Master Planner

For over 140 years our products have helped ensure the safe, reliable operations of key industries.  With a passion for precision and partnership, Celeros Flow Technology continues this heritage of high performance and dependability, providing mission critical, sustainable flow control solutions for our customers around the globe.

Celeros Flow Technology is looking for individuals with a voice and a vision.  We embrace change, diversity and promote new ways of looking at old ideas.  We seek talented professionals to join our world-class team of innovators in a global, collaborative & multi-cultural environment, where you will be challenged, supported, and inspired to be extraordinary.

GENERAL SUMMARY

Focusing on the Celeros Flow Technology Closures manufacturing portfolio, the Master Planner owns and governs the Closures master schedule as the single source of truth for demand, capacity, material availability, engineering release, supplier readiness and production execution. The role converts customer demand, AOP requirements, engineering deliverables, material constraints and operational capacity into one realistic, executable plan that supports customer on-time delivery, revenue conversion, margin protection, inventory control and operational stability. The job holder will lead the planning cadence across Engineering, Project Management, Manufacturing, Quality, Sales, Commercial Operations and Supply Chain, highlighting constraints, modelling recovery options and driving agreed cross-functional actions before risks impact customer commitments.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Own, maintain and govern the Closures master schedule as the single source of truth for demand, capacity, material availability, engineering release, supplier readiness, subcontract activity and production execution.
• Create and maintain detailed master production and material plans in SAP to drive Engineering deliverables, Material Requirements Planning (MRP), capacity planning and production execution in support of AOP.
• Lead the Closures Sales and Operations Planning / SIOP cadence, aligning demand, supply, capacity, revenue outlook, customer commitments and operational constraints across functions.
• Identify, manage and escalate critical path constraints, including long-lead forgings, engineering release, inspection requirements, supplier capacity, subcontract activity, material shortages and internal capacity limitations.
• Coordinate Engineering, Project Management, Manufacturing, Quality, Sales, Commercial Operations and Supply Chain to remove bottlenecks, agree recovery actions and protect customer on-time delivery.
• Validate customer commitment dates against material availability, engineering readiness, supplier lead times, inspection requirements and internal capacity before dates are confirmed externally.
• Develop what-if scenarios and recovery options to support decisions on rescheduling, resequencing, expediting, outsourcing, subcontracting, overtime, inventory exposure and customer delivery commitments.
• Provide forward-looking visibility of revenue risk, margin impact, working capital exposure, inventory risk and delivery recovery options based on schedule and supply constraints.
• Run and control MRP to support production flexibility, material availability, inventory targets and reliable execution of the agreed master schedule.
• Drive planning data integrity in SAP, including customer required dates, demand dates, purchase order promise dates, material availability, BOM and routing readiness, lead times, capacity assumptions and schedule adherence.
• Establish and manage clear escalation triggers for schedule risk, material shortages, supplier delays, capacity overload, engineering delays, inspection constraints and customer delivery exposure.
• Support Commercial Operations during quotation and order intake with realistic lead-time, capacity and feasibility assessments.
• Manage and communicate long-lead and advance-order requirements where early material or supplier commitment is required to protect delivery performance.
• Track, report and drive improvement against key planning and delivery metrics, including COTD, schedule adherence, MRP accuracy, revenue plan adherence, inventory turns, late purchase order exposure, engineering release adherence, capacity utilisation and supplier promise-date reliability.
• Develop and maintain necessary records and documentation in compliance with ISO system requirements and internal planning governance standards.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES

• Strong working knowledge of SAP, MRP, master production scheduling, material planning, capacity planning and inventory management.
• Advanced Excel and data analysis capability, with the ability to use planning data to identify risk, build scenarios and support business decisions.
• Experience of S&OP / SIOP, demand and supply balancing, rough-cut capacity planning and constraint management.
• Strong commercial awareness, with the ability to connect planning decisions to revenue, margin, working capital, customer commitments and operational performance.
• Ability to challenge unrealistic demand, supply or delivery assumptions constructively and influence cross-functional stakeholders where direct authority may not exist.
• Strong communication, presentation and stakeholder management skills, including the ability to communicate schedule risk and recovery options clearly to senior leaders.
• Structured problem-solving mindset, with the ability to identify root causes, remove planning noise and drive sustainable process improvement.
• Able to function with a high degree of ownership, judgement and independence in a fast-paced, low-volume, high-complexity manufacturing environment.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

• Degree qualified in Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Engineering, Business or a related discipline, or equivalent experience in a senior planning role.
• Minimum of 7 years of experience in manufacturing planning, master scheduling, supply chain planning or a related operational planning role.

Applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK for this role.

BENEFITS

• Competitive salary
• Opportunities to develop
• Bonus
• 33 days holiday (inclusive of bank holidays)
• Holiday buy and sell
• Pension
• Life Cover
• Employee Assistance Program
• Digital Benefits; Health, Wealth & Lifestyle

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Required daily to stand, sit, walk, talk, hear, and see (specific close vision abilities are required to perform computer work)
• Required occasionally to stoop, kneel, crouch and crawl
• Required daily to use hands and fingers and arms to reach (to operate a computer and telephone)
• Required occasionally to lift and/or move objects that are light to moderate
• Required occasionally to travel (usually by air or road so may be required to sit for extended periods)

WORKING CONDITIONS

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Ability to work with moderate noise (i.e. business office with computers, phone, and printers, etc.)
• Ability to work in an open planned office / individual office
• Ability to sit at a computer terminal for extended periods
• Ability to sit in a car or on a plane for extended periods

DISCLAIMER

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification.  They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

CELEROS FLOW TECHNOLOGY VALUES

All Celeros divisions are committed to the effective use of the Celeros Values.  It is important that all employees understand and utilize these values when performing the duties of his/her position.

INTEGRITY:  We work safely and respect our employees, business partners & environment. We always lead by example.

SPEED:  In our mission to bring mission-critical flow control equipment to the world, energy in our actions & urgency.

ACCOUNTABILITY:  We stand behind our actions and deliver on our promises.

PARTNERSHIP:  We collaborate across our teams & our customers to win together. We rely on each other to deliver the best outcome & celebrate successes.

EXCELLENCE:  We are passionate about being the best at engineering, manufacturing & maintaining mission-critical equipment.  We seek quality & community improvement in every interaction.

QUALITY

Quality encompasses all aspects of Celeros’ business, and every employee shares the responsibility to prevent the occurrence of any nonconformity relating to product, process and the quality system.  All employees have an obligation to identify and record any such nonconformity, and through designed channels, initiate and recommend solutions.

CELEROS Flow Technology is an equal opportunity employer.