Elv National Planner Scheduler

Package Description:
Great benefits such as:

• Bonus scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, plus each year you will have the option to buy and sell leave
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
• Wellbeing Scheme, provided through Health Shield, giving every colleague – and their dependents – unlimited access to GPs and counselling, as well as cash back on a wide range of health and wellbeing treatment
• Employee Support to include Life Assurance and critical illness pay
• 24/7 Colleague Assistance Programme and Financial Wellbeing Support – access to affordable loans, savings accounts, advanced earned pay, and financial education via salary finance
• Online savings- major retailers, utilities, entertainment plus many more!

About our opportunity :
We are seeking a detail-oriented ELV (End of Life Vehicle) National Planner Scheduler to join our team and play a critical role in planning and scheduling ELV end-to-end purchases, logistics, and operations. This position is designed to ensure a highly reliable ELV business process that maximises efficiency, lowers costs, and increases on-time delivery and revenue.

What you will be doing:
Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with ELV management to develop a sophisticated planning and scheduling system.
• Assist in integrating financial, sales, logistics, and operational data to improve forecast accuracy and efficiency.
• Maintain a rolling schedule, ensuring accurate forecasting from long-term (2 years) to short-term (daily) planning.
• Gather and analyse data to forecast resource allocation and ensure supply meets demand.
• Plan and manage product portfolios to support commercial, financial, and operational goals.
• Make strategic and tactical decisions to balance demand with supply requirements.
• Establish accurate reporting on key demand and supply inputs for visibility and informed decision-making.
• Prepare impactful presentations that show how planning decisions will affect KPIs.
• Plan for new product streams and process expansions, while managing phase-outs.
• Transform complex datasets from multiple sources into actionable insights.
• Coordinate with purchase and sales forecasting teams to optimise resource allocation.

About you:
Qualifications & Skills:

• Previous experience in S&OP planning and scheduling roles is highly desirable.
• Experience in fast-paced operational environments, particularly blue-collar or depot settings, is advantageous.
• Proficient in Excel and experienced with planning/scheduling software.
• Strong analytical thinking and high attention to detail.
• Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to engage stakeholders at all levels.
• A DBS check is mandatory.

Personal Characteristics:

• Flexible, adaptable, and able to work independently and within a team.
• Strong work ethic with excellent organisational skills.
• Trustworthy, honest, and supportive of colleagues.

If you are passionate about driving operational success and ready to take on a challenging role that impacts our business outcomes, we’d love to hear from you.

Who We Are:
European Metal Recycling is a global leader in sustainable materials with physical operations in the UK, USA, Germany and the Netherlands. Our core business is the recycling of metal and plastics from a range of public, commercial and industrial waste streams. Our recycling activities generate around 10 million tonnes of sustainable materials every year, saving over 10 million tonnes of CO2.
Our mission is to have great people serving our customers with dependable recycling solutions. EMR is still privately owned, with family values at its core. It’s a place where we care about our people, our customers, our workplace and our communities. We offer diverse and exciting career opportunities where individuals can make a difference and are recognised and rewarded for their hard work.
Find out more about us at www.emrgroup.com

It goes without saying that you will need the correct licences or certificates for a variety of our roles.
However, at EMR we value the way we do things as much as the delivery. We call our expectations our Behaviours. They align with our Values of We Care and We Do, and they apply across all levels and roles in the business.

​We Care

• Integrity – you are Respectful and Honest
• Trust – you are Collaborative and Genuine

We Do

• Accountable – you are Determined and Responsible
• Innovative – you have a Growth Mind-set and you are Progressive

The EMR Way - Our Behaviours will achieve success as One Team.
If you embody our Behaviours, we want to hear from you!