National Raw Material Planning Administrator

**NATIONAL RAW MATERIALS PLANNING ADMINISTRATOR - Shepshed / Work From Home**
**Part Time (30 hrs), Permanent**

**What is the role of National Raw Materials Planning Administrator at ForFarmers?**

To manage the ForFarmers supply chain at the lowest cost distributing of raw materials to ForFarmers’ plants, ensuring all their requirements are met and follow-up with the required administrative support to establish a flawless inbound supply chain.

**What are the benefits of working for ForFarmers UK?**
- Employee Assistance Programme (offering support on a range of topics).
- Variety in your role and opportunities to visit different sites. Opportunities to grow personally and develop within the business.
- Options to enhance your pension after 12 months service (increased employer contributions).
- Private healthcare and generous holiday entitlement.
- Modern offices and free parking.
- Cycle to work scheme, B&Q Trade card offering 10% discounts in-store and online.

**Key responsibilities and duties of the role include**:
**Logistics & Planning**:

- Ensure that Raw Material supply contracts are used correctly, paying attention to validity periods, rent due dates and the geographical location of where the material is located, whereby you resolve short ter, supply problems at the least cost to the company possible.
- To monitor the planning and progress of RM orders to ensure that loads arrive at mills on time.
- The early identification of Raw Material shortages to the relevant Raw Material Manager is an important feature of the job.
- To ensure continuity of supply and quality of specified Raw Materials, on a best cost basis, to meet plant demand, making any necessary changes to schedules.
- To anticipate potential shortages in supply and inform the relevant Raw Material Manager and Formulator of any expected problems.
- To confirm progress of RM orders, when requested, to ensure that loads arrive at mills on time.
- Process purchase requisitions created by Mill Planners into purchase orders, where required, from the relevant contract or information record.
- To skilfully use the SAP computer system to optimise allocations of raw materials on a National basis but ensuring the integrity of mill based cost books.
- Create and maintain a good working relationship with Suppliers and Mill Planners, whereby you challenge and recommend improvements to mill operational practices where unsolicited raw material costs are incurred.

**Storage & Haulage**:

- To ensure rent and storage costs are kept to a minimum.
- Liaise with storekeepers to ensure satisfactory storage and collection of raw materials and deal with routine queries that may arise.
- Maintain contact with third party hauliers and encourage best working practises to ensure a good standard of cleanliness, traceability and service in

**Contract Admin**:

- Ensure contracts are entered correctly and validated against ForFarmers’ ERP system.
- Ensure contracts are closed down or extended as required in a timely manner.
- Ensure contracts are administered correctly and closed down when completed ensuring the integrity of ForFarmers’ contract data.
- Collect analysis rebates where applicable. For nominated raw materials where quality is below contractual, ensure claims are made/received for the lower quality raw materials. You are the owner of this process, to make sure the claims are made and collected in time.
- Resolve contract queries as required on both an internal and external basis in collaboration with various stakeholders.

**Other**:

- Any other duties as and when required that are applicable to the job.
- Be able to stand in and cover for any absentee in the Raw Material Logistics team.

**Job Types**: Part-time, Permanent

**Salary**: £17,200.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- On-site parking
- Private medical insurance
- Wellness programme
- Work from home

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday

**Experience**:

- Administrative: 1 year (preferred)
- Supply chain: 1 year (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

- Right to Work in UK (required)

Work Location: One location