Materials Planner

Are you an experienced Materials Planner or Material Supply Planner with experience of working in pharmaceuticals or other batch production looking for a new opportunity and challenge? We are looking for a Materials Planner to work with one of Huddersfield's largest manufacturers who have been awarded Top Employer 2023 and 2024.

Salary: up to £35,000 per year depending on experience

Benefits: Company pension scheme, life assurance, health insurance, Employee assistance programme, bonus scheme, 33 days holiday with the opportunity to buy 5 further days, free parking and charging for EVs, great working environment with subsidised canteen.

Shift: Day shift, 38 hours per week with flexible working hours, core hours 10:00 to 15:00.

To be considered for this role, you MUST have:

1. A minimum of 5 years' experience as a Materials Planner within Pharmaceuticals or other batch production, make to stock, make to order manufacturing environments.
2. A minimum of 5 years' experience with SAP, MRP and APO/PPDS.

The Role

The Materials Planner is responsible for the Materials Requirements Planning (MRP) process and its successful operation within the APO/SAP system. The objective of the role is to create and maintain valid material requirement plans for externally procured materials (raw and packaging) for use in production of finished/semi-finished goods, to support service to customers, whilst optimising cost and inventory performance.

There are two horizons for material planning:

1. Short term: to ensure material availability for production
2. Long term: In conjunction/through Supply Review/ Procurement - strategic review of supply risks in months 4-24 (Critical Materials Planning)

The Materials Planner interacts with Planning and Procurement, to understand the proposed Supply Plan for short term and long-term materials planning, ensuring accuracy of related requisitions (accurate quantity and delivery date) in SAP and in accordance with the Implemented Supply Model and corresponding Planning Time Fence.

Key Role Responsibilities

1. The Materials Planner is responsible for the accuracy of Purchase Requisitions in SAP (date and quantity) up to 24 months.
2. In conjunction with Supply Planner/ Procurement buyer ensuring strategic suppliers are provided a rolling accurate 12 month forecast of requirements.
3. Daily alert review to ensure timely conversion to PO ensuring on time deliveries in line with Production plan and in accordance with MRP2 framework and Inventory management requirements.
4. First point of contact for direct procured materials to ensure the timely delivery of materials (raw and packaging) are delivered in line with the site Production Plan.
5. Proactively engaging and managing the requirements of Material Planning in the Capacity Requirements process (CRP).
6. Identify and manage risks in materials supply with Procurement in regular meetings.
7. With Procurement, review and complete RCA where required for materials coming to the end of shelf life/ expiry.
8. Managing material requisitions to deliver to stock levels for each material in accordance with Inventory policy.
9. Monitor and maintain, adjusting where required all material inventories between the defined Min and Max inventory levels.
10. Present out unhealthy inventory to wider team to avoid write-off and obsolescence.
11. Responsible for the maintenance of critical and effective Material Planning master data fields in SAP/APO.
12. Working with Planning to ensure MTO SKUs are set up in the system accordingly.
13. Responsible for the accurate implementation of supersessions.
14. Responsible for maintaining the accuracy of critical and effective defined Material Planning master data with target accuracy of >95%.
15. End to end management of materials (packaging and raw).
16. Continuous Improvement. Identify losses in the end-to-end Material Supply Chain and propose improvements.
17. Responsible for ensuring all materials are ordered inside the system.

Qualifications and Experience

1. University degree in Supply Chain Management, Inventory Management, Business.
2. Knowledge of manufacturing process.
3. Critical thinking skills.
4. Knowledge of shipping, receiving and warehouse material flow processes.
5. Time management skills.
6. Organisational skills.
7. Agility in reacting to changes.
8. Communication skills.
9. Minimum of 3 years' experience in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
10. Minimum of 5 years' experience as a Materials Planner within Pharma or other batch production.
11. Minimum of 5 years' experience with SAP, MRP and APO/PPDS.
12. Working knowledge of the end-to-end manufacturing site supply chain processes.
13. Demonstrated change management and process management experience.

If you would like to be considered for this great opportunity, are an experienced Materials Planner, Materials Supply Planner, Production Planner or Supply Chain Planner, press APPLY now.

Kinetic plc is a Recruitment Consultancy with over 40 years of experience of delivering staffing solutions to the engineering, manufacturing and technical industries.

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