An excellent opportunity has arisen for an experienced Materials Planner to join our prestigious client based in Redditch, offering an excellent salary and bonus/benefits package to include:

Salary banding offered is £28-30K DOE
38 hours per week - Monday to Thursday 08.30 - 17:00,Fri 08.30 - 15:00
23-25 days annual leave - excluding Bank Holidays
Company pension scheme
Quarterly attendance bonus
Plus, additional benefits and incentives

The role of the Materials Planner is to ensure that the supply of materials meet the production schedule and minimum stock levels to ensure operational and production continuity. You will have previous experience of delivering efficient, effective and flexible solutions to meet production requirements, whilst maintaining strong relationships both internally and externally to ensure supply of materials meets requirements. Key responsibilities of the Materials Planner are:

Schedule the supply of materials/components to meet production requirements and minimum safety stock levels
Assess volume requirements against planning assumptions
Day-to-day order management and management of deliveries
Understand and manage risks to minimise impact on production schedule
Take follow up actions in relation to material shortages that affect production and escalate to management
Implement all processes to agreed standards and targets and support continuous improvement initiatives and identify areas of improvement
Utilise the IT system that is in place and ensure that data is accurate and up to date and resolve any issues as required
Transferring of stocks/materials from external warehouses, raising and booking of purchase orders
Ad-hoc administrative duties to support the departmental requirements
Support inventory checks to validate inventory accuracy
Minimise obsolete stock and ensure business is left with minimum liability
Create regular statistical reports and analysis and update others in the organisation
Cover for other Material and Customer Service duties when required due to absence or annual leave

Previous Materials Planning experience is required within a manufacturing environment.

Please Note: Due to the volume of applications we receive for each position, we are unable to respond to all applications, therefore if you haven’t been contacted within 14 days, please be advised that your application has been unsuccessful at this time and we wish you all the best of luck in your search.