Materials Planner

Are you a Materials Planner looking for work?

Are you looking for 30 hours per week - 09:00 to 15:00 (there is a degree of flexibility)?

Then please apply.

Your role will be based in the Production Control Department of a busy manufacturing company and the main purpose of your role is to produce a Manufacturing Plan plus a Material Requirement Plan that takes into account Customer, Manufacturing & Supplier needs.

Your key duties will be:

• To produce a Manufacturing Plan and generate supplier schedules, which are to be reviewed and issued weekly
• Hold regular meetings to approve / modify the Manufacturing Plan
• Monitor and report on customer / supplier demands and deliveries
• Plan and control inventory levels to achieve the policies laid down
• Plan and control service parts inventory levels and generate supplier requirements
• Be the first point of contact for customer and supplier communications relating to delivery issues, and ensure they are communicated and counter-measured speedily
• Plan stock run-outs / ECI introduction
• Ensure system is updated regularly with all relevant transactions
• Organise and control cycle counting of components
• Help organise and control stock take activities
• Ensure good effective daily communication with all departments
• Kaizen activity - to continuously improve the department's function

You will need to:

• have experience within a planning role and using an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system within a manufacturing environment
• have the ability and confidence to communicate with all levels of the business, both internally and externally
• have good analytical and numerical skills
• be capable of working under pressure in an open plan office environment
• have competence with MS Office - Excel, Word, PowerPoint

There is free parking on-site

Canteen on-site

Randstad Business Support acts as an employment business when supplying temporary staff and as an employment agency when introducing candidates for permanent employment with a client. Randstad Business Support is an equal opportunities employer and decisions are made on merits alone.