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Materials Planner

  • Chorley, Cheshire, England
  • Contract
  • £250 - 350 per day + None
  • Manufacturing
  • Procurement
Posted 1 May 2025
Job ref: morson_242465

Materials Planner

|
Chorley, Cheshire, England
  • Location:
    Chorley, Cheshire, England
  • Salary: £250 - 350 per day + None
  • Category
  • Sector:
  • Contract type Contract
  • Materials Planner
  • Duration: 6 months +
  • Rate: £250 - £350 p/d (inside IR35)
  • Location: Remote working – initially 3 days in Chorley/Camberley office for first 2 weeks training

Our client is a leading engineering company who specialise in Asset Management within Traffic/Highways.

They currently require a Materials Planner to join their business and ensure the end-to-end management of spares ordering and supplier management for their Traffic Management business.

This is a critical area of the maintenance organisation to enable the business to meet the customer demands for Traffic Management.

Key Deliverables

  • Support with resolving supplier payment queries
  • Support investigations of supplier performance failures and work with SQA team to find resolutions
  • Responsible for identification of continuous improvement opportunities
  • Support the creation and production of procurement reports and departmental metrics

Responsibilities

  • Management of data to assess Supplier delivery performance.
  • On-going maintenance of MRP in line with materials replenishment strategy.
  • Management of project demands and forecasting and OTIF.
  • Support appropriate business reviews based upon Supplier Classification (Key suppliers) Pan Telent.
  • Every member of Central Procurement to complete or participate in a min. of one Continuous Improvement project - as logged into central CI Tracker.
  • Correct supply chain information implemented into Oracle
  • Compliance to internal, external & customer audit.
  • Achieve adherence to supplier on-boarding process.
  • Responsible for management of internal and external stakeholders
  • Support delivery of corporate and functional strategic priorities

Qualifications / Skill Requirements

Experience in a procurement, supply chain or commercial environment

  • Experience in Material management/stock control, supply chain, stock management within a manufacturing environment
  • Strong interpersonal, organisational and communication skills
  • Understanding of procurement principles, practices and the value that Procurement can bring
  • A high attention to detail and ability to achieve high levels of data accuracy
  • Confidence and ability to handle large volumes of data from different sources
  • Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to demonstrate exceptional stakeholder management approach and skills
  • Effective prioritisation of workload
  • Experience of Microsoft Office 365 products especially MS Excel
  • SAP/Oracle experience (desirable)

For more information, please contact Scarlet Wilson.