Integrated Business Planning Lead

Overview

As Integrated Business Planning Lead you will drive the creation and embedding of a modern, digitally-enabled planning framework for Babcock Marine. You work within the Planning Governance Team to unify strategic, workforce, capacity and operational planning. Your work supports better decision-making and improves business performance across shipbuilding, maintenance and growth programmes. This is a formative, high-visibility role with tangible impact on a major defence organisation, offering a chance to shape processes and digital planning tools.

Pay / Benefits

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme
• Digital GP and health checks
• Employee savings portal
• Professional fees coverage
• Special leave for Reservists

Responsibilities

• Develop and embed integrated business planning processes, governance frameworks and reporting cycles
• Lead cross-functional planning forums aligning demand, workforce, capacity and operational requirements
• Analyze planning data and produce reports, forecasts, scenarios and recommendations for senior stakeholders
• Collaborate with Data & Analytics teams to shape digital planning tools and solutions
• Support leaders across Operations, Finance, Commercial and Business Growth to drive planning excellence and continuous improvement

Key requirements

• Proven experience in integrated, strategic, operational, workforce, capacity or portfolio planning
• Experience developing or implementing planning frameworks, governance processes and reporting cycles
• Strong knowledge of demand, capacity, workforce, financial or scenario-planning methodologies
• Excellent stakeholder management with experience influencing senior leaders across multiple functions
• Experience using planning, reporting, performance management or data tools within a complex organisation

• Stakeholder management
• Cross-functional collaboration
• Influencing senior leaders
• Planning frameworks and governance
• Data analysis and reporting for planning
• Digital planning tools development and improvement

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