Material’s Planner

BAE Systems; Rochester; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

BAE Systems is looking for a Materials Planner in Rochester, Kent, to manage material planning using an MRP program. The role includes tracking work orders, communicating with procurement and the shop floor, and ensuring material availability for manufacturing. Candidates should have strong customer focus and GCSE level education, with a range of skills desired for effective performance.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Flexible discounted health benefits

Private health plans

Qualifications

• Demonstrate a high level of customer focus.
• Educated to GCSE level.
• Excellent computer skills, including MS Office.

Responsibilities

• Ensure Works Orders are serialized including clear job material shortages.
• Manage work order closure and track batching size.
• Liaise with Procurement and other departments.

Skills

Customer focus

Stock deliveries

Excellent computer skills

Education

GCSE level

Job description

Job title:Materials Planner

Location:Rochester, Kent

Salary: £25,000 – £26,000 dependant on skills and experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Ensure Works Orders are serialised including clear job material shortages
• Manage work order closure, tracking and batching size of work orders
• Review and process MRP exception messages
• Liaise with Procurement, Inward Goods, Stores and the Shop Floor
• Manage rework order release and internal allocation
• Control of electronic and physical movement of material, both internally and to vendors

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Demonstrate a high level of customer focus
• Stock deliveries and replenishing
• Excellent computer skills, including MS Office
• Educated to GCSE level

Desirable:

• Material planning stock control
• Dispatch, checking stock levels
• Experience of managing work order closure, tracking and batching size of work order

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Materials Planner Team:

This is an exciting opportunity to be responsible for material planning using a Material Resource Planning (MRP) program as part of a Windows based business system to ensure the availability of material for the manufacture of the company’s products. Working within an Integrated Project Team (IPT) release Purchase Requisitions and Works Orders to buy components and build assemblies in accordance with a delivery schedule. Communicating the requirements and status both within the IPT and extended internal team.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals. We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date:8th July 2025. Interviews will take place week commencing the 21st July 2025.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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