Materials Planner

Are you a Materials Planner, Logistics or Supply Chain Planner wishing to work with one of the best companies in the area? Do you have good skills with planning incoming materials for manufactured goods? If so, please read on.

We have been recruiting extensively for our Peterlee based client and are looking to add another person to this close knit, successful team.

£24.50 FCSA Umbrella (This role is deemed inside IR35) or £18.00 paye.

Fully site based close to Leicester (around 15 mins from J21 M1 - Leicester Forest Junction), this is not a hybrid role.

• Some supply chain, supplier chasing, ensuring on time deliveries or related field job experience.
• Good supplier liaison skills.
• Progress chasing, Materials Chasing, Production / Manufacturing control experience preferred.
• Strong Excel & Power
  
  BI skills (including dashboard creation and DAX work) - Essential.

Required to accept responsibility and produce highest productivity and quality work, maintain the highest ethical and professional standards within supply chain organisation.

• Previous experience of working with a Supply Chain role or job relevant experience.
• Working in MRP system to set supplier schedules.
• Advanced Excel.
• Power BI skills (including Dashboards & DAX).
• Intermediate Access.
• Excellent Interpersonal Skills.
• Self Motivated with Excellent Attention to detail.
• Strong team player.
• Requires problem-solving skills to Root Cause Corrective Action and solve common problems.
• Using on-line supplier collaboration portal to ensure efficient and timely supplier communication.
• Instigate material expedites when a line shortage is identified.
• Communicate potential material shortages and status reports with operations teams if required.
• Track and monitor supplier performance levels.
• Hold regular performance reviews with suppliers to drive improvements.
• Escalate poor supplier performance to Purchasing teams.
• Review material planning parameters to ensure optimum inventory holding to ensure consistent production and inventory turns targets are met.
• Optimizing material flow throughout the plant site.
• Servicing production area.

Longterm ongoing contract , working within an enthusiastic supply chain team.

The client is ideally looking to pay £24.50 (FCSA Umbrella - this role is inside IR35) or £18.00 paye to the successful candidate.