Lead Material Planner
Henderson Brown Recruitment • Northampton, Northamptonshire • Posted June 13, 2026
About the Role
Lead Material Planner (Packaging)
Location: Northampton (Hybrid, 3 days onsite)
Salary: Up to £42,000 + 5% bonus
The Opportunity
We're supporting a leading FMCG business to recruit a Lead Material Planner (Packaging) into a newly created role, driven by increased complexity, NPD activity, and multi-site operations.
This is a hands-on leadership position where you'll take ownership of packaging material supply while managing a small team of planners across multiple sites. You'll play a key role in ensuring service levels are maintained, supply risks are managed, and packaging availability supports both production and customer demand.
Sitting at the centre of procurement, planning, technical and operations, this role offers strong visibility and the opportunity to influence how packaging supply is managed across the business.
Key Responsibilities
Lead and coordinate a multi-site team of Material Planners (3 direct reports)
Own packaging a...
Location: Northampton (Hybrid, 3 days onsite)
Salary: Up to £42,000 + 5% bonus
The Opportunity
We're supporting a leading FMCG business to recruit a Lead Material Planner (Packaging) into a newly created role, driven by increased complexity, NPD activity, and multi-site operations.
This is a hands-on leadership position where you'll take ownership of packaging material supply while managing a small team of planners across multiple sites. You'll play a key role in ensuring service levels are maintained, supply risks are managed, and packaging availability supports both production and customer demand.
Sitting at the centre of procurement, planning, technical and operations, this role offers strong visibility and the opportunity to influence how packaging supply is managed across the business.
Key Responsibilities
Lead and coordinate a multi-site team of Material Planners (3 direct reports)
Own packaging a...