Job Description

Planning Manager

  • Salary: £25.63 per hour
  • REF Number: v-169208
  • Consultant: Key Accounts Team
  • Contact: 01438 870011
  • Date Published: 06.01.2026
  • Industry: Biotech
  • Location: Dartford, Kent, England
  • Functional Expertise: Operations & Maintenance, Supply Chain/Procurement

CK Group are recruiting for a Planning Manager to join a global healthcare provider to hospitals, clinics and homes on a contract basis for 9 months. This role is based at the client site in Dartford.

Salary:

£25.63 per hour PAYE

Planning Manager Role:

  • Own and manage the site planning process to ensure consistent delivery of customer orders
  • Own and manage the site inventory processes to maintain appropriate stock levels, and manage short dated, expired, aging and slow-moving inventory
  • Ensure KPIs are in place to track effectiveness of the planning processes.
  • Seek opportunities to drive improvement in site scheduling processes, with a goal to improve efficiency and effectiveness of these processes.
  • Run the site Planning, Scheduling and Order Fulfilment process (OFM) at the required site cadence
  • Line Management of the customer services team
Your Background:

  • A proven track record in managing planning processes in a manufacturing environment, ideally within a pharmaceutical or manufacturing organisation
  • In depth knowledge of cGMP procedures
  • Previous experience of people and stakeholder management
  • Proven experience with continuous improvements
  • Excellent communication and influencing skills
Company:

Our client is the global leader in enabling pharma, biotech, and consumer health partners to optimize product development, launch, and full life-cycle supply for patients around the world. They have the goal of putting patients first and to help people around the world live better and healthier lives.

Apply:

For more information, or to apply for this Planning Manager

please contact the Key Accounts Team on 01438 870011 or email pharmacontracts@ckagroup.co.uk. Please quote reference

169208.

It is essential that applicants hold entitlement to work in the UK

Please note:

This role may be subject to a satisfactory basic Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

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