​Interim Production Planning Lead
Location: Gloucester
Contract: Initial 6-8 weeks (likely to extend)
IR35: Outside IR35
Day rate: Negotiable depending on experience

We are supporting a manufacturing business looking to establish a stronger production planning capability.

The initial focus will be on creating a practical planning process using Excel and existing operational data, before helping the business move towards a more structured planning system.

Key experience:

• Strong production planning experience within manufacturing

• Advanced Excel and data modelling capability

• Production scheduling and capacity planning

• Understanding of materials, labour, machine capacity and bottlenecks

• Ability to build planning processes from a relatively immature starting point

• Experience improving planning visibility, controls and reporting

• Exposure to MRP, ERP or production planning systems would be beneficial

• Previous interim or transformation experience would be advantageous

This would suit someone who is comfortable getting into the detail, building something practical quickly and helping establish a more robust planning capability.