Job Title: Site Capacity Planning Manager
Location: Cumbernauld
Contract and working pattern: Hybrid, Permanent
Are you ready to Be Your Best Barr None?
Lets Grow!!!
We are all about Being Your Best Barr None and having a career with real Moments that Matter!
Employing around 950 people across the UK, we are proud to be a responsible business that takes care of our people, values diversity, gives something back to our communities and works to minimise our environmental impact.
For 150 years AG Barr has been building great brands and is home to some of the nations favourite flavours.
At our core is IRN-BRU, launched in 1901 and still going strong today, the vibrant RUBICON fruit based brand, Boost making every moment better with a caffeine kick, hydration hit or tasty treat, and FUNKIN where real fruit means authentic taste.
We also have a number of exciting owned brands within our portfolio including MOMA, which crafts quality oats into great tasting oat drinks and porridges.
There's never been a better time to join us!
What we’re looking for…
As our Site Capacity Planning Manager, you will play a key role, ensuring supply plans translate effectively into production delivery. You will help keep operations running smoothly by balancing demand, materials availability, production priorities, and stock deployment, while working closely with planning, site, and cross-functional teams to support business performance.
Your responsibilities will include.
- Own the 13-week rough-cut capacity plan (RCCP) to align production requirements with resource, equipment, and operational constraints
- Lead and develop a high-performing team, conducting regular 1:1s focused on performance objectives and career growth
- Partner with materials planning and site operations to ensure full availability of key packaging materials (cans, preforms, glass, and raw ingredients).
- Oversee short-term (fixed 2-week) production schedules, guiding the team to execute operational plans efficiently.
- Manage product lifecycle planning across NPD/EPD initiatives while contributing to broader site optimisation projects.
- Deliver site Supply Planning KPIs, collaborating with central deployment and cross-functional teams to maximise OTIF performance and cost efficiency
What you’ll bring...
- Established manager-level experience in a similar supply chain planning role within a manufacturing environment.
- Hands-on experience with MRP, DRP, and ERP systems.
- Advanced spreadsheet proficiency in Excel and Google Sheets.
- Strong knowledge of inventory strategies, stock deployment techniques, and core supply chain principles.
- Experience working with S&OP cycles, including managing the supply element of the S&OP process.
- Experience working cross-functionally and with external stakeholders.
- Eligibility to work in the United Kingdom.
- Willingness to travel 2-4 times per month.
- Previous people management experience in small or larger teams is a plus.
What we offer…
We believe in creating a diverse and inclusive culture where your voice can be heard. Our skilled, loyal and committed people are critical to the future success of AG Barr which is why we are continually investing in our employees to develop their talent.
We look after our employees by offering a competitive salary and benefits package which includes;
- Competitive salary bench marked against market rates
- Annual bonus scheme linked to business performance
- Defined contribution pension with Employer Contributions
- 34 days holiday
- Flexible holiday trading
- Flexible cash pot to spend on benefits
- Private Medical Cover
- Healthcare Cash Plan
- Flexible benefits e.g. discounts & cashbacks, gym memberships, technology purchases etc
- Life assurance
- Save as you earn scheme
- Staff sales discount
- Free AG Barr products throughout your working day and staff sales
- Annual salary review
- Ongoing professional development and access to Learning and Development programmes and content
And much more!
To find out more about what it is like to work for AG Barr, please visit our careers platform here.
We are an equal opportunities employer and happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments that may be needed for successful candidates with a disability, health or mental health condition.
While we have highlighted our ideal requirements for this role, we are realistic that the successful candidate probably won't meet every single requirement in this advert, but we are big advocates of people growing in role. So even if you don’t meet every single requirement, we encourage you to submit an application - you may be just what we are looking for! Apply now!
Speculative CVs from agencies will not be accepted.
Please note, we may close vacancies early where we receive significant numbers of applications, so apply now!
Requirements
Skills Required
- Established manager-level experience in a similar supply chain planning role within a manufacturing environment
- Hands-on experience with MRP, DRP, and ERP systems
- Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets
- Strong knowledge of inventory strategies, stock deployment techniques, and core supply chain principles
- Experience managing the supply element of S&OP cycles
- Experience working cross-functionally and with external stakeholders
- Eligibility to work in the United Kingdom
- Willingness to travel 2–4 times per month
- Previous people management experience
What We Do
We are a UK-based branded multi beverage business that is ambitious and value driven, with strong consumer focus,. We are brand owners and builders, offering a diverse and differentiated portfolio of brands that people love. The company was established over 145 years ago in Scotland. At our core is the Barr Soft Drinks division, home to some of the UK’s most loved soft drinks brands. Whether it’s the iconic IRN-BRU, launched in 1901 and still going strong today, the vibrant RUBICON fruit based brand or the unique range of BARR flavours, Barr Soft Drinks’ brands offer people a choice of great tasting products and bring exciting innovation to the market, available across multiple channels. Our FUNKIN business operates within the exciting and growing cocktail market. Real fruit means authentic taste and FUNKIN believes that to shake the best cocktail you have to use the best ingredients. That’s why they use the best fruit to create their premium products, famous amongst top bartenders. Now the UK’s number 1 cocktail brand FUNKIN provides innovative and unique purées, syrups, mixers and ready to drink cocktails, for behind the bar and at home. Our BOOST business is always looking for new trends and to appeal to the evolving tastes of drinkers. Proud to offer an exciting range of flavours across several functional drinks categories - Energy Stimulation, Sport and Iced Coffee - BOOST enjoys a very strong position within the UK independent retail channel and has an exclusive sales and distribution partnership with the fruit drinks brand RIO. MOMA uses a blend of the highest quality wholegrain jumbo oats that give its oat drinks a full-bodied flavour and its porridge a distinctively creamy texture. MOMA believes in crafting simple, natural ingredients into food and drink that tastes. AG Barr’s simple, effective and profitable business model - making, moving, marketing and selling - is supported by strong partnerships, talented people and responsible actions.
