We are offering a 12‑month placement for a highly motivated undergraduate to join the Production Planning team at our Aberdare site, starting in summer 2026. You must be currently undertaking a Bachelor’s degree and looking to develop your learning through hands‑on industry experience.
Typical Tasks
* Monitor raw material inventory levels (physical and system) for copper, compound and packaging, ensuring stock remains within agreed min/max and safety stock settings.
* Create, review and maintain purchase orders and scheduling agreements in SAP, ensuring accurate pricing, lead times and delivery dates.
* Coordinate supplier deliveries, expedite overdue orders and help manage shortages by proposing alternatives and recovery actions with Production/Planning.
* Work with Stores/Warehouse to prioritise receiving, put‑away and staging of materials for production.
* Investigate and resolve goods receipt/invoice receipt discrepancies and blocked invoices in partnership with Finance, Quality and suppliers.
* Maintain accurate material master data (lead times, MOQ/lot sizes, safety stock, MRP type) and support continuous improvement of planning parameters.
* Support inventory accuracy through cycle counts, variance investigations and authorised stock adjustments while following inventory control processes.
* Assist quality containment activities (quarantines, rejections, concessions) and arrange replacement material to minimise production disruption.
* Track and report key metrics (stock turns, shortages, aged inventory, supplier delivery performance) and highlight risks or required actions.
About You
You are organised, detail‑focused and able to manage multiple priorities while maintaining accurate raw material data. You are confident working with numbers and can support reporting and KPI tracking.
Strong communication skills enable you to collaborate effectively with Production Planning, Stores/Warehouse, Quality, Purchasing and suppliers to keep material flowing to plan. You take a proactive approach to problem solving—expediting deliveries, highlighting risks and supporting recovery actions when issues arise.
You have good spoken and written English and the right to work in the UK. You are comfortable working at the shopfloor/warehouse interface and supporting inventory accuracy activities. Strong IT skills, particularly in Excel (pivot tables/lookups) and MS Office, are essential; SAP/ERP experience is an advantage.
What You’ll Gain
By the end of the placement, you will have gained practical experience in raw material control within a live manufacturing environment. You’ll develop your planning and problem‑solving skills, learn how copper, compound and packaging flow from supplier to production, and build confidence using ERP systems (e.g., SAP), Excel and performance reporting.
You will also strengthen your stakeholder‑management skills through daily collaboration with Production, Warehouse, Quality, Purchasing and suppliers, and contribute to improvement activities that enhance service, reduce shortages and improve inventory accuracy.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Prysmian is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All persons will be considered for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, nationality, origin, citizenship status, socio‑economic status, age, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, military service or veteran status, pregnancy, parental leave, medical conditions or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.
Prysmian will endeavour to make a reasonable accommodation for any disclosed physical or neurological condition or disability of a qualified applicant unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business.
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