Supply Planner

We have a fantastic opportunity to work as a Supply Planner within our Global Supply Chain Team, developing plans and schedules that provide high quality of customer service, whilst ensuring we balance commercial demands with cash flow, space and manufacturing capability requirements and constraints

The role

The role is based within our Planning Team part of the central Supply Chain team based at Hillhouse and will develop and coordinate production plans and stock management activity across a specific portfolio.

The role works directly with manufacturing teams and third parties to optimise production plans, balancing stock holding, service and manufacturing costs. The successful candidate will identify and implement supply chain cost saving initiatives in line with cost of manufacture targets, contributing to the development of new supply chains in your planning portfolios to support business growth and speed to market.

The successful candidate will manage the phasing in and out of new products, providing stock availability and minimise slow moving and obsolete product. In addition, this role manages third party vendors, ensuring a level of service and quality in line with Victrex standards. The ability to work in a fast-paced environment and make critical decisions quickly is necessary.

Our ideal candidate will bring experience of working within an Integrated Business Planning (IBP) framework, as well as strong influencing and relationship building skills and experience of driving compliance against process and governance. This role will also identify continuous improvements and take the lead in implementing change. Ideally, you will be degree qualified with experience within a supply chain / planning role. Experience of using an ERP system e.g., Dynamics AX, D365 F&O or SAP is essential

Our offering to you

We offer a competitive base salary and enrolment in our Company bonus scheme, as well as competitive pension scheme with employer contributions up to 14%. However, our employee offering doesn’t stop there! We offer flexible working, private medical insurance and give employees 29 days annual leave per annum + bank holidays with the option of purchasing up to 2 additional weeks leave.

About Victrex

Victrex is an innovative world leader in high performance polymer solutions, focused on the strategic markets of automotive, aerospace, energy & industrial, electronics and medical (Invibio). Every day, millions of people use products and applications which contain our sustainable materials – from smartphones, aeroplanes and cars, to oil and gas operations and medical devices. As an example, more than 20,000 aircraft are flying with Victrex solutions, and our materials are a key part of ABS braking systems. Over 4 billion smartphones use our products, and 15 million patients have an implant based on our PEEK polymer. Our products typically replace metal, with up to 60% weight saving, faster processing and recyclability credentials, meaning that we are aligned to help reduce CO2 emissions across many of our end markets.

With over 40 years’ experience, we develop world leading solutions in PEEK and PAEK based polymers, semi-finished and finished parts, which shape future performance for our customers and our markets, provide environmental and societal benefits, and drive value for our shareholders. Find out more at

Vision and Culture

By nature, Victrex is a product leader; innovation is one of the core values of our business, together with our passion and performance! Our day-to-day culture is one of collaboration, support, and enablement. Cross functional interaction is key to our daily work. All employees play an important role in contributing to the Victrex vision and culture, which we are consistently engaging and developing for the 21 st century.

We have also recently become winners of the prestigious Ecovadis Gold Award, which is a universal acknowledgement of our sustainability rating as being in the top 5% of over 75,000 companies. We are also proud to be recognised as a ‘Disability Confident’ employer.

Please note the closing date of this opportunity with Victrex. Our Talent Team will be reviewing all applications only after this closing date, and so will be in contact with applicants, in due course, once they have all been reviewed.

Victrex values diversity and encourages applications from all sections of the community.

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