United Kingdom · Operations · Principal/Manager (12-16 years)

Production Control Manager

Here is the whole job, in plain words. What it is, a real day, what you decide, how you're judged, how people get here and where they go next. Then the part no course gives you: twelve AI tutors who learn your work.

Experience bandPrincipal/Manager (12-16 years)
Direct reports10-25 reports
Reports toDirector of Operations Planning
UK framework levelUsually a manager, or the deepest specialist in a team

Also advertised as Operations Planning Manager · Supply Chain Planning Manager · Manufacturing Planning Manager · Head of Production Scheduling

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1What this role really is

This role is all about making sure we actually build what we promise our customers, on time and efficiently. You'll be leading the team that plans, schedules, and monitors all manufacturing activities, acting as the central brain for our production flow. Honestly, it's a high-stakes game where your team’s plans directly affect our ability to deliver and our bottom line.

2What you'd actually use

The tools this job runs on, and how well you'd need to know each one.

SAP S/4HANA (PP/DS Module) or Oracle NetSuiteStrategic

Leading ERP module selection/implementation projects, defining master data governance policies for planning, integrating ERP with other business systems, and using ERP data for high-level strategic analysis.

Plex Systems, IQMS (DELMIAworks), or Tulip Interfaces (MES)Architect

Defining the MES strategy for the plant, championing integration projects (e.g., connecting MES to PLM), and using MES data for enterprise-level OEE analysis and strategic capacity decisions.

Siemens Preactor, PlanetTogether, or John Galt Atlas Planning Platform (APS)Expert

Owning the APS system, configuring complex scheduling rules and constraints, using it for long-range capacity planning, and guiding your team in advanced 'what-if' scenario analysis.

Microsoft Power BI or TableauStrategic

Overseeing the development of the Operations BI portfolio, presenting key planning insights to the executive team, and driving data-driven decision-making across the function.

Microsoft Excel (Power Query, Advanced Modelling)Strategic

Reviewing and validating complex financial models based on Excel data, using Excel for high-level strategic scenario planning, and focusing on outputs from dedicated analytics tools over basic spreadsheets.

MS Teams, Slack, Asana (for strategic coordination)Strategic

Using these tools to communicate high-level planning strategy, manage cross-functional initiatives, and report progress to leadership and external partners.

3What you get to decide, and how that grows

Power in a job isn't your title. It's what you're allowed to decide. Here's how it grows as you move up.

The choice	Coming in	Where you are now	The step above
Master Production Schedule (MPS) Approval	N/A - Executes based on approved MPS.	N/A - Contributes data and feedback to MPS.	Recommends adjustments to MPS to Master Scheduler.
Departmental Budget Allocation	N/A	N/A	Suggests minor equipment/software purchases (up to £5K) to manager.
Hiring & Performance Management	N/A	N/A	Participates in interviews, provides peer feedback.
Process & System Optimisation	Follows established processes, reports system issues.	Proposes minor process improvements, troubleshoots routine system errors.	Leads process improvement projects, configures ERP/APS parameters within guidelines.

4How you'll be judged

The scoreboard, honestly: the hard targets, how often each one is actually looked at, and the quiet human signals that never make it onto a dashboard.

Overall On-Time Delivery (OTD)

The percentage of customer orders shipped by their original requested or committed date.

Target · Achieve and maintain >98% OTD across all product lines.

If we ship 985 out of 1000 orders on time, that's 98.5% OTD. You'll be drilling into the 15 late ones to understand why.

Schedule Attainment

How closely the actual production output matches the Master Production Schedule (MPS) and detailed production schedule.

Target · Maintain >95% weekly schedule attainment at the plant level.

If the plan was to build 1000 units of Product X this week and we built 960, that's 96% attainment. You'll need to explain the gap.

Inventory Turns (Finished Goods & WIP)

How many times our average inventory is sold or used over a period, indicating efficiency in inventory management.

Target · Increase inventory turns from 4.0 to 4.5 annually for finished goods and WIP.

If our annual cost of goods sold is £2M and average inventory is £500K, that's 4 turns. You'll be looking for ways to reduce that £500K without impacting service.

Premium Freight Reduction

The cost incurred for expedited shipping due to planning failures or late production.

Target · Reduce premium freight spend by £500,000 annually.

If we spent £100K on air freight last quarter to make up for production delays, you're on the hook to figure out how to avoid that next time.

Team Development & Retention

The growth, engagement, and stability of your planning team.

Regular 1-to-1s, documented development plans for each team member, a clear reduction in voluntary team turnover, positive feedback in employee engagement surveys, successful internal promotions from your team.

Cross-Functional Collaboration & Trust

How well your team works with and is trusted by other departments (Sales, Production, Procurement).

Planning team proactively included in new product introduction (NPI) meetings, Sales and Production seeking planning's input early on, fewer 'fire drills' caused by poor communication, positive feedback from peer managers on planning's responsiveness and accuracy.

Process Improvement & Innovation

Your team's contribution to optimising planning processes and adopting new technologies.

Documented improvements to MRP parameters or scheduling logic, successful implementation of new planning tools (e.g., APS), reduction in manual data manipulation, team members actively suggesting and leading process changes.

5Would you like it

The honest version. What people enjoy, and what grinds them down.

What people enjoy

Solving Complex Operational Puzzles

You'll spend your days untangling intricate production challenges, figuring out how to balance demand, capacity, and material availability across multiple product lines. It's like a giant, ever-changing logistics puzzle that you get to solve every day.

Figuring out how to re-sequence 20 critical jobs across 5 work centres after a major machine breakdown, minimising impact on key customer orders.

Driving Tangible Business Impact

Your decisions and your team's plans directly affect our ability to ship products, control costs, and keep customers happy. You'll see the direct results of your strategic thinking in our on-time delivery rates and inventory levels.

Successfully reducing premium freight spend by £150K in a quarter by optimising production sequencing and material call-offs.

Building and Developing a High-Performing Team

You'll get a real kick out of coaching your planners, helping them grow their skills, and seeing them take on more complex challenges. Your leadership will directly shape the capabilities of our future operations talent.

Mentoring a junior planner to confidently lead a weekly production meeting and present solutions to complex scheduling conflicts.

What frustrates people

The 'impossible promise' from Sales, committing to delivery dates that ignore all capacity constraints, then expecting you to 'make it happen'.
Dealing with 'phantom stock' or inaccurate BOMs that throw the entire production plan into chaos, requiring manual overrides and frantic material expedites.
Having your meticulously built schedule constantly disrupted by 'hot jobs' or last-minute engineering changes that force a complete re-plan.
Being the scapegoat for late shipments when the root cause was actually a supplier issue, machine breakdown, or quality problem outside your team's control.
The constant tension between driving efficiency (long, stable runs) and maintaining flexibility (quick turnarounds for custom orders).

What this role does not give you

A purely strategic role with no day-to-day operational challenges; you'll still be in the thick of it.
A quiet, predictable environment; expect regular 'fire drills' and shifting priorities.
Complete autonomy over all variables; you'll always be balancing conflicting stakeholder needs.
A role where you can avoid difficult conversations; you'll need to deliver tough news and push back often.

6Who you work with

This role directly impacts our customer satisfaction (on-time delivery), profitability (inventory holding costs, premium freight), and operational efficiency (plant utilisation, labour productivity). You're the linchpin that turns sales orders into finished products, making sure the factory's output meets the market's needs.

Inside the business

Director of Operations Planning
Plant Managers & Production Supervisors
Sales & Commercial Leadership
Finance Department (especially Cost Accounting)
Supply Chain & Procurement Leadership
Engineering & Product Development

Outside the business

Key Suppliers (for critical material availability)
Logistics Partners (for outbound shipping capacity)
Major Customers (for critical order updates)
Industry Bodies (for best practice sharing)

7What you need before you start

Not a wish list. The things you would be expected to already have.

Proven experience (at least 5 years) in a Senior Production Planner or Master Scheduler role, demonstrating a track record of successfully managing complex production plans.
Demonstrable leadership experience, including direct line management of a team of planners or schedulers.
Expert-level proficiency in at least one major ERP system (e.g., SAP S/4HANA PP/DS, Oracle NetSuite Manufacturing) and an Advanced Planning & Scheduling (APS) system.
A deep, practical understanding of MRP/MRP II logic, capacity planning, and inventory optimisation techniques.
Strong analytical skills, including the ability to build and interpret complex data models and present findings clearly to senior audiences.

8What to practise next

Where the job is going, and what to do about it starting this week.

Advanced Analytics & Data Science Leadership

Beyond just building dashboards, you'll need to lead your team in using predictive and prescriptive analytics to uncover deeper insights and automate decision-making. This means moving from 'what happened' to 'what will happen' and 'what should we do about it'.

Predictive Modelling for Operational Metrics · Prescriptive Analytics for Optimisation · Data Storytelling for Executives

This quarter: Take an online course on advanced analytics or data science for managers (e.g., Coursera, edX).
Next 6 months: Challenge your team to move beyond descriptive reporting to build one predictive model for a key operational metric.
Next 12 months: Work with IT to explore integrating advanced analytics platforms with our existing ERP/MES data for richer insights.

Quick win: Start challenging your team to provide not just the 'what' but the 'why' and 'what next' in their regular reports, pushing for deeper analysis.

9Staying current once you are in

What people here do to keep up

Participate in industry forums and conferences (e.g., IOM, CSCMP) to stay current with best practices and network with peers.
Engage in continuous learning through online courses or workshops on advanced analytics, AI in operations, or leadership development.
Mentor junior professionals within your team or through industry programmes, solidifying your expertise and leadership skills.
Seek opportunities to lead cross-functional projects that stretch your influence beyond the immediate planning function.

10How the AI economy is changing work like this

Before we ask anything of you, here's what we can already say about AI and work of this kind:

The new skill this role is being asked for: AI-Driven Planning & Orchestration

Competitors are already using AI to predict demand more accurately, optimise schedules in real-time, and manage supply chain risks. Managers who can lead the adoption and strategic application of these tools will significantly outpace those relying on traditional methods, driving massive efficiency gains and competitive advantage.

We'll only ever tell you what we can actually back up. No hype, no scare tactics.

The rising capability

Zavmo analysis

What's rising in its place

This is where the work is heading, and the higher pay with it. Get fluent here and the shift stops being a threat and starts being your edge.

AI-Driven Planning & Orchestration

Competitors are already using AI to predict demand more accurately, optimise schedules in real-time, and manage supply chain risks. Managers who can lead the adoption and strategic application of these tools will significantly outpace those relying on traditional methods, driving massive efficiency gains and competitive advantage.

Machine Learning for Demand Forecasting
Reinforcement Learning for Scheduling
AI-Powered Risk Prediction
Data Governance for AI

Digital Twin & Simulation Leadership

The ability to create and manage a 'digital twin' of our factory allows for virtual experimentation and optimisation without disrupting physical production. Managers who can lead the development and use of these simulations will make far more informed capacity and layout decisions, significantly reducing risk and capital expenditure.

Digital Twin Architecture
Simulation Modelling Techniques
Real-time Data Integration
Scenario Planning & Optimisation

What you’ll use

Skills this role draws on

Technical

MRP/MRP II (Material/Manufacturing Resource Planning) Mastery
Advanced Capacity Planning (RCCP & CRP)
Lean Methodologies (Strategic Application)
Theory of Constraints (TOC) Leadership
BOM & Routing Management (Governance & Optimisation)
Inventory Management & Optimisation (Strategic)

The pathway

How you actually get there, here

How you become one varies far more by country than what one does. This is the UK route. Most people take one of these ways in; the right one depends on where you're starting from.

1
From Senior Production Planner
3-5 years as a Senior Planner
Skills to master
- Leading complex planning projects, mentoring junior staff, resolving high-impact shortages, and demonstrating strong cross-functional communication with Sales and Production.
You're ready to move on when
- Consistently achieving schedule attainment and OTD targets for your product lines.
- Successfully leading significant process improvement initiatives within planning.
- Taking initiative to train and onboard new planners, showing leadership potential.
- Proactively identifying and mitigating future capacity or material risks.
2
From Master Scheduler
2-4 years as a Master Scheduler
Skills to master
- Developing and maintaining the overall Master Production Schedule (MPS), leading S&OP meetings, and performing rough-cut capacity planning for the entire facility.
You're ready to move on when
- Successfully managing the MPS for a complex product portfolio, balancing demand and capacity.
- Demonstrating strong influence and negotiation skills with Sales and Operations leadership.
- Proactively identifying strategic capacity constraints and proposing solutions.
- Having a holistic view of the plant's production capabilities and limitations.
3
From Operations Team Lead (non-planning)
4-6 years in a Team Lead role, with significant exposure to planning
Skills to master
- A deep dive into planning methodologies (MRP, capacity planning), strong analytical skills, and a proven ability to manage and develop a team. You'll need to bridge the gap in specific planning expertise.
You're ready to move on when
- Successfully leading a team to achieve operational targets (e.g., quality, efficiency).
- Demonstrating a keen interest and understanding of production planning challenges.
- Taking on projects that require cross-functional coordination with the planning team.
- Proactively seeking out learning opportunities in supply chain planning concepts.

11Where this role leads

The long view:This Production Control Manager role is a fantastic launchpad for a significant career in Operations leadership. We're looking for someone with the ambition, skill, and resilience to not just manage, but to truly transform our planning function and contribute to our long-term success.

Pay & demand

Typical pay £58,640 a year Source: ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025 (provisional), under the Open Government Licence v3.0

The figure is the median for full-time employees in the ONS occupation this job title codes to (Production managers and directors in manufacturing), from the April 2025 survey — about six months old when published, as ASHE always is. It is that occupation's middle, not this role's. Half earn more.

The ten Future Fluencies

Zavmo analysis

The credential is what you can do today. These are what keep you valuable.

A qualification proves you can do the job as it's defined today. These ten are what decide whether you're still the obvious person for it in five years. They're the capabilities employers are now writing into senior roles faster than people are learning them. Zavmo weaves them through whatever you study, so you come out with both: the credential and the fluency.

The highlighted ones are the Fluencies your role leans on hardest, from how Production Control Manager is actually changing. In about two minutes, the free confidence check asks where you stand on each of the ten. That's the whole check, and it's what makes the plan yours rather than generic.

12The team that's yours

No two people are taught the same way. This is one-to-one, not one-to-many.

Zavmo is a hyper-personalised AI learning platform. Twelve virtual tutors, each with a different way of teaching, and one orchestration agent that picks the right one for the moment. So every single lesson is shaped around you, your role, and the way you learn. Not a course everyone sits through. A conversation built for you, and no one else.

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13What it feels like

A conversation, not a course

Because your tutor knows your role, your projects and your last session, learning sounds like this. And it's different for every single person:

Production Management in the Creative ArtsLevel 5

Applied to your work in Production Control Manager

By completing this unit, learners will be able to produce production management plans, understand team roles and relevant legislation, and research contracts, funding, marketing and front of house systems.

How the thinking builds

Remember
Understand
Apply
Analyse
Evaluate
Create

An illustration of a Zavmo lesson, built from this role’s own route. The unit, its objective and every criterion above are the awarding body’s own words, not an example.

One to one, not one to many

No two people run this the same way

A course is written once and handed to everyone. This is assembled around you, and keeps changing as it learns you. Five things it reads, and what each one changes.

Your actual work Every lesson is taught against a live piece of your own work, not a worked example from a textbook.
What you already know The first conversation finds your starting point, so you skip what you can already do and spend the time on what you cannot.
The conditions you learn under Not a learning-styles quiz. The evidence does not support those. The dimensions the research does back, read once and used to shape the plan.
How far you got last time It picks up mid-thought. The tutor knows what you said, what you struggled with, and what it asked you to try.
Which tutor suits the moment Twelve of them, each for a different kind of thinking. The one who walks you through a first idea is not the one who stress-tests it.

See how you learn, free. Eight questions, no sign-up. A directional taster; the diagnostic inside Zavmo goes deeper and keeps adapting.

DemonstrateIllustration

Evidenced on your work in Production Control Manager

You do not finish by watching something. You finish by showing it on the work you already do, against the measures this job is judged on.

Overall On-Time Delivery (OTD)The percentage of customer orders shipped by their original requested or committed date.If we ship 985 out of 1000 orders on time, that's 98.5% OTD. You'll be drilling into the 15 late ones to understand why.Achieve and maintain >98% OTD across all product lines.
Schedule AttainmentHow closely the actual production output matches the Master Production Schedule (MPS) and detailed production schedule.If the plan was to build 1000 units of Product X this week and we built 960, that's 96% attainment. You'll need to explain the gap.Maintain >95% weekly schedule attainment at the plant level.
Inventory Turns (Finished Goods & WIP)How many times our average inventory is sold or used over a period, indicating efficiency in inventory management.If our annual cost of goods sold is £2M and average inventory is £500K, that's 4 turns. You'll be looking for ways to reduce that £500K without impacting service.Increase inventory turns from 4.0 to 4.5 annually for finished goods and WIP.
Premium Freight ReductionThe cost incurred for expedited shipping due to planning failures or late production.If we spent £100K on air freight last quarter to make up for production delays, you're on the hook to figure out how to avoid that next time.Reduce premium freight spend by £500,000 annually.

These are this job's own measures, with its own targets. Nothing is marked evidenced, because nobody has started this yet. Yours would fill in from the work you bring.

Your passport

This isn't a certificate you file away. It's a passport to the life you're designing.

Every credit you earn and every fluency you build adds up: evidence where it counts, carried with you. Zavmo keeps the map: where you are, where you're heading, and the next step, at your pace, around your life. From Production Control Manager to Director of Operations Planning, and whatever you decide comes after.

Level 5 · in progressAI Fluency→ Director of Operations Planning→ your design

Where this takes you

This Production Control Manager role is a fantastic launchpad for a significant career in Operations leadership. We're looking for someone with the ambition, skill, and resilience to not just manage, but to truly transform our planning function and contribute to our long-term success.

See Your Progress GrowIllustration

Production Control Manager

MRP/MRP II (Material/Manufacturing Resource Planning) Mastery
Advanced Capacity Planning (RCCP & CRP)
Lean Methodologies (Strategic Application)
Theory of Constraints (TOC) Leadership
BOM & Routing Management (Governance & Optimisation)
Inventory Management & Optimisation (Strategic)

This is your Mind Palace on learn.zavmo.ai. Every skill above comes from this role's own record, not an example borrowed from another job. A node lights up when you evidence it, and what you build stays yours between jobs. That is the part a course cannot do.

14The detail, folded away

Everything else the record holds

The career branches in full, how AI is already showing up in the day-to-day, and the questions people ask about this job. Here when you want them, out of the way while you decide.

Where it leads next, rung by rung

Where it leads

The career path, and where it branches

Production Control Manager is a start, not a ceiling. Each step below asks for new skills and hands back more autonomy.

Director of Operations Planning
3-5 years in the Production Control Manager role
Level 6 (Director/VP)
- Enterprise-level capacity planning and capital expenditure justification
- Global supply chain risk management and mitigation
- M&A integration planning for operations
- Defining and tracking business unit-wide operational KPIs
Plant Manager
4-6 years in the Production Control Manager role
Level 6 (Director/VP)
- Lean manufacturing implementation across the entire plant
- Safety, health, and environmental compliance for the site
- Budgeting and cost control for all plant operations
- Driving continuous improvement culture across all functions

Working with AI on the job

Working with AI

Where AI is starting to help

As a Production Control Manager, you're constantly juggling competing priorities, complex data, and the relentless pressure to deliver. What if you could free up significant time for strategic thinking and team development, rather than getting bogged down in reactive firefighting and manual analysis?

AI isn't just for individual contributors anymore. For a manager, it's about empowering your team and gaining a strategic edge. Imagine having an AI co-pilot that helps your team automate routine tasks, predict future problems, and generate insights that used to take days. Here's how AI can transform your Production Control function:

Automated Schedule Optimisation Oversight

Oversee an AI co-pilot integrated with your ERP/APS that constantly analyses real-time MES data (machine status, scrap rates, labour availability). This AI will suggest or even automate micro-adjustments to the production schedule, optimising for throughput or delivery dates. You'll review the AI's recommendations, set the strategic parameters, and ensure your team trusts and leverages its outputs, saving them hours of manual re-sequencing.

Predictive Bottleneck Management

Use AI models that analyse historical production data, future orders, and even external factors to predict which work centre is likely to become a bottleneck 2-4 weeks in advance. This gives you and your team a massive head start, allowing for proactive measures like strategic overtime, offloading work to other lines, or tooling adjustments before a crisis hits. Less firefighting, more strategic planning.

Intelligent Inventory & Material Planning

Champion the use of AI to analyse supplier lead time variability, quality data, and demand forecasts. This allows your team to recommend dynamic safety stock levels and reorder points, moving beyond static, outdated parameters in the ERP. You'll ensure your team is using these AI-driven insights to reduce excess inventory while maintaining service levels, directly impacting our working capital.

Automated Strategic Reporting & Insights

Leverage AI agents that automatically query the ERP and MES at the end of each shift, synthesising key data (units produced vs. plan, top downtime reasons, critical order status). This AI then drafts concise summary emails for daily production meetings or even high-level executive reports, allowing your team to focus on interpreting the 'why' and presenting solutions, rather than just gathering the 'what'.

Common questions

How do you become a Production Control Manager?

Common routes in include From Senior Production Planner (3-5 years as a Senior Planner), From Master Scheduler (2-4 years as a Master Scheduler) and From Operations Team Lead (non-planning) (4-6 years in a Team Lead role, with significant exposure to planning). Times vary with prior experience.

Where can a Production Control Manager progress to?

This role can lead on to Director of Operations Planning (3-5 years in the Production Control Manager role) and Plant Manager (4-6 years in the Production Control Manager role), depending on the skills you build.

What level is a Production Control Manager in the UK?

This role aligns to RQF Level 5 on the UK framework, a guide to the depth of qualification it maps to, not a hard entry bar.

What new skills matter most for a Production Control Manager?

Increasingly, AI-Driven Planning & Orchestration and Digital Twin & Simulation Leadership. These are the areas where the higher-paid, future-proof work is heading.

The honest bit

You’ve started things before

Most of them were built for a room full of people who aren’t you. A cohort moves on whether or not your week allowed it, and by the third week the thing you’re behind on becomes the reason you stop opening it.

There’s no cohort here, and no timetable to fall behind. Before anything starts, Zavmo asks when you’re sharpest and how long you can realistically sit down for, then builds the sessions around those answers. A bad fortnight changes your pace. It doesn’t put you behind.

And you only pay once you start learning. Searching and planning are free, and you can cancel any time — so the cost of finding out is an afternoon, not a year.

What it costs

Less than one coaching session. Every month.

A single career-coaching hour costs more than a month of this, and it ends when the hour does. Zavmo doesn't. It's £70 a month, about £2.30 a day, for a companion that knows a Production Control Manager, works on the job you actually do, and keeps going at your pace rather than a timetable's.

Searching and planning stay free. You only pay when you start learning.
Your credits are yours. Regulated, and they don't vanish when a subscription ends.
Cancel any time and billing stops. No notice period, no minimum term.

Your path, personalised

You have the map. Walking it is the part we do together.

This route runs to 10 national skill standards. That is a real journey.

Zavmo shapes a learning experience as unique as you are. It fits how you learn, your pace and the work you already do. Every step stays benchmarked to recognised national standards. That’s the plan for becoming a Production Control Manager: personal to you, and it still counts. The first steps are free.

Independent research finds well-designed intelligent tutoring performs nearly as well as one-to-one human tutoring: VanLehn (2011), Educational Psychologist.

A private tutor in the UK averages £35–40 an hour . Zavmo is £70/month.

A Zavmo curriculum screen: a three-month plan built for a customer support lead, five Ofqual-regulated units and a hundred and ninety-six credits. — A real plan on learn.zavmo.ai: Ofqual-regulated units, credits, and a three-month run at your own pace.

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15Where to go from here

Other roles at Level 5

Same depth of qualification, different job. Useful if the work appeals but this particular role does not.

Other roles in Operations

Stay in the field you know and move sideways rather than up.

If you leave this industry

The skills you'll develop here—strategic planning, team leadership, process optimisation, and managing complex systems—are highly transferable. You could move into senior operations roles in various manufacturing industries (e.g., automotive, aerospace, food & beverage, pharmaceuticals) or even into consulting, leveraging your deep operational expertise.

Not sure this is the right direction?

Work out what you actually want from work first, then come back and see which roles fit it. Takes about ten minutes.

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Production Control Manager

What's rising in its place

AI-Driven Planning & Orchestration

Digital Twin & Simulation Leadership

Skills this role draws on

Technical

How you actually get there, here

From Senior Production Planner

From Master Scheduler

From Operations Team Lead (non-planning)

The credential is what you can do today. These are what keep you valuable.

Roles this leads to

No two people are taught the same way. This is one-to-one, not one-to-many.

A conversation, not a course

No two people run this the same way

This isn't a certificate you file away. It's a passport to the life you're designing.

This Production Control Manager role is a fantastic launchpad for a significant career in Operations leadership. We're looking for someone with the ambition, skill, and resilience to not just manage, but to truly transform our planning function and contribute to our long-term success.

Everything else the record holds

The career path, and where it branches

Director of Operations Planning

Plant Manager

Where AI is starting to help

Automated Schedule Optimisation Oversight

Predictive Bottleneck Management

Intelligent Inventory & Material Planning

Automated Strategic Reporting & Insights

Common questions

You’ve started things before

Less than one coaching session. Every month.

You have the map. Walking it is the part we do together.