Senior Material Requirements Planner
The role
We require somebody who is experienced in insuring the consistent and adequate supply of materials necessary to meet our production requirements. Someone who can help and support the Materials requirements planner, look after packaging and be more involved in the NPD process. The person who fulfils this role will have experience in a similar role, have experience in a supervisory position/ line management of a small team and will be used to coordinating with other departments maintaining strong relationships both internally and externally. You will be able to deliver efficient, effective, and flexible solutions to meet production requirements taking into consideration cost, supplier lead times and MOQ’s. You will also be the first point of contact for suppliers and issue resolution responsibilities.
The main responsibilities include:
* Schedule the supply of packaging/new products to meet production requirements maintaining minimum safety stock levels.
* Assess volume requirements against planning assumptions.
* Day-to-day order management and management of deliveries.
* Day-to-day responsibility for the MRP team and dealing with daily issues.
* Working with suppliers on supply issues
* Communicating issues and impacts to the planning team
* Communicating issues to operations that will impact production/ supply.
* Holiday/ Sickness cover for the MR planner
* Understand and manage...