Material Planner

PE Global is currently recruiting a Material Planner for a 6-month contract role with a leading machinery manufacturing client based in Leicester.

Responsibilities

• Common Goal Agreements with Customers determining action plans for improvements
• Acting as the Businesses initial interface with the Customer ensuring relationships are developed and queries resolved with pace
• Accountability for Managing Customer Orders
• Establishes priority of material needs, expedites and de-expedites as required
• Collaboration with customers via phone/email/Teams and online tools.
• Accountability for identifying and resolving future risk for customers production.
• Arranging air freights when required to meet customer requirement.
• Management of Outbound Premium Freight/reduction in costs
• Backorder Management
• Tracking of sea and air freight shipments and expediting when required.
• Identifying future risk of shortages and ensuring sufficient material is at the customer site in time for production.
• Working with global teams on constrained material to resolve any issues and ensure a sufficient flow of material from the source to the customers.
• Project Support
• Ownership of any root cause and corrective action analysis required
• Determines alternative supply methods due to factory operational/supplier problems, material deviations.
• Ability to analyse business conditions and situations and to proactively minimalize disruption to daily requirements.

Requirements

• Material planning experience.
• Great customer service skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment is key.
• Familiar with Power BI would be a bonus but not essential.
• Must have basic excel knowledge.

Interested candidates should submit an updated CV

Please click the link below to apply, call Alba on +44 751 790 8064 or alternatively send an up to date CV alba@peglobal.net

***Please note our client cannot assist with any visa sponsorship and candidates must have the correct visa to live and work in UK***