Material Planner

The Material Planner is responsible for long‑term material planning within a defined portfolio s role plays a key part in developing and optimizing material planning processes across the business, ensuring alignment with strategic goals.

• Overall ownership of portfolio of materials planning across the full UK network.
• Own materials inventory level to guarantee the balance between service level and cash, in line with business yearly targets.
• Develop and maintain strong working relationship with NPD, procurement, and supply functions to ensure that the monthly planning cycle delivers for the business and has the right level of governance across the end‑to‑end process.
• Identify from the long term plan any capacity or supply gap and inventory strategy.
• Manage significant material availability challenges across multiple UK sites and lead communication to business contacts across impacted customers.
• Own short term regional availability management.
• Develop a long‑term material requirement for assigned suppliers/ material and develop long term planning strategy in collaboration with procurement to secure right monthly capacity.
• External material planning interfaces with strategic suppliers driving joint value creation initiatives.
• Collaborate with procurement on business continuity plans for key strategic suppliers or capacity constrained suppliers.
• Develop and own Service Level execution agreement with key strategic suppliers to drive cost, cash, service performance.
• Implement Material Supply Management Capability framework including materials strategic master planning.

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in Supply Chain or a related business field.
• Previous experience in a similar planning role, preferably in a production or warehouse environment (food or FMCG industry ideally).
• Experience of working within a Team‑oriented and collaborative environment.
• Advanced Excel skills.
• Experience of the SAP MM Module and MRP or other ERP system will be an asset.
• Quick adaptability to a dynamic environment and ability to deal with complexity and change.
• Attention to details, comfortable with numbers.
• Strong time management and multitasking skills, with the ability to prioritize tasks effectively.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong user of IT.

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