Materials Planner

Lampton Leisure; Greater London; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 37,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual pay reviews

23 days holiday + bank holidays

Free gym membership

Enhanced maternity/paternity leave

Exclusive discounts

Online GP access / EAP

Cycle to work scheme

CPD training and career progression

Job summary

Lampton Services based in Feltham is seeking a Materials Planner to ensure efficient stores and deliveries, focusing on kitchens and bathrooms. You will coordinate across departments and depots, manage stock, and work with suppliers to accurately dispatch materials, ensuring KPI targets are met.

Role requires driving licence, strong IT skills, and experience in materials/stores. Full-time, 40 hours, Mon-Fri, based in Feltham.

Qualifications

• Full UK Driving Licence (essential).
• Strong IT skills (Excel, Word, Outlook).
• Experience with materials and stores operations.
• Good numeracy and literacy; strong communication.

Responsibilities

• Assist in deliveries during peak times while maintaining service delivery quality.
• Ensure deliveries are accurate per property survey and order details; challenge discrepancies with suppliers.
• Prepare and dispatch accurate materials to customers’ homes; align with original order processing.
• Work with computerised systems and software to track stock; log goods into inventory.
• Check quantities against purchase orders; inspect for damages; log into inventory database.
• Assist in stock auditing and liaise with material providers to ensure efficient stock allocation.
• Report stock discrepancies and damages promptly; support planners and supervisors.
• Maintain compliance with Health & Safety and company policies.

Skills

Driving licence

Numeracy

Literacy

Customer focus

Material suppliers experience

IT skills

Health & Safety

Tools

Excel

Word

Outlook

Inventory database

Job description

Materials Planner

Permanent

Based in Feltham

40 hour week – Mon - Friday

£34,000

About Lampton Services

Lampton Services are an awarding winning business, providing a range of services, commissioned by LBH, for residents in the borough. From collecting recycling and waste, to maintaining parks, repairing and upgrading homes to managing allotments, Lampton Services is at the heart of the Hounslow community working every day to make it a great place to live.

Why join Lampton Services?

• NJC Employer - Annual pay reviews and increases
• 23 days holiday allowance, plus bank holidays - an additional day per year for each completed years’ service, up to five years
• Free gym membership
• Enhanced Maternity and Paternity leaveand Pension Scheme
• Exclusive Discounts - save with Lampton Rewards and EE mobile offers
• Staff wellbeing perks-online GP access, EAP, health testing, flu Jabs, and eye care vouchers
• Sustainability Perks - cycle to work and electric car salary sacrifice scheme
• Career Growth – CPD training, structured development, and leadership opportunities

About the Job

To provide a high quality, customer and quality focused service, through direct support, ensuring supplies, stores/deliveries are kept running efficiently and effectively, co-ordinating the requirements of working teams across the organisation, with a focus on Kitchens and Bathrooms. Taking the lead to ensure Kitchens and bathrooms are accurately dispatched to achieve KPI targets

Working across all departments and depots to achieve a value for money driven service incorporating high quality standards. Working with material suppliers, analysing data to ensure costs are allocated appropriately with the ability to challenge and scrutinise data and costs.

Understand and comply with all Health and safety regulations and company policies

Key Responsibilities include:

• To assist in deliveries where necessary, ensuring service delivery is not compromised during peak times
• Ensure deliveries received are accurate, in line with survey details/order details per property, challenging discrepancies with suppliers
• Ensure accurate materials are delivered and prepared for delivery to customers’ homes, in line original order processing
• Ability to work with computerised systems and software packages
• Checking quantities against purchase orders, inspect for damages, log goods into the inventory database
• Responsible for returns to suppliers ensuring credits are received and allocated to the correct cost centre
• Assist supervisors in the management of van stock auditing of the K&B team, working with materials providers to ensure efficient stock allocation to drive productivity
• Report stock discrepancies and damaged items quickly and effectively
• Form robust and effective working relationships with the planners and supervisors.
• Reviewing weekly and monthly reports scrutinising costs and materials in line with Lampton Services material agreements
• Understand an analyse data with the Manager to make informed decisions on stock requirements.
• Working across all departments and locations within Lampton Services
• Any other duties as may be reasonable allocated as required for this post.
• Be able to drive and hold a full driving licence.
• To follow all reasonable management requests
• Ensure you remain up to date with all relevant compliance and mandatory training that will enable you to fulfil your role's requirements.

Stores & Stock

Take full control of the day-to-day organisation, cleanliness and security of stores across all depots

Inventory checks, track and manage all stock goods in and out, maintaining and logging accurately.

Good IT and literacy skills are required across excel, word and outlook

Inspect all incoming products for quality and report any damages or missing items immediately.

Delivery & Site

Assist in peak periods, units and components direct to on‑site operatives

Act as main point of contact for discrepancies in deliveries undertaken by labour/drivers

Manually handling the load from vehicle to property to prevent damages / Shrinkage to products & site premises.

Education & Qualifications desirable:

Materials and stores experience - Essential

Previous Experience and Skills Required:

• Hold a Full Uk Driving License
• Good working knowledge of DLO requirement. - Desirable
• Experience of working with material suppliers - Essential
• Good level of numeracy, literacy, written, oral and communication skills - Essential
• Good IT skill in Word, Excel (as some analysis required) and outlook - Essential
• Strong customer focus and customer satisfaction skills - Essential
• Good understanding of Health & Safety and safe systems of work - Essential

Due to the needs of the business and the department, we may interview suitable candidates before the closing date. This job may also close early if a large number of applications are received.

Diversity, equity and inclusion are at the heart of what we value as an organisation. Lampton Group is an equal opportunities employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability or any other status protected by law. Our recruitment team are happy to support with any reasonable adjustments that are needed within the recruitment process