Materials Planner

Materials Planner sought by the windows division of a global, £multibillion plastics manufacturer with close to 200 locations worldwide, to join their office in Ross-on-Wye.

As Materials Planner, you’ll be responsible for supporting the finished goods planning of in-house production and brought-in merchandise, ensuring supply capability and supporting the company’s windows division to achieve their production and strategy targets. In this varied role, your duties will include:

• Demand determination, order triggering, goods receipt and inventory monitoring
• Invoice management for purchased items and delivery date management
• Troubleshooting delivery issues
• Creating reports for active customer communication
• Participation in technical, conceptual, and operational control of the scheduling processes
• Defining the minimum stock quantities in coordination with internal colleagues

The successful Materials Planner should have:

• SAP implementation experience, or experience with APO module
• Familiarity with SAP language and system architecture / data flows
• Exposure to change management and AS IS : TO BE Modelling – gap analysis
• Datasheet / data management experience
• Experience of working in a similar industry e.g. construction, FMCG, or process industry
• Ability to travel abroad for training

Benefits:

• Excellent salary
• Hybrid working after probation – 50% split over two weeks
• 32 days holiday including stats, rising to 33 after 2 years
• Access to benefits platform
• Pension scheme
• Health and wellbeing
• Access to internal and external training & development courses
• Holiday buy / sell scheme
• Onsite parking
• Cycle to Work Scheme

Excellent salary + benefits