Materials Planner

Inspired Global Cuisine; Greater Manchester; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday, plus 8 days bank holiday

Restaurant and retailer discounts

Enhanced maternity/paternity leave

Employee assistance programme – GroceryAid

Long service awards

Reward & recognition

Free parking onsite

Rewards discount / cashback scheme at over 150 retailers

Job summary

Inspired Global Cuisine, based in Greater Manchester, is seeking a Materials Planner to ensure timely delivery of materials and minimize waste. Ideal candidates will have proven experience in materials management within Supply Chain roles and familiarity with systems like Microsoft Navision and Excel. Benefits include 25 days holiday, enhanced leave, discounts, and free onsite parking. Join a dynamic team focused on growth and personal development.

Qualifications

• Proven experience of materials management and working within a Supply Chain role.
• Experience of using multiple systems such as Microsoft Navision, Microsoft Excel and various others Supply Chain based systems.
• Desirable: Food manufacturing experience and commercial awareness from previous roles.

Responsibilities

• Ownership of assigned categories to deliver required materials in a timely and cost-effective way.
• Management and reporting on waste (long-term stock at risk).
• Collaborate with Purchasing on challenging MOQ’s/Lead times/Prices.

Skills

Materials management

Microsoft Excel

Supply Chain systems

Tools

Microsoft Navision

Job description

Inspired Global Cuisine are a frozen ready meal manufacturer based in Gorton, East Manchester. We are an ambitious company who have grown significantly over the last 2 years, now producing over 1million meals a week and have plans to continue to grow. Which includes a re-location to a brand new 369 thousand square foot site in Chadderton, Oldham in May 2026 where we plan to double our volume over the next few years.

We believe in manufacturing excellence - delivered by our brilliant people, innovative products and continuous improvement. We achieve this by working within our core values of being accountable, creative, open and as a team.

We have high standards and encourage our colleagues to be autonomous and authentic to drive our business forward. With a supportive environment we encourage personal and professional development too. You’ll work cross functionally and collaboratively, always strive to be the best and even have some fun along the way.

About the role

We are seeking a Materials Planner to join our dynamic team. Ensuring all materials are available to maximise weekly production output against production plan, and to minimise materials waste impact. Working with long term materials planner to ensure stock holding aligned to budget requirements and working collaboratively across the Supply Chain function, wider teams within IGC and a range of suppliers.

Key responsibilities

• Ownership of assigned categories to deliver required materials in a timely and cost-effective way.
• Management and reporting on waste (long-term stock at risk).
• Collaborate with Purchasing on challenging MOQ’s/Lead times/Prices and update the system.
• Ensure delivery of NPD lines – all materials are set up, requirements known and orders placed.
• Ensure alignment of NPD meetings and plan integration.
• Processing purchase orders (PO’s) relating to long-term raw materials including handling quantity invoice queries and receipting PO’s.
• Managing delisted products including stock exposure and finished goods requirements using the delist form.

Qualifications and Experience

• Required – Proven experience of materials management and working within a Supply Chain role
• Required - Experience of using multiple systems such as Microsoft Navision, Microsoft Excel and various others Supply Chain based systems
• Desirable – Food manufacturing experienceDesirable - commercial awareness gained from previous role(s)

Benefits

• 25 days holiday, plus 8 days bank holiday and opportunity to purchase an additional week
• Restaurant and retailer discounts
• Enhanced maternity/paternity leave
• Employee assistance programme – GroceryAid
• Long service awards
• Reward & recognition
• Free parking onsite
• Rewards discount / cashback scheme at over 150 retailers. Categories including shopping, electricals, holidays, restaurants, insurance, and more!