Senior Materials Planner, Leicestershire

Job Description

Senior Materials Planner
Premium Food Manufacturing

• Site-Based role Tuesday to Saturday 8 am to 4.30 pm
• Salary Base of £35,000.00 + Benefits
• Leicestershire area

In this role, you will be responsible for ensuring materials & packaging are available to meet demand, through your effective ordering and inventory control processes.

The Company
A leading UK food manufacturer that produces household food favourites. Their chilled and ambient products are sold in every major supermarket and consist of No1 UK brands.

The Role
Sat within an established and busy Stock Control team ensuring that the supply of materials meets the production schedule, this role will see you liaising with various internal and external parties, including suppliers and hauliers, to ensure high levels of service are maintained efficiently and cost-effectively.
Your duties will include.
• Deliver efficient, effective and flexible solutions to meet production requirements
• Ensure forecast information is correct, daily systems up-dates & Master data in Excel is correct.
• Placing orders with suppliers, ensuring deliveries are scheduled to meet production demand.
• Daily use of department KPI’s to identify appropriate resource stock levels, minimising waste, and redundant stock write-offs.
• Deputise for the Materials Planning Manager in their absence on day-to-day matters.

Your Skills & Experience
To be considered for this role you will need to have excellent communication skills a team player attitude and previous planning experience in a manufacturing environment. You will also need.
• Extensive knowledge of Excel/ MRP/ERP systems
• Experience in materials scheduling/purchasing position for manufacturing, preferably within food manufacturing environment.
• Excellent attention to detail
• High levels of numeracy and literacy
• Adaptable in high-pressure environments