Procurement Planner & Storeman We are looking for a pro-active, forward thinking individual to join our friendly well-established company in Hailsham as a Procurement Planner & Storeman. This is a key role that will play a critical hybrid role within the company, responsible for ensuring the efficient planning, coordination, and placing orders for materials to support production. This role combines hands-on materials planning with material stores, enabling the team to operate both efficiently and proactively in getting parts ordered with suppliers and issued out to production in a timely manner. The Planner will enhance the team’s ability to manage complex part needs, improve inventory, and contribute to on time delivery by working cross-functionally with production, engineering, and suppliers. This role will directly support the procurement and production departments to improve supply chain resilience. The role entails: · Forecast raw materials, machined components, electrical and electronic parts requirement in line with production schedules. · Place purchase orders timely for just in time availability of parts for production as per production schedule considering various lead times for various items required. · Flag any long lead item that will risk production schedule · Liaise with Production, Engineering, and other departments to align parts supply with internal needs · Monitor and maintain optimal inventory levels by placing purchase orders timely to prevent shortages or excess stock · To kit from Bills of materials our Electronic, mechanical and PCB products. Skills and Experiences: · Experience working with MRP planning, preferably using NetSuite or similar · Strong MS Excel skills · “A super organiser” - very strong organisational skills to juggle multiple requests and priorities · NVQ Qualification in related field · Stock room / Material Stores experience. · Training will be given Benefits: · 39 Hours a week from Monday to Friday (Early Finish on Fridays) · Flexi Start Time · Company Pension Scheme · Death in service Insurance · Health care: Company Provided membership of the hospital savings association · Attendance Bonus (maximum of 12 days wage per year) · Paid Day off for birthday · Over time Please note this position is located in our Hailsham office. Salary starting at £26,000 DOE