1365 Interim Planning & S&OP Manager

O naši stranki:

Our client is a PE-backed European industrial technology manufacturer operating in advanced mechanical, and precision manufacturing markets. The business serves demanding international B2B customers across industrial, defence-related, and high-performance engineered applications.

The company employs more than 700 people and operates from a substantial manufacturing base in the Czech Republic, with customer exposure across Europe and wider international defence markets.

Following a significant scale-up in defence-related orders, the business is entering an exciting phase of operational growth. To support increasing customer demand and ensure the successful expansion of manufacturing capacity, the business requires interim planning leadership to strengthen S&OP processes, improve delivery performance, optimise inventory, and create greater planning stability across the organisation.

Opis projekta:

This is a 3-6 month interim planning and supply chain transformation mandate reporting directly to the Chief Operating Officer.

The Interim Planning & S&OP Leader will take ownership of the planning function across demand planning, production planning, scheduling, material planning, and inventory management. The assignment is focused on improving customer delivery performance while creating greater predictability and operational control throughout the supply chain.

The priority is hands-on interim executive leadership that strengthens planning processes, develops internal capability, and supports the organisation during a period of rapid growth.

Glavne prednostne naloge so:

• Improve S&OP processes, planning discipline, and cross-functional decision making.
• Increase on-time delivery performance and improve customer order fulfilment.
• Strengthen demand planning, production scheduling, and material planning processes.
• Improve inventory management while supporting operational growth and customer service levels.
• Create greater visibility, predictability, and alignment across planning and manufacturing functions.
• Develop KPIs, planning governance, escalation processes, and performance management routines.
• Coach and develop the permanent planning manager to support succession and continuity planning.
• Work closely with production, procurement, quality, sales, finance, and senior leadership teams.

Začasni vodja Zahtevana znanja in spretnosti:

• Proven experience leading planning, supply chain, or S&OP functions within complex manufacturing environments.
• Strong track record improving on-time delivery, planning accuracy, inventory performance, and supply chain visibility.
• Experience developing and implementing effective S&OP processes in growing industrial organisations.
• Strong expertise in demand planning, production planning, scheduling, inventory management, and material planning.
• Experience supporting operational turnaround, operational excellence, or performance improvement programmes.
• Ability to align production, procurement, sales, and finance around common planning objectives.
• Strong leadership and coaching skills with experience developing planning and supply chain teams.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills and the ability to influence both operational and executive leadership teams.
• Fluent English required. Additional European languages are advantageous.

Ključne zahteve:

• S&OP Leadership,
• Production Planning,
• Demand Planning, Inventory Optimisation,
• On-Time Delivery Improvement,
• Supply Chain Performance

Vrsta naloge:

Vmesni

Obseg začasne naloge:

Manufacturing Ramp-up, Growth Acceleration

Funkcionalno področje začasnega vodje:

Operacije

Lokacija:

Češka republika

Trajanje:

3-6 mesecev

Datum začetka:

junij 2026

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