Materials & Production Planner - SAP, On-Time Delivery

Gap Personnel Limited; Wrexham; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company pension scheme

Medical insurance and dental care

Access to healthy living centre

Access to reward hub

Career progression and development

33 days annual leave

Job summary

Gap Personnel Limited in Wrexham is seeking a Materials/Production Planner to join on a 6-month fixed-term basis. You will plan, coordinate, and monitor the delivery of parts, manage stock levels, and support on-time delivery across the business.

You will maintain SAP data, develop production schedules, and collaborate with procurement, operations and engineering to resolve material-related issues. Strong experience in materials planning and SAP MM/PP is essential.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a materials planning, production planning, or supply chain role.
• Excellent organisational and time-management skills.
• Able to work in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Effective communication skills and ability to build relationships across teams.
• High attention to detail with a focus on accuracy and efficiency.
• Continuous improvement mindset and are driven to optimise processes.

Responsibilities

• Plan, schedule, and manage material and component requirements to support production demands. Ensuring on-time delivery of parts for manufacturing.
• Monitor supplier performance, escalating issues that may impact achievement of production schedules.
• Identify and reduce obsolete or excess stock, driving continuous improvement in inventory optimisation
• Collaborate with procurement, operations, and engineering teams to resolve material-related issues
• Develop, manage, and maintain daily, weekly, and monthly production schedules within the S&OP process.
• Coordinate customer order control to ensure accurate and timely delivery, ensuring accurate data management.
• Create and release work orders in line with production requirements
• Maintain accurate data within SAP and ensure system integrity across planning activities, including exception and error management.
• Prepare and present material status reports, KPIs, and other supply chain metrics as required.

Tools

SAP MM/PP

Job description

Gap Personnel Limited in Wrexham is seeking a Materials/Production Planner to join on a 6-month fixed-term basis. You will plan, coordinate, and monitor the delivery of parts, manage stock levels, and support on-time delivery across the business.

You will maintain SAP data, develop production schedules, and collaborate with procurement, operations and engineering to resolve material-related issues. Strong experience in materials planning and SAP MM/PP is essential.