Materials Planner

Material Planners x 2 (Materials Planning – Supply Chain and Logistics)

Hello! Thanks for stopping by. Let us tell you about all the great reasons to join us here at Yorkshire Water:

• We are offering a competitive starting salary, depending on experience, 4b, £33,239 - £41,549
• Annual incentive related bonus (£1000 maximum bonus opportunity for the performance year).
• Attractive pension scheme (up to 12% company contribution).
• Continuous training and support in line with the Materials Planner progression plan.
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays – plus an extra wellness day!
• Life assurance cover of 4 times pensionable salary.
• A great benefits package – choose from health cash plan scheme, critical illness insurance, dental insurance, life assurance flex and partner cover.
• Retail savings scheme.
• Online GP service, Employee Assistance Programme, cycle to work scheme, gym membership discounts and many more!

Location
:
Yorkshire Water Logistics Centre, Foxbridge Way, WF6. pending relocation to Leeds (LS10)

Work type
:
Permanent. You’ll be working 37 hours per week, Monday - Friday. Hybrid working, 2 - 3 days each week will be on site at the logistics centre.

We are currently looking to recruit 2 x
Material Planners – (critical, low-volume maintenance spares, supporting essential services) to join our Supply Chain and Logistics team at our Logistics Centre here at Yorkshire Water. You will be a part of helping Yorkshire Water provide the best service to our customers.
Could this be you?

Everyone has an idea of what a water company does. Here in Yorkshire, we make sure that over million people living in the region and the millions of people who visit our region each year, can rely on our services, and have clean and safe drinking water on tap and that their wastewater is taken away. But for us, it’s so much more than this.

We look after communities, protect the environment, and plan to look after Yorkshire’s water, today, tomorrow 24/7, 365 days a year. We provide essential water and wastewater services to every corner of the Yorkshire region, and play a key role in the region’s health, wellbeing, and prosperity.

New environmental legislation, unprecedented levels of investment and changing expectations from customers means that this is an exciting time to discover opportunities within the water industry.

The Supply Chain and Logistics team are a key part of how we plan to meet the changing expectations of customers and regulators. Yorkshire Water is therefore transforming the way it manages inventory, materials availability, logistics and materials planning to better support asset reliability and service performance. We are creating enhanced capability in inventory planning to ensure that the right products, parts and critical spares are available in the right locations at the right time.

As a Material Planner
, you will play a key role in shaping, improving and embedding the new Materials Planning & Logistics operating model. You’ll support the delivery of better inventory strategies, stock parameters, planning processes and performance insights to lift availability, reduce waste, and strengthen asset readiness across Yorkshire Water.

Working closely with supply planning, warehousing, logistics, engineering and commercial teams, you will play a key role in maintaining the availability of materials and spares, ensuring operational continuity and supporting optimised stock levels, improve forecasting accuracy, and create the right controls and governance for critical spares. You will champion good practice in materials planning and help teams adopt new systems, metrics, and decision‑making routines.

Degree or equivalent experience in Supply Chain, Business, Data Analytics, Logistics, or a related discipline.

Deep expertise in inventory management, stock balancing, and demand planning using data‑driven approaches.

2+ years of experience in supply chain or materials planning – managing and maintaining stock levels for critical and non‑critical materials.

Strong analytical skills and proficiency in Excel and ERP systems (SAP S/4

HANA)

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