MRP Planner

**Job description**

**ACCELERATE YOUR CAREER**

WAE Technologies Limited exists to accelerate the advantage and impact of our clients. We do it through innovative engineering and technology that solves complex problems and brings a step-change in weight, speed, and efficiency. Join us to help fulfil our mission to accelerate an efficient, electric, and sustainable future.

An opportunity has arisen for **MRP Planner** to join our Procurement team in a rapidly expanding and exciting work environment. Purpose of this role is to ensure clear material requirements are communicated to the business via professional use of the enterprise resource planning tool (Microsoft Dynamics 365) and associated master data. Work with engineering, programme management, manufacturing and procurement to co-ordinate change effectivity. Provide demand information to inform commodity strategies and secure on-time supply. Support ad-hoc demand and inform prioritisation discussions.

**Job role**:

- Responsible for updating the Demand Planner on the latest consolidated status of parts supply to inform when the required assemblies could be built.
- Responsible for structuring bill of material (BOM) hierarchy and part master data (inc.lead-times and coverage groups) are in the system for all released parts.
- Flag emerging risks and keep relevant stakeholders aware of potential supply risks or concerns;
- Interrogate, review and adjust MRP output as required before approving recommendations for action, releasing Purchase Requisitions and ordering the required materials.
- Responsible for informing preferred proprietary lineside and kanban stock availability, and quarterly assessment.
- Responsible for aggregation of consolidated demand, aligned with commodity management.
- Responsible for issuing clear buy/pull/push/cancel signals to Buyers (exception messages).
- Issues the priority expedite reports to expeditors.
- Responsible for conveying part change requirements to Buyers and negotiating effectivity.
- Primary interface with manufacturing and production planning
- Report procurement status to procurement project leads including shortage tracking
- Monitor supplier performance data to support the supplier performance and quality assurance.
- Lead policy for scarp / yield assumptions for a programme and enforce service level for quality investigations.
- Participate in the internal audit programme when
- Follow the Purchasing Procedures of the company.

**You’ll have**:

- Good problem solving and team working
- Ability to work under own initiative and under
- Excellent communication skills both written and
- Excellent attention to
- Analytical skills allied with an ability and commitment to meet deadlines.
- The ability to react quickly to immediate operational requirements for goods and
- Flexibility and able to adapt to changing circumstances and business requirements.
- Microsoft Excel and office
- MRP, inventory management or production planning or similar experience in managing complex BOMs in an operations environment.

**We’ll provide**:

- Training to add to your existing skills and accelerate your career
- A supportive and empowering work environment

**Application deadline**:
**Location**:

- Role is based in a brand new high volume manufacturing facility in Banbury, Oxfordshire, UK.
- WAE Head office, Grove, Oxfordshire
- WAE Prototype Manufacturing, Kidlington, Oxfordshire.

**Disclaimers and DEI**: