Senior Project Planner - 37160748 (1210)

Join a globally recognised luxury automotive manufacturer driving innovation across next-generation vehicle programmes. As a Senior Project Planner, you will play a critical role in shaping and managing complex engineering schedules from concept through to delivery, ensuring alignment across cross-functional teams. This is a high-impact position offering the opportunity to influence programme success, optimise planning processes, and support the delivery of cutting-edge automotive technologies within a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

Key Accountabilities & Responsibilities

• Working with the Pre-KO cross functional teams, establish aligned programme content
• Responsible for creating the EO Master schedules on behalf of the Engineering Operations team, in the Pre-KO phase programmes, using the project Timing plans
• Responsible for hand over of EO Master schedules to the relevant EO project team as the project travels through
• Responsible for establishing and running the Pre-KO Engineering Operations Sync session
• Responsible for analysing project Engineering Operations timing constraints using vehicle and unit timing plans, and EO Master Schedule documents
• Responsible for preparing reporting decks to communicate project summaries to be used in the EO Architecture reviews
• Responsible for assisting EO team with major plan updates (driven by significant shifts in programme timing)
• Manage EO critical path template, ensuring continual improvement and alignment to the EO Framework

• Previous experience in a similar role in Project Management with track record of delivery
• End to end understanding of automotive project delivery, from concept through to final testing activity
• Proven ability to create complex plans ensuring dependant activities are linked
• Experienced in using planning software tools
• Ability to consume large amounts of detailed information and summarise succinctly
• Ability to present complex data & issues to a varied audience
• Negotiation and adaptability skills
• Relevant degree or equivalent experience preferred

• Understanding of commodity delivery plans
• Experience of stakeholder management at all levels
• Project management qualification

• An individual with a customer first mindset who is easy to do business with and makes people feel special, driven to deliver experiences that are personalised, transparent and dependable.
• An individual who works independently, is results driven, demonstrating tenacity, drive and perseverance with the ability to deliver operational plans in a complex, highly demanding environment.
• An individual with the capability to combine a short term, pragmatic focus with medium term planning
• A resilient and enthusiastic person who responds constructively to new ideas and inputs
• A good communicator with the ability to communicate complex ideas
• An effective team player, actively develops and supports team members

• An individual with the ability to challenge existing thinking in a positive way whilst building credibility and trust through experience and personal style