Material Planner

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 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:

• To manage 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 in the system for all departmental purchase accounts, suppliers and other projects assigned to you.
• To establish 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.
• To manage assigned direct production suppliers in order to secure the supply of parts, in a timely and cost-efficient manner in order to satisfy both agreed customer service and specified Inventory levels whilst working to minimise total acquisition cost to the business to ensure ongoing production requirements are met through the development and implementation of material schedules to achieve 100% of build plan.
• To migrate 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.
• To work 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.
• Drive Supplier On-Time Delivery in Full (SOTIF) to the agreed target. Utilise the escalation process to address ongoing / repeat concerns.
• Be supportive of the day-to-day management of all supplier accounts and work with the Operations teams to resolve any urgent supply issues.
• Introduce ongoing measures of customer satisfaction by setting jointly agreed performance improvement targets internally and within the supply base.
• Drive down inventory levels through use of the runner / repeater / stranger principles.
• Implement stock holding and call off systems for both indirect and direct production supplies (runners) which take into account vehicle life and customer schedule coverage.
• Operate an efficient process for the administration and sourcing of customer ad-hoc requirements at the best commercial terms.
• Ensure 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.
• To produce and distribute strategic KPI Performance Measures for the Purchasing Department both internally, to the customer and to the supply base.
• Seek to develop areas requiring improvements through challenging the existing processes and suggesting ways to improve that will bring benefit to the business adopting Lean Thinking Culture.
• Quality driven and raises standards where necessary to meet new requirements from customers, suppliers, legislation; and communicates them appropriately within Purchasing procedures.
• Adhere strictly to all sourcing / buying processes and processes as defined within the Standing Operating Procedures for Purchasing. Work with and promote the procedures and practices defined in the Supplier Partnership Program.
• Building open honest long-lasting relationships with key decision makers within the organisation 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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