Job Title: Master Schedule Planning Manager
Location: Isle of Wight – Cowes or Portsmouth – Broad Oak. We offer flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role
Salary: Up to 60,000 commensurate with skills and experience
What you’ll be doing:
- Lead demand planning and long-term business planning activities, including scenario testing, capacity planning, and make-versus-buy decisions to ensure optimal supply solutions
- Collaborate with Production Planning and Control (PP&C) teams to develop and maintain a robust master schedule, ensuring material requirements are accurately planned and executed
- Work cross-functionally with Engineering, Procurement, and Maintenance teams to align planning activities with business objectives and develop effective performance measures
- Conduct capacity balancing and scenario testing to identify and mitigate risks, providing alternative planning approaches when necessary
- Drive the development and implementation of demand planning strategies, championing continuous improvement and best practice sharing across the team
- Utilise SAP and other planning tools to monitor material availability, track performance metrics, and proactively address any supply chain concerns
- Lead, manage, and develop a team of planning professionals, ensuring effective resource allocation, talent management, and alignment with business needs
Your Skills and Experiences
- Strong proficiency in SAP and Microsoft platforms, with the ability to extract and analyse data to inform planning decisions
- Proven stakeholder management skills with the ability to communicate, influence and build effective relationships across functions and all levels of the business
- Demonstrated experience in leading high-performing teams, promoting a collaborative and inclusive working environment
- Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to make complex business judgments and drive data-informed decisions
- Strong attention to detail and ability to review, challenge, and provide constructive feedback on planning outputs and deliverables
- Excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills, with the ability to resolve issues, influence outcomes, and foster cross-functional collaboration
Benefits:
You’ll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You’ll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.
The Planning Team:
Join our dynamic Planning team within Maritime and Land Defence Solutions, where you’ll play a key role in shaping the long-term planning strategy across our Products business. As the Master Schedule Planning Manager, you will lead a team spanning Broad Oak, Cowes, and Hillend, driving integrated demand planning and scenario modelling to support business growth and operational success.
You’ll be the single point of truth for our medium- and long-term planning requirements, collaborating closely with Project and Production Managers, as well as senior internal stakeholders. This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced planning professional to make a real impact in a high-performing, supportive environment.
Our workplace in Cowes is an easily accessible commute from Southampton with a regular foot passenger ferry and BAE shuttle service from the ferry terminal to site.
Why BAE Systems?
This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.
Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation.
All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.
Closing Date: 3rd June 2025
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
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