Oversee project loading into ERP systems, ensuring accurate setup of Master Parts, BOMs, and key planning data following design release
- Control the timely release of projects to planning, procurement, and production, ensuring alignment with delivery schedules
- Govern change management within MRP systems, ensuring all amendments are controlled, traceable, and reflect the latest design intent
- Ensure accurate linking of shop orders and parent orders to enable robust cost tracking and financial visibility
- Monitor planning performance, proactively identifying risks, constraints, and deviations, and implementing corrective actions
- Lead continuous improvement initiatives across planning systems, processes, and methodologies (Lean, 5S, digital optimisation)
- Provide planning expertise and input into bids, forecasting, and long-term capacity planning
- Ensure effective project closure processes, including material issuing, system accuracy, and cost roll-up for finance and project teams
- Act as the subject matter expert for ERP/MRP systems, delivering training, guidance, and support to stakeholders
- Collaborate cross-functionally to align planning with operational priorities and business
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Apply if you have most of the following:
- Significant experience within a production planning, manufacturing engineering, or operations planning environment
- Proven experience in leading or coordinating planning activities within a production, assembly, or vehicle build environment
- Strong track record of using ERP/MRP systems to manage capacity, materials, and production flow
- Experience in driving improvements in planning processes, systems, or data accuracy
- Demonstrated ability to influence and coordinate across multiple functions
Technical Skills/Education:
- Advanced experience in production or factory planning roles
- Strong working knowledge of ERP/MRP systems and end-to-end planning processes
- High level of IT proficiency, including Excel and ERP platforms
- In-depth understanding of capacity planning, inventory management, and production flow optimisation
- Strong analytical, organisational, and problem-solving skills
- Effective communication skills with the ability to engage and influence stakeholders at all
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and work accurately under pressure
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Additional local needs:
- Onsite working
- Candidates will need to be able to obtain BPSS clearance
The benefits of this role include:
- Opportunity to lead and shape the production planning function within a complex manufacturing environment
- Increased ownership and influence over end-to-end planning, delivery, and operational performance
- Development of leadership, strategic planning, and cross-functional collaboration skills
- Exposure to business-critical decision-making and long-term capacity planning
- Opportunities for progression into senior operations, supply chain, or planning leadership
- Involvement in driving system, process, and digital transformation initiatives
Marshall Land Systems is a Canadian-owned global company with an unrivalled pedigree of British engineering excellence. From its origins in Cambridge, UK, through more than a century of innovation, pioneering advances from the nose of Concorde to the early Hydrogen fuel cell technology that ultimately powered the moon landings, Marshall engineers now continue to innovate specialist vehicles and infrastructure for NATO forces across the world. From bomb disposal vehicles to deployed shelters, from command and control to CT scanners on the battlefield, Marshall Land Systems protects people in critical situations with the very best in engineering. It employs 600 people with major facilities in the UK, Canada, and the Netherlands.
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