Production Program Manager

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Domain Production Job  field / Job profile

Supply chain - Demand manager

Job title

Production Program Manager

Employment type

Permanent

Professional category

Employees / Staff Part time / Full time

Full-time

Job description

The Role:

As the key link between Programmes, Engineering, and Operations, the Program Production Manager (PPM) plays a vital role in ensuring our industrial performance continues to meet customer expectations for delivery, quality, and cost. Working across multiple teams, you'll help shape production strategy, identify and manage risks, drive continuous improvement, and support the successful delivery of programmes throughout their lifecycle. This is a highly collaborative position that combines strategic thinking with practical problem-solving, offering the opportunity to influence how products are manufactured and delivered across the business.

Key Responsibilities:

• Act as the primary industrial liaison between IPT, Operations, customers, and supporting functions, ensuring effective communication, escalation of industrial risks, and alignment on programme priorities.
• Lead the identification, assessment, and mitigation of industrial risks, ensuring robust recovery plans, manufacturing strategies, and protection plans are in place to support delivery and quality performance.
• Analyse and continuously improve industrial performance by evaluating industrial schemes, leading scenario planning, managing programme transfers, and recommending operational improvements.
• Own production cost planning and performance by contributing to budget and MTP preparation, consolidating cost reduction initiatives, and driving industrial efficiency opportunities.
• Coordinate programme recovery activities during periods of non-performance, establishing and managing cross-functional action plans to restore programme delivery and operational performance.

But what else? (benefits, specificities, etc.)Looking after the people who make Safran great is our priority. We offer a range of flexible benefits designed to support you, both in and out of work, including:
• Competitive salary
• Early finish on a Friday
• 25 days of holiday, plus UK Bank Holidays, and we offer options to buy or sell days
• Annual bonus and share scheme options
• Pension scheme, with up to 8% matched contributions, and life assurance at 4x your salary
• Onsite parking, including EV chargers, a subsidised…