Material Planner

**Material Planner**

**ITM Power**

Location: Sheffield

Direct Applications Only - No Agency Applicants at this time

**About ITM Power**

Building on more than two decades of science led research and development, ITM Power designs and manufactures pioneering PEM electrolysers that produce green hydrogen. This helps pave the way to a cleaner economy by enabling industry to decarbonise.

As the first hydrogen related company to be listed on the London Stock Exchange, it’s no exaggeration to say that we’re globally recognised experts in our field.

In recent years, interest in green hydrogen has increased rapidly worldwide. To help meet demand and accelerate global progress towards net-zero, we have scaled up at speed.

In 2021, we opened our cutting-edge factory at Bessemer Park, Sheffield, representing a step-change in our ambition as a business.

**Why join us**

Our business is entering a significant period of transition, a pivotal stage of its development to scale its business while advancing its organisational culture towards a highly focused delivery company.

You will be working with an inspiring bunch of people, who all share our desire, commitment and ambition to succeed. Our talented team of individuals display energy and enthusiasm with the ability to adapt to ever evolving business needs, encouraging each other to be the best we can. We’ve come a long way, join us to play a key role in the next step of our incredible journey

**What are we looking for**

We have an opportunity for a Material Planner. Reporting to the Master Production Scheduler the role is responsible for ensuring the smooth/accurate demand planning of material to support production and the production planners. The material planning team will use detailed information from the company systems to generate a workable supplier schedule and measure performance against this schedule and record deviations accurately. It will involve communication with various departments/stakeholders and will ensure a fit for purpose plan in support of our production team.

**Responsibilities**
- Before SOP, during the project phase
- After creation of open orders and or scheduling agreements by the PM or buyer confirm with supplier's orders have been received and agree a delivery plan
- Quarterly,
- Calculate material requirements (MRP) from agreed Sales, Inventory & Operation Plan (SI&OP)
- Communicate with buyers for forecasts to suppliers / check that they have available capacity to meet demand
- Monthly,
- Plan to meet forecasted customer demands
- Analyse customer medium term releases, identify the potential impacts on suppliers
- Calculate material requirements through the MRP process based on the MPS (Master Production Schedule) plan
- Communicate updated delivery schedules to suppliers
- Review and adjust, when needed, the MRP requirements in Dynamics
- Weekly / Daily,
- Analyse customers short term releases
- Follow-up delivery execution with suppliers. Escalate issues to line manager and to the purchasing organisation
- Monitor communication with suppliers and activate contingency plans when needed
- Participate in related production/material planning meetings
- Participate in improvement activities / kaizen workshops
- Create PFEP
- Ensure that safety polices are understood and respected within your area of responsibility.

**About You**

**Knowledge and Experience**

Good level of Maths / English

Advanced computer skills

MRP/ERP

Previous planning experience: preferably from a fast-moving production environment

A good awareness of document control and organisational skills

Experience within a manufacturing environment

Experience of a project environment would be beneficial but not essential

SAP/D365 Dynamics preferable

**Skills and Abilities**

Good time keeping and time management

Able to communicate at various levels

Stakeholder awareness

Work as part of a team or independently

**What can we offer you**

Our competitive salary package includes an excellent contributory pension, 25 days holiday per year plus bank holidays and a wider range of benefits including:

- Buy as you earn (BAYE) share scheme
- Birthday holiday
- Free onsite parking including free electric car charging points
- Cycle to work scheme
- Discount platform
- Free flu vaccinations
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Wellbeing initiatives
- Life assurance
- Free fruit, tea and coffee

We know your career is important to you, it’s important to us too, which is why we also offer opportunities for you to grow and develop your career. If you are looking to join a growing, dynamic business and want to be part of our amazing team we would love to hear from you.

Our success is driven by the exceptional diversity of our people. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, committed to promoting and creating a diverse and inclusive environment where we encourage our employees to learn and grow, fuelled by mutual respect in a place where ideas flow and thr