Material Planner

3 weeks ago


Cradley Heath, United Kingdom The Crosby Group UK Limited Full time

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

Crosby is the world leader in rigging, lifting and material handling hardware. We set the standard for quality, training, and technical expertise in the field. Quality and innovation have been the foundation of the Crosby Group and together with our strong brand and driven employees, we develop the products that will meet the future demands of the lifting industry. Our Cradley Heath site is a well-established drop forge with over 100 years trading.

**Main Responsibilities of the Material Planner**:
Manage supplier & subcontracting purchase orders for the Crosby Group 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 operational KPIs:

- 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

**Competencies**:

- Result oriented person with strong sense of responsibilities and pro-active attitude
- Customer focus
- Problem solver
- Confident communicator with well-developed interpersonal skills
- Assertive negotiator

**We offer**:

- An international company with good opportunities to create international contacts
- Permanent contract
- Competitive rate of pay
- Company Sick Pay Scheme
- Company Pension Scheme

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Free parking
- Sick pay

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Cradley Heath: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work authorisation:

- United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: Material Planner


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