Materials Planner
Location: Kingswinford
Permanent Opportunity
£14 per hour - 38 hours per week plus overtime on Fridays
We are recruiting a material planner to manage inventories and ensure that material resources are consistent with production schedules. The material planner's responsibilities are to ensure supply of materials to meet the production schedule and minimum stock levels, ensuring operational and production continuity.
Maintaining strong relationships both internally and externally to ensure supply of materials meets requirements.
Key Responsibilities:
Reporting to Production manager to ensure achievement of weekly production plan
Control the supply of materials/components to meet production requirements and minimum stock levels
Plan, develop, implement and evaluate processes for material delivery from supplier to point of fit
Assess volume requirements against planning assumptions
Day-to-day order management and management of deliveries
Take follow up actions in relation to material shortages that affect production
Actively contribute to the development and support of material planning processes
Implement all processes to agreed standards and targets and support continuous improvement initiatives, identifying areas of improvement
Monitor the integrity of Bill of Materials (BOM) and manage inventory accuracy
Monitor and control inventory levels against agreed target levels
Support inventory checks to validate inventory accuracy
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