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Programme Planning Manager / Programme Control Manager / Programme Office Manager
 
Location
South East ( West Sussex )
 
Salary
£50K-£60K
 
Benefits
Yes
 
Description
Programme Planning Manager / Programme Control Manager– Aerospace, Defence, Engineering.
Primary Purpose of the Role – The Programme Planning Manager will be responsible for the functional management of Programme Planners (30-40 staff ), and deployment of these into UK programmes. The principal responsibility of the Programme Planning Manager is to lead and direct a line department, where this department is one of the key functional elements. The role of Programme Planners refer to element of schedule, cost and resource (SCR) planning of programmes.
Principal Relationships – The Programme Planning Manager is required to develop networks and build key relationships at Middle and Executive Management level to obtain ‘buy-in’ and cooperation in order to achieve objectives and fulfil responsibilities.
Key Tasks – The Programme Planning Manager is responsible for setting the strategy for the provision of Programme Planning to delivery organisations where this will include:
• To establish and monitor the resource profile for all UK Programme Planning personnel both holistically and granularly. Further to forecast the demands for these personnel and ensure optimal timely deployment on and off programmes, including succession planning as required.
• Define and deploy a competence management strategy for all Programme Planning personnel where this will align with the organisation’s business requirements, Programme Planning tools operation and programme management maturity development strategy (CMMI). This strategy must consider training and development, recruitment and retention.
• Define and implement a strategy, ensuring a standardised Best Practices approach, for Programme Planning, which is to include schedule management, costs/ cash flow, resource management and earned value management (EVM), including cost/schedule variances. Further this strategy is to support and provide input data for holistic and granular programme portfolio resource profiling incorporating both near-term/live programme requirements and longer-term S&OP resource profiles that provides resource load balancing.
• Supporting recommendations for programme performance indicators and metrics that will be used in benchmarking, identification of poor performance and good practices in the organization, and as input when process improvement initiatives are initiated and evaluated.
• Participate and support in chairing of programme schedule, resource and cost reviews where these will play a key part in the verification and assessment of programme planning performance and adherence.
• Establish and implement a strategy for providing special Programme Planning support and coaching to identified non-performing critical programmes.
• To carry out day-to-day activities effectively and efficiently within the framework of companies corporate policies, directives and instructions.
• Define, establish, manage and lead a high performing and successful integrated Project Planning team. Provide robust leadership to build team confidence, competence and talent, and be a mentor and role model. § To delegate duties and responsibilities to the Project Planning team.
• To monitor and drive fulfilment of assigned Programme and Planning department Balanced Scorecard measures, objectives and goals.
• Annual Activity Discussions (AAD) for PP team personnel, including setting of objectives and evaluation of performance.
• Professional Development Discussions (PDD) of PP t
 
Reference
JIM1910/143A
 
 
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Gregory Martin
 
Profile
Gregory-Martin International Ltd, established in 1983, are recruitment specialists for permanent appointments from Graduate to Senior Management and Director level. The company is a long-standing corporate member of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) and all our Recruitment Consultants are also individual members of this body. We are committed to its Code of Good Recruitment Practice, and the high standards of service that is required by this professional membership.

We have a thorough understanding and appreciation of the market sectors we cover, and have enjoyed long-term relationships with many of our clients. These companies range from SMEs to large international blue-chip corporations, and include software houses, engineering and systems consultancies, aerospace and defence organisations, manufacturing and process companies.

 
Contact Name
Anne Hartley
 
Telephone
01252 710215
 
Fax
01252 711436
 
Email
ahadresponse@gregory-martin.com
 
Web
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