Senior Planning Manager

What if you could work with remarkable people on extraordinary things? What if the end result was something a little bit special? What if your role was mission critical?
For nearly 70 years, AWE has been at the forefront of nuclear weapons research and development. We have a critical mission: to provide the warheads for the UK’s ultimate deterrent - Trident. We also use our unique skills to provide wider UK government with counter-terrorism and nuclear threat reduction solutions.
It takes a special sort of person to work at AWE. What if that person was you?
AWE is currently recruiting for a Senior Planning Manager to support the Group Leader in the management of the XTC order book and strategic lookahead of demand and capabilities. To be successful in this role you’ll be customer focused, with excellent stakeholder management.
Location - Reading/Basingstoke area
Package - £54,900-£86,800 based on skills and experience
Closing date for this role is 12th January 2024
As part of our People Promise, AWE (one of the best 25 big companies to work for in the UK) has a range of benefits to suit you. These include:

• Time to recharge your batteries with 270 hours of annual leave (plus every other Friday off work)
• Opportunities for Professional Career Development that include funding for the annual membership of a relevant professional body, access to mentors and training
• Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services
• A generous defined contribution Group Personal Pension (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your own contribution)
• Life Assurance
• Discounts - access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending
• Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring for your family
• A host of voluntary & core benefits to suit your health and wellbeing - more information available on our careers site

Key Accountabilities:

• Work with multiple programmes to define and consolidate the project requirements which XTC need to deliver
• Ensures that performance metrics, procedures, processes, and systems are developed, implemented and of a quality that delivers against our Programme requirements
• Work within the production function to create an executable integrated master production schedules and tactical plans that support the shop floor
• Optimising production capacity via planning controls and lean principles within the manufacturing areas
• Leading, coaching and developing a team of leaders and influencing others at specialism or functional level to create and deliver our operational plans
• Maintain and promote high personal standards in environment, safety, health, security and quality and be a great team player

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure material requirements are planned and available to support production operations.
• Ensure that staff and processes operate within the safe operating envelope within the manufacturing areas
• Lead the team to deliver the production plans and material management and allocation.
• Task management of logistics and supply chain staff within the Tech Centre to meet production and material management requirements
• Report to Tech Centre management on progress, issues, and performance
• Provide strategic and tactical advice to Tech Centre management on the effective delivery of production targets
• Report via Tech Management any capacity constraints to allow for priority programme decisions to be made
• Delivery via the production planning and materials management processes within the Process Framework
• Work as part of the Tech Centre management team to deliver production targets
• Promote and sponsor operational excellence and drive all actions aimed at continuous process improvement
• Works effectively with others and building required relationships and interfaces to support delivery of the Programme
• The development and maintenance of strong relationships with US and other international partners
• Responsible for identifying, defining, and solving complex management problems in a dynamic environment

Candidates must be willing and able to obtain and maintain the necessary security clearance for this role.
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