Job Description

We’re Hiring: Planning Manager!

📍 Location: Milton Keynes, MK17 8LX

💰 Pay: £35,000

🕒 Working Hours: Monday – Friday (8am-5pm) Onsite.

🎓Learning & Development:  From day one, you’ll gain access to outstanding Learning and Development opportunities, Mentorship, and a whole load of benefits from big brand discounts to give back schemes!

Grade: E

See a Different World. Where potential is seen and progress is nurtured.

We’re building something new and this is your chance to be part of it!

As we launch and scale a brand-new centralised Workforce Management function, we’re looking for a Planning Manager to take a leading role in shaping how we forecast, plan, and deliver our workforce strategy alongside the Head of WFM!

This is more than a planning role, it’s an opportunity to influence how the business operates at its core, bringing innovation, structure, and insight to how we meet customer demand and think about the balance between ours peoples working week and their at home lives.

As our new Planning Manager, you’ll play a key role in helping the business stay one step ahead—making sure we have the right people in place, not just for today, but for what’s coming next. You’ll lead on forecasting and workforce planning, using data and insight to build clear, practical plans that support day-to-day operations and long-term growth for Securitas and our clients.

You’ll support and guide the Planning team to spot risks early, plan for peaks in demand, and keep everything running smoothly. The work you do will have a real impact—helping teams make better decisions, improving service delivery, and ensuring we’re set up to grow in a sustainable, well-planned way.

What you’ll be doing:

As a Planning Manager, you’ll:

• Lead, coach and develop a team of planners, building a high-performing, forward-thinking function
• Own workforce planning and forecasting, ensuring the business is prepared to meet both current and future demand
• Take a hands-on approach using WFM systems to optimise resource allocation and planning accuracy
• Analyse historical trends, real-time data, and forecasts to proactively identify risks and opportunities
• Work closely with scheduling and operations teams to ensure plans translate effectively into delivery
• Monitor live operations, adjusting plans where necessary to respond to changing demands
• Act as a key escalation point for planning-related challenges, driving swift and effective resolutions
• Ensure all planning activity is fully compliant with contracts, policies, and regulatory requirements
• Improve processes and introduce smarter, more efficient ways of working to enhance service delivery
• Support recruitment planning by identifying future workforce requirements and capacity gaps
• Drive data accuracy and reporting, ensuring decisions are based on robust, reliable insights
• Build a team culture that reflects high performance, accountability, and continuous improvement

Please Note: This list is not extensive but gives a good overview of the duties of the role! We welcome applicants from different industries, people orientated leaders and innovators ready to make a big impact!

Qualifications

What we’re looking for:

• Good planning, organisational, and decision-making skills
• Experience working with WFM systems and data analysis (Timegate desirable)
• The ability to think ahead and anticipate workforce needs
• A collaborative approach with a focus on continuous improvement
• Have a five-year checkable employment history or be able to produce documentary evidence of any period of unemployment, self-employment, or full and part time education during that period
• The ability to embody and uphold the Securitas core values of Integrity, Vigilance and Helpfulness
• Must have the right to work in the UK
• Working knowledge of Microsoft packages
• Previous management of administration and clerical experience

Additional Information

It’s great to see you’re considering a career with Securitas UK!

Join our global team of 336,000+ colleagues and help make the world a safer place.

At Securitas, we live by our values of Integrity, Vigilance and Helpfulness, and our People Promise:

• Opportunity – We see potential in every person and situation
• People – We open our eyes to all that’s good
• Purpose – We make your world a safer place

What You Can Expect

Our Recruitment Team reviews every application carefully. Applying can feel daunting, but we’re here to support you—just email us if you need help.

Diversity & Inclusion – Be Yourself

We are an inclusive employer, proud of our Level 2 Disability Confident status (we will always try our hardest to guarantee interviews for eligible candidates, should you meet the roles minimum requirements, having disclosed a disability to our Talent Team upon application). We support equality through Employee Networks - Our real change makers of the business.. YOU, the Race at Work Charter, and the Armed Forces Covenant We also celebrate diversity with events like BSL Week, International Women’s Day, PRIDE and Black History Month

Your Benefits

• STRIVE– Securitas Perks gives you access to a great range of discounts on a variety of retailers, services and everyday spending to suit your shopping habits.
• Dental Plans - A range of plans providing support, providing cash back towards everyday dental costs, such as dental examinations, X-rays, and treatment
• HSF Health Plan - Range of healthcare cash plans at highly discounted rates, providing families with peace of mind by getting cash back on everyday medical costs, such as dental check-ups, contact lenses and acupuncture, and by covering unexpected costs.
• Cycle to Work – A super cost-effective way of getting a brand new bike, cycling equipment or both. Save up to 42% of the usual cost and spread the cost over several months from your salary.
• Specsavers – Save money on eye tests and when purchasing spectacles.
• WeCare – A 24/7 online GP, mental health support service, get fit programme and more.
• Toothfairy – Online access to advice and guidance, from real UK Dentists.
• Pension Plan – Plan for your financial future by building up a benefit in the Securitas Pension Plan, with the benefit of employer contribution plus tax relief on your contributions.
• Payroll ISA – An ISA savings account is a great way to meet your longer term personal financial goals.
• Free Mortgage Advice
• Go & Live – Financial Wellbeing Hub
• Death in Service Benefit - Permanent employees are automatically covered for Life Assurance, which would provide a lump sum benefit to your beneficiaries in the unfortunate event of death in service whilst employed by Securitas

Take the Next Step

Join a team that values you. Click ‘I’m Interested’ and start your career with Securitas UK today.

See a different world.