Material Planner

Location: East

Working hour: Monday to Friday, 7:45am - 5:15pm

Roles & Responsibilities / Job Description:

Maintain the schedule for the supply of ‘externally provided ‘ materials to meet production requirements.

• Day to day materials management. This includes ‘sourcing’ internally from stock or informing the purchasing team of requirements.
  Manage the picking from stores.
• Assess volume requirements against planning assumptions and ensure that stock processes meet production plan requirements.
• Understand, highlight and assess areas of materials risk, to minimise impact on production schedule and the delivery of the plan.
• Keep all planning systems (MRP/ERP) or IT system accurately updated & resolve any issues as required.
• Monitor the integrity of bill of materials (BOM) and provide feedback to stores on inventory accuracy.
• Continually plan, develop, implement and evaluate processes for material issue to production point of use’.
• Monitor inventory levels against agreed target levels.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives and identify areas of improvement.

Requirement:

• Degree in logistic, supply chain or related field
• Minimum 2 years of Experience in Material planning
• Knowledge of BoM, Route and fundamental production planning concepts (forward and backward scheduling / MRP)
• Proven use of advanced interaction with ERP system
• Competent in MS Office
• Proficient in SAP knowledge skill
• Understanding of LEAN / JIT / Process improvement techniques, ideally with some practical implementation experience.
• Excellent planning, problem solving organization and administration skills
• Decision maker, analysing for root causes rather than presenting the problem