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Materials Planner

We are seeking to recruit an experience Materials Planner for our manufacturing sector client.

The role
The key focus of the position is to ensure a continuous supply of product into the business, meeting demand and agreed stock level targets; ensuring that customer service levels can be met, whilst managing stocks such that warehouse storage and product obsolescence are minimised.

Main duties will include:

� Forecasting demand for all product ranges based on historic usage and sales promotional activity.
� Maintaining stock levels against order quantities/batch sizes, product mix constraints and lead times
� Liaising with Senior Management; recommending volumes for ordering for each specific range.
� Placing orders with suppliers based on the forecast and agree projected delivery dates.
� Managing the supplier interface through the placing of orders and progress chasing same.
� Expediting materials as necessary to ensure material availability to achieve customer service levels
� Communicating supplier performance to relevant departments specifying delivery dates and any alterations of such.
� Managing a booking in system for deliveries of products and related accessories, publishing a delivery schedule on a weekly basis.
� Producing the weekly raw materials stock graph.
� Oversees the Planning Administrator regarding the ordering of component parts and associated products to maintain an unbroken supply of raw materials into the Plant.
� Provides absence cover for the Purchasing Materials Controller as necessary



Key Experience:

� Previous experience in a Materials Control role
� Working knowledge of SAP and Microsoft Excel
� Experienced user of forecasting techniques
� High level of interpersonal skills
� Negotiating and influencing skills
� Good analytical thinking skills
� Good planning, organising and integration skills
� Good written and verbal communication skills



If you feel you have the necessary skills and experience to be able to hit the ground running and succeed in this role; then please forward your CV to me as soon as possible.