Materials Controller/ Planner

Part Time – Permanent

Redditch

£32000 - £35000 per year

Benefits:

• 30 hours per week
• Flexible working hours, early starts available
• £32000 - £35000 per annum
• 33 days annual leave (including statutory days)
• Healthcare scheme
• Life assurance
• Pension Scheme
• Onsite parking

Key Responsibilities: 

• Scheduling the supply of raw materials and/or packaging to meet production requirements.
• Reviewing volume requirements against short term and long-term customer forecasts.
• Liaising with key suppliers, building an effective partnership.
• Ensuring inbound deliveries are met on time and in full
• Taking appropriate actions to minimise production shortages
• Raising purchase orders to ensure on time delivery is achieved by external suppliers.
• Management of all inventories to the agreed stock levels
• Working closely with different chain teams to understand and execute customer requirements.
• To provide appropriate planning cover in line with departmental holiday schedules.
• Maintaining agreed stock levels in a cost-effective manner, measured by value of P&L inventory used and held on a weekly/monthly basis
• Ensuring stock is available to meet production requirements, avoiding downtime and customer shortages, measured by daily/weekly downtime in production/customer OTIF service levels.

 Ideal candidate will have:

• Good communication skills, both verbally and written
• Excellent attention to detail
• Able to form and maintain fantastic relations internally and externally
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills and IT Literate
• Able to provide excellent levels of service to internal and external customers