Material Planner

New Power by Wrightbus offers a groundbreaking solution by repowering mid-life diesel buses, making it more affordable to decarbonise and improving air quality in cities. Wrightbus, the first bus manufacturer to launch repowering at scale, introduces New Power to accelerate the decarbonisation of bus fleets across the UK, ensuring zero carbon emissions on all journeys.
We are therefore recruiting a  Material Planner  for the  Bicester, Oxfordshire  site. The successful candidate will be responsible to purchase and expedite the delivery of materials to meet production requirements in line with normal scheduling procedures and assist with maintaining and updating the Production Schedule.

The Role:

Key Tasks:

· Responsible for the procurement of materials via Sage system using Bill of material, MRP and purchase order requisitions for bus parts, rejects, re-buys, consumables, chassis components and customer supplied material.

· Communicate purchase orders effectively to suppliers.

· To schedule and expedite material into Newpower to meet required date.

· To report to the Logistics and Production management teams of constraints to production due to material shortage.

· Maintain daily the online Shortages Portal with updates on expected dates for late part.

· To assist in the management of the engineering change process, with regard to analysing existing stock, also at the suppliers and advising on suitable cut-in points for changes.

· To understand the workings of and maintain the Master Production Schedule for the business.

· Monitor stock levels and minimize overstocking.

· Ensure all purchase orders are placed correctly for current production build.

· Liaise with stores and production to ensure material is always available for production when required.

· Liaise with supplier on delivery key performance indicators – such as delivery on time, delivery note and invoice queries, etc.

· Participate in vendor reviews as required.

· Liaise with Planning Department on timing issues related to Bill of Material release.

· Participate in Stock Take if required.

Key Requirements:

· 5 GCSE Grades A-C, including Maths and English

· Proven extensive relevant experience of scheduling high volumes of material to meet production demands.

· Computer literate with experience of spreadsheets and databases.

· Experience in use of MRP systems (minimum 2 years)

· Suitable experience in scheduling to a build programme (minimum 2 years)

· Knowledge of material scheduling in a high volume manufacturing process

· Problem solving skills

· Good interpersonal skills

· Ability to work under pressure

· Highly driven

The Benefits:

· Medicash Scheme

· Discount with local businesses and high street retailers

· Career progression

Shift Pattern:
Monday to Thursday – 08:15 to 17:00, Friday – 08:00 to 13:00