Material Planner

**Material Planner**

**Cradley Heath**

**Permanent**

**£28,000 - £30,000PA**

**Additional Benefits**

We have an exciting opportunity to join our client as a Material Planner. Your mission will be to manage the flow of product from the suppliers and subcontractors and within the production plant.

**Main Responsibilities**:

- Manage supplier & subcontracting purchase orders for the UK plant:

- Validate and if needed, adjust ERP proposed purchase orders
- Monitor shipments to subcontractors and follow up on deliveries
- Take the lead in reported goods receipt issues (contact supplier if information is lacking or delivered quantity is incorrect)
- Check and if needed, negotiate material availability considering customers requested delivery date
- Production planning:

- Process and manage production orders, make sure that all material is allocated and issued
- Perform capacity planning in the ERP.
- Take the lead in solving issues when manufacturing order is not on track (mobilize and inform concerned departments)
- Manage consequences of priority changes (reconfirm manufacturing order and adjust production order dates)
- Manage Inventory, analyse stock differences and perform stock corrections if needed.
- When requested provide customer service with estimated lead time for manufacturing orders.
- Maintain supply chain master data:

- Supplier lead time
- Safety stock levels
- Follow and act upon the operationalKPIs.- Weekly schedule adherence
- Overdue Purchase orders
- On time delivery
- Stock Fill
- Days Inventory Outstanding

**Required / Preferred Skills**:
Business skills
- Knowledge of supply chain, purchasing and production planning

Technical Skills
- ERP (SAP is a plus)
- MS Office (Outlook, Excel, Word)

Education
- Master or bachelor's in supply chain field or business desirable

Adecco acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers. The Adecco Group UK & Ireland is an Equal Opportunities Employer.