UK Materials Requirement Planner Assistant

Diamond Search Recruitment; Dartford; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is looking for a UK Materials Requirement Planner - Assistant in Dartford. The role involves supporting the UK Materials Requirement Manager, managing inventory inquiries, and ensuring system data accuracy. Candidates should have strong communication and analytical skills, at least 5 GCSEs including Maths and English, and experience in inventory administration. The position comes with a generous bonus scheme and further training opportunities.

Benefits

Generous Bonus Scheme

Eye Care Vouchers

Employee Assistance Programme

Pension

Training and Development

Qualifications

• Strong verbal and written communication skills are essential.
• Ability to achieve individual, team, and company targets.
• Experience in a fast-moving material planning operation is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assist the UK Materials Requirement Manager with planning.
• Consolidate daily 'out of stock' queries.
• Ensure data accuracy on the in-house system.
• Manage stock related inquiries and maintain updates.
• Create sales orders and liaise with Customer Service Executives.

Skills

Analytical intellect

Numeracy and literacy

Communication skills

Inventory Administration experience

Microsoft Excel knowledge

Education

5 GCSE 'O' levels including Maths and English

Job description

About the job UK Materials Requirement Planner - Assistant

Diamond Search Recruitment are delighted to be supporting our client in their search for a UK Materials Requirement Planner - Assistant to join their growing business based in Dartford, Kent.

Managing various businesses within the commercial vehicle and mobile machinery markets via their national distributor network to over 80 countries worldwide, our client is a founder and innovator of sensing and monitoring systems that have helped save countless lives across the globe for over forty years.

Purpose of Role

To support the UK Materials Requirement Manager with data input and administration. Liaising between departments to ensure all information is correct and up to date, assisting with CSE (Customer Services Executive) requests. Ensuring all stock information is correct on UK systems (AV/BC).

Key Responsibilities

• To support the UK Materials Requirement Manager; to assist with planning.
• Consolidating ‘out of stock’ queries daily, requirements to be passed to UK Materials Requirement Manager to action accordingly if necessary.
• Ensure that in-house system data is up to date, availability dates, bin locations, etc.
• Booking in deliveries on in-house system in a timely manner.
• Advise sales and CSE’s that stock is available to sell.
• Ensure stock deliveries are designated to the correct locations.
• Answering Inventory questions for UK team as the main contact. Ensure critical/urgent enquiries are assessed and actions discussed with the UK Materials Requirement Manger.
• Update ETA on overdue purchase orders.
• Create sales orders from forecast and liaise with the CSEs for information on Sales orders
• To manage stock related enquiries from all parts of the business and to make sure all UK stock is updated with etas and quantities.
• Maintain visibility on bespoke products – collate information weekly and feedback lead times to CSE.
• To report any issues to UK Materials requirement Manager.

About You

• Minimum of 5 GCSE “O” levels (to include Maths and English).
• Analytical intellect with an eye for detail
• Highly numerate and literate
• Ability to achieve targets – individual, team and company.
• Strong Verbal and written communication skills.
• Good knowledge of Microsoft – specifically Excel.
• Experience with Inventory Administration.
• Ability to work to tight deadlines
• Good level of communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively with customers, management, and colleagues.
• Strong focus on delivering excellent customer service.

This role would be ideally suited to someone with previous experience of a Fast Moving Material Planning Operation.

Benefits and Rewards

• Generous Bonus Scheme
• Eye Care Vouchers
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Pension
• Training and Development

If you are interested in this vacancy and would like to find out more, please apply now with your current CV.

Diamond Search Recruitment are acting as an Employment Agency in respect of this role.