Production Planning Manager - THG Nutrition

Location: Icon 1, WA15 0AF

About THG Nutrition

THG Nutrition is one of the world’s leading players in online sports and nutrition retail. Our brands are breaking boundaries and growing at a relentless pace.

We’re home to the world’s largest UK & EU online sports nutrition brand, Myprotein, operating across 50 websites and delivering to over 100 countries worldwide. Alongside our online platform, THG Nutrition is adopting a truly omnichannel approach for our own brands with sales growing across third party marketplaces, social e-commerce and retail. THG Nutrition is also evolving to offer our market leading services in manufacturing to other brands across our global manufacturing footprint.

With everything from manufacture and new product development to content creation, marketing, product development and manufacturing delivered in-house, THG Nutrition is perfectly positioned to consistently deliver rapid growth in a fast-moving, global industry.

About the Role

The planning team plays a pivotal role in supporting one of the largest sports nutrition brands globally, offering a dynamic and rewarding environment for supply chain professionals. With full coverage across all aspects of supply chain planning, the team fosters a strong collaborative ethic that encourages involvement in a wide variety of engaging and impactful projects. There is significant opportunity to take ownership of key processes and drive meaningful improvements, making it an ideal setting for those who are passionate about innovation and continuous development within a high-performing team.

This role will be responsible for executing the sales and operational plan across our network of manufacturing sites – including generating weekly production plans, reporting on plan attainment, material availability & production capacity highlighting risks to the wider business.

As a Production Planning Manager for Nutrition your responsibilities will be:

• The team’s main KPI is to maximise product availability & customer orders OTIF through generating weekly production plans.
• To work closely with factory management to review performance on a weekly basis.
• To maintain and improve production efficiencies through detailed batch planning.
• To provide feedback to the supply planning team regarding raw material requirements, forming part of the decision-making process for allocation of any raw material shortages.
• To collaborate with Operations Planning, NPD Planning and Production Finance to meet mutual goals.
• To form part of a continuous improvement agenda for processes affecting the supply chain team.

What skills and experience do I need for this role?

• Strong background in Production Planning within the FMCG or Food Manufacturing industry
• Supply chain/commercial background desirable
• Strong numerical and reporting skills applied in Excel, SQL desirable
• Ability to work independently, use initiative and maintain attention to detail
• Management experience
• An understanding of ecommerce desirable

What's in it for me?

Career Development

• Access bespoke development programmes that have been designed and developed by our in-house L&D team.
• Continued development through our upskilling programme that is delivered in partnership with an industry-leading training provider.

Enhanced Leave

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Don’t want to work on your birthday? We don’t either! Enjoy your day off on us!
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay, depending on length of service.
• Up to 10 days compassionate leave.
• Buy back up to 3 days each year.
• Unlock 2 days volunteer leave after 12-months.

Wellbeing Support

• Access face-to-face and virtual appointments with our in-house GP.
• Access our in-house CBT therapist.
• Access our 247 Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) which is provided by Bupa.
• State-of-the-art on-site gym.
• Access to our on-site physio.

Other Perks

• Save up to 12% on the cost of personal tech through our salary sacrifice scheme.
• Subsidised bus pass from Manchester City Centre to our ICON office.
• Up to 50% staff discount on THG brands.
• On-site staff shop.
• Access to on-site barber.
• Know someone who would be perfect for THG? Refer them and get up to £1000 when they pass their probation.
• Anniversary gifts when you hit 5 and 10 years of service.