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Materials Planner
Job Posted: 18 days ago
Salary: £ Competitive
Job Type: Permanent
Location: TF2, Telford, Telford and Wrekin
Expire in: 10 days
Job Description
Materials Planner
Telford
Permanent
Salary: £Competitive
Monday to Friday – 37.5 hrs per week
Are you an experienced Materials Planner, Supply Chain Planner, or Inventory Planner looking for your next challenge? We are recruiting on behalf of a successful and growing manufacturing business in Telford that is seeking a proactive and detail-focused professional to join its established Supply Chain team.
This is an excellent opportunity to play a key role in ensuring the smooth flow of raw materials, supporting production schedules, and maintaining optimal inventory levels within a fast-paced manufacturing environment. Working alongside an experienced planning team, you'll have the chance to contribute to continuous improvement initiatives while developing your career within a thriving business.
As a Materials Planner, you will be responsible for ensuring materials are available to meet production demands while maintaining accurate inventory levels and supporting supplier performance.
The Materials Planner will be responsible for:
* Monitor material requirements in line with production plans and customer demand
* Raise purchase orders and schedule call-off orders with suppliers
* Manage inventory levels to ensure continuity of supply while minimising excess stock
* Maintain and improve MRP system accuracy
* Review purchase orders, supplier confirmations, and delivery schedules
* Support supplier performance monitoring and relationship management
* Investigate material shortages and stock discrepancies, implementing effective solutions
* Produce planning reports, analyse supply chain data, and identify improvement opportunities
Skills and Experience
* Previous experience as a Materials Planner, Materials Controller, Inventory Planner, Inventory Controller, Production Planner, or within a Supply Chain Planning environment
* Strong understanding of manufacturing supply chain and materials planning processes
* Experience using an MRP/ERP system, ideally SAP
* Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
* Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
* Good working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Office applications
* The ability to prioritise workload and perform effectively in a fast-paced manufacturing environment
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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