Job description
Job Title: Material Planner
Job Type: Full Time; Permanent
Salary: £32,000 - £39,950 per annum
Location: Barnstaple
Our client is a global manufacturer with a passion for engineering advanced electronics committed to having a positive impact on the world through a culture built around safety, transparency, collaboration, and positive relationships. To benefit from the expertise of our colleagues, fantastic learning opportunities, and a collaborative working environment, all roles are site based. Our client continues to invest and improve the site's facilities, regularly get involved in fundraising for local charities and have an active social club.
You will collaborate with resolute people who believe that advanced electronics is the key to a brighter, smarter future. Whether its advanced flight controls, smart surgical tools, intelligent vehicle charging or seamless automation everywhere, advancements like this come from the minds of passionate, creative people - working to a common goal, watching out for each other, and caring about making a difference in the lives of people all over the world.
Our companies' passion - Simplifying the development of complex electronics, it is the reason we exist as an organisation.
Their way of life - Fostering a culture that values individuals as well as community and teamwork.
Our client is committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and actively encourage applications from under-represented groups.
Benefits
As a Material Planner, you will be responsible for planning manufacturing work schedules into the production areas, reporting to the Operations Director.
Key Responsibilities
Qualifications:
Core Requirements
Please be aware that many roles are subject to both security and export control restrictions which means that limitations relating to nationality may apply. As a minimum and after offer stage, all successful candidates must achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). Our client is unable to sponsor work visas for this role. Our client holds Health and Safety in the highest regard, with the Wellbeing of our employees our top priority. Any successful candidate will be required to successfully pass a pre-employment Drug and Alcohol Screening.
Cooper Golding acts as employment business for the supply of permanent workers.
Job Type: Full Time; Permanent
Salary: £32,000 - £39,950 per annum
Location: Barnstaple
Our client is a global manufacturer with a passion for engineering advanced electronics committed to having a positive impact on the world through a culture built around safety, transparency, collaboration, and positive relationships. To benefit from the expertise of our colleagues, fantastic learning opportunities, and a collaborative working environment, all roles are site based. Our client continues to invest and improve the site's facilities, regularly get involved in fundraising for local charities and have an active social club.
You will collaborate with resolute people who believe that advanced electronics is the key to a brighter, smarter future. Whether its advanced flight controls, smart surgical tools, intelligent vehicle charging or seamless automation everywhere, advancements like this come from the minds of passionate, creative people - working to a common goal, watching out for each other, and caring about making a difference in the lives of people all over the world.
Our companies' passion - Simplifying the development of complex electronics, it is the reason we exist as an organisation.
Their way of life - Fostering a culture that values individuals as well as community and teamwork.
Our client is committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and actively encourage applications from under-represented groups.
Benefits
- 195 hours annual leave + Bank Holidays
- Performance related Incentive Bonus Scheme
- Contributory pension scheme
- Company share-save scheme (eligible after a qualifying period)
- Health Cash Plan
- Free Onsite Parking
- Discounted Gym membership
- Life assurance
- Fresh fruit and hot drinks
- Cycle to work scheme.
- Our client is currently trialling a 4-day working week and during that time you can either opt in or out of the pilot. hours of work available are:
As a Material Planner, you will be responsible for planning manufacturing work schedules into the production areas, reporting to the Operations Director.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain production job schedule in MRP in line with customer needs
- Establish strong relationships and provide world class levels of service to internal customers.
- Drive improved performance based on measurable KPIs.
- Identify opportunities to improve communications and processes both internally and externally
- Input and validation of demand and supply profile for Sales, Inventory, and Operations planning.
Qualifications:
Core Requirements
- Plan, coordinate and control interdepartmental activity within CAM, quality assurance, manufacturing, procurement, engineering, production and logistics to ensure acknowledged customer delivery dates are achieved 100% OTIF
- Maintain MRP to ensure alignment between material position and production capability/schedule (Sales order dates, job start dates, kit release etc)
- Review production orders for proper time keeping, material issue, and BOM accuracy.
- Ensure correct setting of MRP planning parameters
- Establish efficient planning production systems to reduce costs and improve efficiency.
- Supporting business Bid & Contract review processes by assessing optimal manufacturing batch sizes, and manufacturing times
- Accountable for meeting Job delivery and Inventory targets
- Ensure accuracy of data within MRP system e.g. hours, operations, BOM, routing etc by highlighting any corrections required to engineering
- Persistence to drive task completion and results on time.
- Effective cross-functional engagement
- Confident in use of Lean tools and techniques
- Dynamic, detail-oriented, and results-focused
- Project Management
- Analytical problem solver
- High EQ
- Effective prioritisation and time management
- Experienced in Aerospace or similar industry.
- Extensive experience in working in low volume, high product mix, build-to-print environments and design to spec environments
- Excellent communication skills and demonstrable experience of effective negotiation and influencing skills for win-win outcomes.
- Ability to thrive under pressure and deliver against deadlines.
- Proactive change management experience
- A strong working knowledge of MS Office applications, particularly Excel is essential to this role.
- Ability to read and translate Engineering drawings and documentation
- Task / Achievement focused
- Attention to detail and demonstrated ability to meet deadlines.
Please be aware that many roles are subject to both security and export control restrictions which means that limitations relating to nationality may apply. As a minimum and after offer stage, all successful candidates must achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). Our client is unable to sponsor work visas for this role. Our client holds Health and Safety in the highest regard, with the Wellbeing of our employees our top priority. Any successful candidate will be required to successfully pass a pre-employment Drug and Alcohol Screening.
Cooper Golding acts as employment business for the supply of permanent workers.