Materials Planner

Eaton Group; Willesden; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Eaton Wimborne in Dorset is seeking a Materials Planner to coordinate demand and supply across operations. You will liaise with Customer Services, Commercial and procurement to ensure accurate lead times and on-time delivery for aerospace components.

You will actively manage schedules, track demand, support reporting, and work with manufacturing engineers to clarify Bills of Materials, while pushing improvements to delivery performance and cost control.

Qualifications

• Previous experience as a materials planner within a technology company (ideally mechanical/electrical/aerospace)

Responsibilities

• Liaise with Customer Services Representatives, Commercial and others to ensure orders have the appropriate lead times.
• Identify and resolve problems in fulfilling demand to schedule and cost.
• Proactively manage schedule dates to meet customer request dates.
• Create and manage information to track demand through Operations.
• Provide input for weekly and monthly reports.
• Support improvement strategies to enhance delivery performance, inventory, and reduce costs.
• Coordinate with Procurement and other warehouses to meet committed due dates.
• Coordinate with Manufacturing Engineers to clarify the Bill of Materials.
• Compile strip and survey reports as requested by customers.
• Lead drumbeat reviews to progress demand through the business.
• Ensure completion and action on performance development reviews.
• Generate and maintain KPIs and performance boards.
• Release and control work orders, manage parts, start dates and exceptions.

Skills

Customer orientation

Influence & Communication

Managing Time & Priorities

Initiative & Drive

Detailed Scheduling & Planning

Supply Chain Logistics

Job description

Eaton Wimborne

Located in Wimborne, Dorset, Eaton's Aerospace division is a global leader in aerospace fuel systems, renowned for delivering fully integrated solutions for both fixed and rotary-wing aircraft.

Our Wimborne facility specialises in cutting-edge air-to-air refuelling systems, advanced refuelling probes, air-to-air and air-to-ground launch systems utilising both pneumatic and pyrotechnic ejection technologies, as well as a range of Defensive Aids Sub-Systems.

With over 80 years of industry experience, we are recognised as the world’s leading provider of air-to-air refuelling systems, offering fifth-generation solutions to Air Forces worldwide. Our legacy of innovation and technical excellence sets us apart as the most advanced air-to-air refuelling supplier on the globe

What you’ll do:

• Liaise closely with the Customer Services Representatives / Commercial and other functions to ensure all customer orders are loaded with the appropriate lead time etc.

• Take responsibility for identifying and where possible resolving all problems with fulfilling demand to schedule and cost

• Pro-actively manage schedule dates and drive towards satisfying customer request dates

• To actively create and manage information that allows demand to be tracked and progressed through Operations

• Provide input into weekly and monthly reports as required

• Support improvement strategies within Operations that ultimately support improvements to delivery performance, inventory and reduce costs

• Liaise closely with Procurement and other warehouses to ensure that Operations are able to deliver to committed due dates

• Liaise with Manufacturing Engineers to ensure that there is no ambiguity in the Bill of Materials

• Where appropriate compile strip and survey reports as requested by customers

• Lead/attend drumbeat reviews to ensure timely progression of all tasks associated with progressing demand through the business

• Ensure performance development reviews are completed and acted upon

• Generate and upkeep necessary KPI’s and performance board information

• Release and control of work orders including management of part requirements and start dates and works order exception messages

Qualifications:

Previous experience as a materials planner within a technology company (ideally mechanical/electrical/aerospace)

Skills:

• Customer orientation – Intermediate

• Influence & Communication – Intermediate

• Managing Time & Priorities – Advanced

• Initiative & Drive – Advanced

• Detailed Scheduling & Planning – Advanced

• Supply Chain Logistics - Advanced