Planning Manager
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Planning Manager at Westfalia Fruit: Spalding, Reino Unido; Presencial; Jornada completa; Lead; Operaciones y gestión de proyectos. JobGrid adds normalized role facts, source context, and a path to the employer application page so candidates can compare the listing before applying.
- Location and workplace: Spalding, Reino Unido, Presencial
- Role classification: Operaciones y gestión de proyectos, Jornada completa, Lead
- Source freshness: checked by JobGrid on 2026-05-31.
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Come and join the leading #avoexperts 🥑
Westfalia Fruit is a leading multinational supplier of fresh fruit and related value-added products to global markets. Through our vertically-integrated supply chain we grow, source, ripen, pack, process and market quality avocadoes & fresh produce – 365 days a year & across the globe.
With the largest avocado-growing footprint in the world, we are recognised as the leading #avoexperts and considered as the supplier of choice to both retail & wholesale customers whom we serve from sales offices in the UK, Europe, North America, Latin America & Southern Africa.
We’re looking for a Planning Manager to join our team Spalding, Lincolnshire
As Planning Manager, you will lead and develop a high-performing planning team, coordinating customer demand, site capacity, and inbound supply to ensure smooth operational delivery.
You will be responsible for accurate capacity modelling, optimised resource planning, and robust planning processes that drive efficiency, safety, and compliance. This pivotal role ensures strong governance across People, Safety, Quality, and Cost, while maintaining a customer-first mindset to support on-time, in-full delivery.
Responsibilities include:
- Lead, coach, and develop the Planning team, fostering high performance and a collaborative, solution-focused culture.
- Create and maintain safe, compliant, and achievable plans by integrating operational, equipment, and capacity constraints.
- Ensure planning decisions protect product quality, maintain accurate data, and meet all technical and customer requirements.
- Optimise ripening and production capacity to minimise waste and cost while driving continuous improvement initiatives.
- Develop and deliver daily, weekly, and seasonal plans aligned with customer demand and service-level expectations.
- Balance inbound supply, ripening readiness, and operational capacity to ensure consistent on-time, in-full delivery.
- Contribute to S&OP processes and S&OE, ensuring accurate forecasting, capacity outlooks, and cross-functional alignment.
- Champion a strong customer-first mindset, proactively managing risks and ensuring “right first time” performance.