Planner Buyer

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**Job Summary**

Moog is looking for a Planner Buyer to join the team at our site in Tewkesbury on a 12 Month Fixed Term Maternity cover basis. At Moog, we’re focused on the customer and for us, this means designing complex mechanical products that are often bespoke and high-profile. As the Planner Buyer, you will build on new and existing relationships with suppliers. You’ll be responsible for the coordination and placement of purchase orders for a designated group of suppliers including contract administration and coordination with the strategic sourcing and regional supply chain teams.

As a key member of the team, you’ll have responsibility for the maintenance of part planning parameters and conversion of demand signals into purchase orders.

You’ll liaise with Regional Supplier Leads to obtain delivery commitments and will coordinate and feedback on site operational requirements to the regional supply chain team.

Your excellent communication skills will ensure you can effectively influence internal site functions, liaise between the Site and Regional supply chain to resolve issues, and coordinate with strategic sourcing to ensure contractual terms and conditions are operationalized and deviations are resolved.

You’ll have worked within a similar industry environment, procuring components which means you’ll understand the necessity of on-time delivery, quality, and cost-efficiency. Above all else, you’ll be looking for a new challenge that will strengthen your experience and lead to a long-term career within an industry-leading organization.

**Key Expertise**
- Proven experience in the field of manufacturing or engineering (preferably Aerospace) or Supply Chain
- A bachelor’s degree level education is desirable and preferred in the fields of engineering, supply chain, or business.
- Desired qualifications would include Certification in Purchasing, Supply Chain, and Program Management. APICS or other industry standard certifications are a plus.
- An engineering or technical background is preferable.
- A Sound understanding of ERP / MRP / DDMRP-based material control systems is preferable.
- Good negotiating skills, combined with knowledge of procurement processes.
- Good communication/organizational skills and be able to demonstrate an ability to understand complex regulations/procedures.
- You must be able to deal with a variety of tasks at any one time and understand the priorities.
- Ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines.
- There will be some expectations for UK and international travel.

**In Return Moog can offer you**
- A longstanding career within a culture of trust and innovation.
- 25 Days Annual Leave.
- Benefits to include Life Assurance, Company Pension Contribution beginning at 6%, Employee Share Option in addition to an extensive Flexible Benefits Package.

***You Matter at Moog - Our Mission and Vision**

At Moog, we believe in the people who work for us. As part of our investment in our people, we make diversity, equity, and inclusion a priority. Our goal is to create a culture where we value, respect, and provide fair treatment and equal opportunities for all employees.

Moog aspires to be a diverse, equitable, and inclusive company where employees are empowered to bring their whole, authentic selves to work every day. By recognizing and celebrating our differences, we cultivate an environment that’s the right fit for every person inside of it.

It is our core belief that if we take care of our employees, they will take care of our customers, partners, shareholders, and communities where we live and work.

**Working with us can mean deeper job satisfaction, better rewards, and a great quality of life inside and outside of work.**

**You Can Do This**

**About Moog, Inc.**:

- Our company began in 1951 with Bill Moog’s invention, the servo valve, a device which became the heart of high performance motion control systems. Today, Moog Inc. (NYSE: MOG.A and MOG.B) is a worldwide designer, manufacturer, and integrator of motion control parts and systems.

Headquartered in East Aurora, NY, we proudly serve customers in more than 90 countries. Our operations extend to more than 27 countries and our talented, global workforce is nearly 13,000 strong.

Our company is organized into three operating groups: Aircraft, Industrial, and Space and Defense. Our high-performance systems control military and commercial aircraft, satellites and space vehicles, launch vehicles, missiles, automated industrial machinery, and marine and medical equipment. What sets Moog apart is our commitment to creating high-performance solutions that solve our customers’ most diff