Material Planner

1 week ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom Leica Biosystems Full time

Leica Biosystems' mission of "Advancing Cancer Diagnostics, Improving Lives" is at the heart of our corporate culture. We're a global leader in cancer diagnostics with the most comprehensive portfolio from biopsy to diagnosis. Our easy-to-use and consistently reliable offerings help improve workflow efficiency and diagnostic confidence. Our associates know that every moment matters when it comes to cancer diagnostics. When you come to work, you're helping develop solutions that enable accurate diagnoses to turn anxiety into answers. Join our diverse, global team of talented people, and be inspired to grow every day.

Leica Biosystems is proud to work alongside a community of six fellow Diagnostics Companies at Danaher. Together, we're working at the pace of change to improve patient lives with diagnostic tools that address the world's biggest health challenges.

The Material Planner for Leica Biosystems is responsible for the daily management of RAW material inventory planning, to be in line with the Newcastle Facilities stocking policies (Plan for Every Part). Materials will need to be expedited accordingly from approved suppliers to ensure no impact to the Finished Goods Production schedule, leading to capacity and customer supply issues. Master data validity is critical to ensuring the above plans can be executed accurately and in a timely manner.

This position is part of the Planning department located in Newcastle Upon Tyne and will be a onsite role. At Leica Biosystems, our vision is to advance cancer diagnostics and improve lives.

You will be a part of the materials team and report to the Material Planning Supervisor responsible for the timely arrival of materials to supply our multiple internal manufacturing departments, in addition to supplying our European distribution centre. Creative problem-solving will be required to manage material expiry requirements, customer demand changes, and supply concerns.

If you thrive in a fast paced, diverse roles, with the opportunity to work with multiple departments across site—read on.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

  • Plan and purchase in line with agreed stocking levels to meet Production and internal department requirements and ensure all material requests are dealt with in a timely manner ensuring the relevant customer or requestor is informed of all relevant details.
  • Monitor Vendor On Time Delivery Performance with the Procurement team and action any issues.
  • Ensures items are ordered cost effectively from approved suppliers in line with required demand and specifications – where necessary work with Procurement to exploring alternative options.
  • Coordination and monitoring of all production, purchasing and call off orders.
  • Daily Management of RAW Planning model and use visual management to highlight issue to drive required actions both internally and with suppliers.
  • Assisting internal stakeholders with planning and material supply related enquiries.
  • Ensuring accurate SAP Master data across Newcastle site and supply planning for European distribution Centre.

The essential requirements of the job include:

  • Experience in a Material Supply Planning role
  • Proficient in using IT software packages, such as MS Excel (advanced level), MS Outlook
  • Demonstrate understanding of lean planning and ordering techniques and principles

It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:

  • Material planning and management
  • External supplier management

At Danaher we bring together science, technology and operational capabilities to accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow's science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life. Our global teams are pioneering what's next across Life Sciences, Diagnostics, Biotechnology and beyond. For more information, visit .

At Danaher, we value diversity and the existence of similarities and differences, both visible and not, found in our workforce, workplace and throughout the markets we serve. Our associates, customers and shareholders contribute unique and different perspectives as a result of these diverse attributes.

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