Materials Planning Administrator

Prince Personnel Limited; Shrewsbury; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

Prince Personnel Limited are recruiting a Materials Planning Administrator for a 6-month fixed term contract based in Telford. 37.5 hours Mon-Fri with a salary up to £29,000 per annum depending on experience.

You will support materials planning, liaising with production and logistics to ensure material availability for manufacturing schedules and maintain accurate stock data. You will review MRP data, analyse material requirements, perform shop floor checks and generate Excel reports.

Qualifications

• Previous administration experience within a manufacturing, production, engineering, supply chain or logistics environment.
• Strong administrative and data management skills.
• Good understanding of manufacturing processes and production operations.
• Confident Excel skills with the ability to analyse and manipulate data.
• Experience using MRP, ERP or production planning systems would be highly advantageous.
• Previous experience within materials planning, production planning, logistics administration or supply chain administration would be beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Reviewing MRP data to identify material shortages, gaps and potential supply issues
• Analysing material requirements and supporting plans to minimise production risks
• Liaising with production, logistics and supply chain teams to ensure material requirements are understood and actioned
• Conducting regular shop floor checks to verify work-in-progress (WIP), stock levels and production status
• Maintaining accurate records and updating system information where required
• Investigating discrepancies between system data and physical stock
• Producing reports and analysing information using Excel
• Supporting materials planning and logistics activities across the department
• Assisting with customs and import/export administration in the future as required

Skills

Data management

Excel

Attention to detail

Communication

Cross-functional teamwork

Shop floor checks

MRP/ERP experience

Production planning

Manufacturing admin

Tools

MRP systems

ERP systems

Job description

Materials Planning Administrator

Telford

Fixed Term Contract - 6 months

Monday - Friday 37.5 hrs

Up to circa £29,000 per annum (experience dependant)

Are you an experienced Administrator from a manufacturing, production, engineering or logistics environment? Do you enjoy working with data, solving problems and liaising with different departments to keep operations running smoothly?

This is an excellent opportunity to join a large global manufacturer as a Materials Planning Administrator within their Materials and Logistics team. The role would suit someone with strong administration skills who is looking to develop their experience within materials planning, supply chain and production operations.

Working closely with production, logistics and supply chain teams, you will help ensure materials are available to support manufacturing schedules by reviewing system data, identifying material requirements and maintaining accurate stock and production information.

Duties will include:

• Reviewing MRP data to identify material shortages, gaps and potential supply issues
• Analysing material requirements and supporting plans to minimise production risks
• Liaising with production, logistics and supply chain teams to ensure material requirements are understood and actioned
• Conducting regular shop floor checks to verify work-in-progress (WIP), stock levels and production status
• Maintaining accurate records and updating system information where required
• Investigating discrepancies between system data and physical stock
• Producing reports and analysing information using Excel
• Supporting materials planning and logistics activities across the department
• Assisting with customs and import/export administration in the future as required

To be considered for this role, you will need:

• Previous administration experience within a manufacturing, production, engineering, supply chain or logistics environment
• Strong administrative and data management skills
• Good understanding of manufacturing processes and production operations
• Confident Excel skills with the ability to analyse and manipulate data
• Excellent attention to detail and organisational skills
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively with colleagues across multiple departments
• A proactive approach and willingness to spend time on the shop floor verifying stock and work-in-progress
• Experience using MRP, ERP or production planning systems would be highly advantageous
• Previous experience within materials planning, production planning, logistics administration or supply chain administration would be beneficial

The application process:

Our mission is to support our clients in their creation of an equal, diverse and inclusive workforce. We are committed to providing a barrier-free recruitment process, so if you require any reasonable accessibility adjustments within the application process, then please make it known at the earliest opportunity.

We will carefully consider your details and advise you if we're able to progress with your application within 72 working hours. If you do not hear from us within this time your details won't be retained. So, if you're not successful on this occasion, do continue to respond to future roles we advertise. In the meantime, all good wishes and continued success with your search for employment.

About Us

Prince Personnel are an employment agency working on behalf of our client. Whether you're seeking a new permanent position, temporary assignment or contract you'll find us easy to deal with. Located in thriving Telford, we focus on jobs in Shropshire, Staffordshire and North Wales. Prince Personnel specialise in commercial, accounts and finance and technical recruitment. With the best jobs around we are an independent agency working hard for you.

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