WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Reports to: National Head of Planning & Performance
Function: Operations
Direct Reports: Service Centre Planners and Planning Coordinators
Indirect Reports: Production Managers
Travel: Regional travel required
PURPOSE
The Regional Head of Planning & Production is accountable for leading the planning and production functions across a portfolio of Service Centres, ensuring safe, efficient, and commercially effective operations that consistently deliver customer commitments.
Acting as the critical link between National Planning and Regional Operations, the role translates business demand into integrated operational plans, balancing production capacity, labour, transport, installation, materials, and modular fleet availability to maximise operational performance.
The role provides strategic leadership across regional planning, production, refurbishment and configuration activities, driving operational excellence through disciplined planning, performance management, continuous improvement and collaborative leadership. Working closely with Operations, Commercial, Transport, Installation, Supply Chain and National Planning teams, the Regional Head ensures that regional capability aligns with customer demand while optimising productivity, asset utilisation and service performance.
WHAT WE DO
Algeco UK is the leader in modular accommodation not only in the UK but around the world. We provide more buildings for hire than anyone else, including modular buildings for sale and rent, and off-site permanent buildings for sale for temporary, semi-permanent and permanent use.
YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES
- Lead planning, production and multi-site operations within manufacturing, construction, modular or logistics environments.
- Drive operational performance through production planning, scheduling, capacity management and continuous improvement.
- Manage integrated planning/S&OP processes using ERP/MRP and planning systems.
- Ensure supply chain efficiency, asset management and HSEQ compliance.
- Provide strategic operational leadership, using strong analytical, decision-making and commercial skills.
- Build effective stakeholder relationships, lead change and communicate clearly across the business.
- Develop high-performing teams through a collaborative, proactive and customer-focused leadership approach.
- Use Microsoft Excel and planning systems to support planning, reporting and operational decision-making.
WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU
- Experience leading planning, production or operations within manufacturing, construction, modular or logistics environments.
- Proven experience managing regional or multi-site operations.
- Strong knowledge of production planning, scheduling, capacity planning and operational performance.
- Excellent leadership, analytical and stakeholder management skills.
- Experience using planning systems and operational KPIs to drive performance.
- A proactive, collaborative approach with a focus on continuous improvement.
DIVERSITY & INCLUSION
Our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion is more than a wish list. We actively encourage a culture where everyone feels at home. Algeco is a place that brings together the very best people and their unique skills, experiences, abilities.
Research demonstrates that women and underrepresented groups tend not to apply for a job unless they meet all the criteria. However, we encourage applications from anybody who can demonstrate their ability to fulfil the job even if they don’t meet every requirement. We're committed to creating an environment where everyone feels valued, respected and like they belong, regardless of their background or identity and are therefore committed to providing a fair and inclusive recruitment process and will consider all applications on their merits.
Job Reference: UK04936
