Are you a Materials Planner looking for a new role? Are you skilled in driving operational material supply in a fast-paced production environment? Do you want to be part of the Supply Chain Team tasked with driving change and improving supply chain performance?
Kingscroft has been asked to recruit for a Materials Planner for a specialist automotive component manufacturer. As the ideal candidate, you will have worked in a fast-paced manufacturing operation and be skilled at delivering first-class material supply through order management, supplier liaison, stock control, and process improvements.
As a Materials Planner, your role will involve:
* Managing material ordering for an assigned group of suppliers and services.
* Direct responsibility for the maintenance and update of all procurement supply chain static data and subsequent data integrity on the system for all departmental purchase accounts, suppliers, and other projects assigned to you.
* Establishing a culture of continuous improvement as part of a purchasing team, whose objective is to support growth by the introduction of supplier work streams for Direct Line Feed (DLF), Kanban, and other lean manufacturing initiatives with the specified suppliers as directed by the business.
* Managing assigned direct production suppliers to secure the supply of parts in a timely and cost-efficient manner to satisfy both agreed customer service and specified inventory levels while working to minimize total acquisition cost to the business and ensure ongoing production requirements are met through the development and implementation of material schedules to achieve 100% of the build plan.
* Migrating the reliance of raw materials replenishment from MRP messages to pull systems, ensuring the replenishment processes are aligned to production demand, planning parameters, and that stock holding reflects current and/or future demand.
* Working where appropriate as part of cross-functional teams within the group on supply chain improvement and/or problem resolution to include Stock Reduction Lean Manufacture as required.
* Driving Supplier On-Time Delivery in Full (SOTIF) to the agreed target and utilizing the escalation process to address ongoing/repeat concerns.
* Being supportive of the day-to-day management of all supplier accounts and working with the Operations teams to resolve any urgent supply issues.
* Introducing ongoing measures of customer satisfaction by setting jointly agreed performance improvement targets internally and within the supply base.
* Driving down inventory levels through the use of the runner/repeater/stranger principles.
* Implementing stock holding and call-off systems for both indirect and direct production supplies (runners) which take into account vehicle life and customer schedule coverage.
* Operating an efficient process for the administration and sourcing of customer ad-hoc requirements at the best commercial terms.
* Ensuring all deadlines for the assigned group of suppliers are adhered to through the use of planning tools as well as appropriate methods of communication, timeframes, and milestones for monitoring purposes.
* Producing and distributing strategic KPI Performance Measures for the Purchasing Department both internally, to the customer, and to the supply base.
* Seeking to develop areas requiring improvements by challenging existing processes and suggesting ways to improve that will bring benefit to the business, adopting a Lean Thinking Culture.
* Being quality-driven and raising standards where necessary to meet new requirements from customers, suppliers, legislation; and communicating them appropriately within Purchasing procedures.
* Adhering strictly to all sourcing/buying processes as defined within the Standing Operating Procedures for Purchasing and promoting the procedures and practices defined in the Supplier Partnership Program.
* Building open, honest, long-lasting relationships with key decision-makers within the organization as well as strong inter-working relationships and driving process improvements.
This is a fantastic opportunity to help deliver an essential materials supply service within the business. Please apply today for a confidential discussion about the role and opportunity.
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