Materials Planner
Location: Newcastle - NE6 3PF - 4 days onsite, 1 day remote
Contract: until the end of October 2026 due to maternity leave cover
37.5 hours per week. Possible either 7.5 hours per day or Mon‑Thur 8.5 per day and a short Friday core hours 9 am‑3 pm
Responsibilities
- Review the ERP system daily, ensuring material quantities are available to execute the project as per BOM and convert suggested requirements into purchase requisitions.
- Support the Master Production Scheduler to ensure material availability meets the manufacturing plan, highlighting risks and driving issue resolution.
- Act as an interface between project, procurement, and production planning teams to minimise manufacturing delays.
- Analyse and monitor inventory levels to ensure continuous material flow to manufacturing operations while supporting business cash‑flow targets.
- Co‑ordinate problem resolution and maintain ASCP dates through regular communication with Production Control and Master Scheduler.
- Manage ERP data quality.
Qualifications
- Proven experience in material planning is essential.
- Strong Excel skills for data analysis and reporting.
- Familiarity with Oracle or other ERP/MRP systems is desirable and considered a plus.
- Experience with SAP is beneficial for working with Oracle‑based systems.
Tools
- Excel for data analysis and reporting.
- ERP/MRP systems, especially Oracle ASCP.
- Knowledge of SAP.
