Material Planner in Peterborough)

New Appointments Group; Peterborough; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A staffing agency is seeking an experienced Material Planner for a 9-month temporary position in Peterborough. This hybrid role requires 3-5 years of relevant experience in materials planning, production scheduling, or inventory control. Responsibilities include reviewing supply and demand, releasing purchase orders, and maintaining strong communication with teams. The position requires skills in Excel and other tools, ensuring an effective materials planning process. Applicants should demonstrate significant experience and problem-solving abilities.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of relevant work experience in materials planning or production scheduling.
• Significant relevant work experience or specialised skills obtained through education.
• Ability to manage supply and demand plans effectively.

Responsibilities

• Review materials planning panels to align supply with demand.
• Release new purchase orders for timely product availability.
• Manage change requests for purchase orders to improve lead time.
• Communicate with plant account teams for accurate lead time information.

Skills

Materials planning

Production scheduling

Inventory control

Excel

Tools

Access

TOAD

OMS

Job description

We have a requirement for an experienced Material Planner to work on a 9 month temporary basis for our Engineering and Manufacturing client based in Peterborough.

Responsibilities

• Daily review of materials planning panels to ensure supply is aligned with demand.
• Release of new wholegoods purchase orders to ensure products will be available in time.
• Review of supplier order boards and update planning systems with relevant data.
• Manage change requests for purchase orders and re-schedule to meet better lead time.
• Provide accurate information to Customer order management teams so they can align planning dates.
• Frequently join end 2 end planning team meetings to review open order boards.
• Maintain good communication with plant account teams to ensure the company are provided with accurate lead time information.

You will use the materials planning system to manage supply and demand plans taking long-term corrective action on exception messages and other alerts based on root cause analysis; occasionally refers to adhoc tools such as Excel, Access, TOAD, OMS, etc. in performing problem solving, while leveraging the materials planning system as the primary tool in day-to-day operations.

Qualifications

It is essential that you have significant relevant work experience or specialised skills obtained through education, training, or on-the-job experience in an equivalent field such as materials planning, production scheduling, manufacturing, or inventory control with 3-5 years of relevant work experience required.

You will be working 37.5 hours per week and this will be a hybrid role with some home working.

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