Materials Planner - Flexible Hours & Forecasting

MPI Limited; Goole; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

MPI Limited in the United Kingdom is seeking a forecasting and demand planning professional to support the development and ongoing maintenance of forecasting processes, ensuring material demand is accurately forecast, planned, validated and controlled to support operational delivery and overhaul requirements.

You will work closely with forecasters, material controllers, project managers and overhaul managers to ensure material plans are aligned, with risks identified early and issues escalated

Qualifications

• Experience in forecasting or demand planning in any industry.
• Experience with forecasting/planning systems; Syncron training possible.
• Strong data analysis and numeracy.
• Good IT literacy with planning data.
• Knowledge of inventory management.
• Confident communication with stakeholders.
• Strong problem-solving and issue resolution.

Responsibilities

• Forecast and plan material orders by reviewing consumption trends.
• Analyse, validate and record material forecast data.
• Maintain planning schedules and support overhaul requirements.
• Ensure controlled release of material in line with plans.
• Control delivery plans and related purchase requests.
• Escalate issues and perform root cause analysis.
• Liaise with stakeholders to align forecasting, material control and operations.

Skills

Forecasting

Demand planning

Data analysis

Stakeholder comms

Inventory management

IT literacy

Syncron experience

Power BI

Tools

Syncron

Power BI

Job description

MPI Limited in the United Kingdom is seeking a forecasting and demand planning professional to support the development and ongoing maintenance of forecasting processes, ensuring material demand is accurately forecast, planned, validated and controlled to support operational delivery and overhaul requirements.

You will work closely with forecasters, material controllers, project managers and overhaul managers to ensure material plans are aligned, with risks identified early and issues escalated