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Resource Planning Manager
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Facilities Services
Staffordshire
c. £45,000 + benefits
Ref: 10455
The Company
Our client is a successful and growing specialist services business delivering technical and operational solutions across the UK. As part of its continued development, the business is seeking an experienced Resource Planning Manager to improve workforce planning, scheduling, and operational efficiency.
The Role
Reporting to the Head of Operations, you will take central ownership of resource planning and scheduling across a field-based technical workforce. You will be responsible for improving technician utilisation, capacity planning, and forward visibility, ensuring resources are deployed efficiently and commercially across multiple service lines.
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Key responsibilities will include:
- Managing workforce scheduling and resource allocation
- Maintaining forward capacity and demand forecasts
- Monitoring utilisation, downtime, travel, and overtime
- Producing operational performance reports and analysis
- Coordinating resources for major works and customer shutdowns
- Improving planning processes, systems, and ways of working
The Person
You will have experience in resource planning, workforce scheduling, or operational coordination within a field-based service environment, together with strong planning, organisational, and analytical skills. Commercially aware and solutions-focused, you will understand technician utilisation, capacity planning, and operational efficiency, and be confident working with a range of stakeholders in a fast-paced environment. Experience using scheduling or workforce planning systems is essential, while exposure to engineering, construction, maintenance, hygiene, or another technical services environment would be advantageous.
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How to Apply
This is an excellent opportunity to take ownership of a key operational function and make a measurable impact within a growing business. Please apply attaching your full CV and quote your current remuneration details, together with reference 10455.
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