MATERIAL BUYER / PLANNER

Job Descriptions

Join our dynamic team as a Material Buyer / Planner. Reporting to the Production Manager, you will play a crucial role in planning, coordinating, monitoring, and expediting Engineered To Order customer orders from engineering release to delivery. You will create and manage resource plans to maximize efficiency and optimize customer satisfaction. This full-time role involves collaboration with various departments, regular performance analysis, and adherence to company policies. If you have over 5 years of experience in a project-based heavy engineering environment, strong communication skills, and a knack for effective time management, we want to hear from you.

Salary and Benefits:

• Competitive Salary
• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
• Pension
• Westfield health care
• Life assurance
• Cycle to work scheme

Role Responsibilities for a Material Buyer / Planner:

• Collaborate with the BU Operations team to create Annual Operating Plans (AOPs) and Rough Cut Capacity Plans (RCCPs) based on sales plans and forecasts.
• Review RCCPs at least quarterly, analysing performance and forecasting labour and material needs.
• Coordinate with Engineering and Contracts to develop supply, manufacture, assembly, and test plans that meet customer deadlines, following the Company’s Stage Gate procedures.
• As a Production/Project align material supply with project timelines in collaboration with Purchasing, considering inventory value and cash-flow targets.
• Coordinate material availability with Production, including third-party subcontractors.
• Set weekly and daily production targets with Package Build and Test to optimize resources and meet customer deadlines.
• Organize weekly project review meetings with stakeholders, and prepare and manage project plans, action registers, and progress actions.
• Prepare and manage Works Orders for kitting, assembly, and test operations.
• Distribute monthly performance data and KPIs on project milestones, resource and capacity availability, materials availability, and inventory values and ratios.
• Adhere to the Company Health and Safety Policy in all work practices.

Material Buyer / Planner Skills & Experience Required:

• Professional business qualification or equivalent experience in Project Planning, Production, Materials Control, or Supply Chain Management
• Over 5 years’ experience in a project-based heavy engineering environment
• Strong computer skills, proficient in MS Office, and ERP systems in manufacturing
• Knowledge of planning processes, theories, and practices
• As a Production Planner have the ability to work within defined budgets and company policies
• Highly effective verbal and written communication skills, strong teamwork focus
• Highly organized, attention to detail, excellent follow-up and follow-through
• Effective time management, able to handle multiple tasks and priorities
• Strong relationship-building skills with management, colleagues, suppliers, and customers
• Strong analytical, conceptual, and negotiation skills
• Accountable for results, with a sense of urgency

Commutable from: Stroud / Cheltenham / Tetbury / Cirencester / Great Malvern / Chipping Sodbury / Fairford / Evesham / Chepstow / Castle Combe / Hereford / Worcester / Mangotsfield / Chippenham / Kingswood