Material Planner - Portadown, United Kingdom - Glen Dimplex Heating & Ventilation

Glen Dimplex Heating & Ventilation

Verified Company

Portadown, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

beBee Recruiter

Description

Main Purpose

Glen Dimplex Heating & Ventilation (GDHV) is a Division of the Glen Dimplex Group, a world leader in intelligent electric heating and renewable energy solutions, as well as holding significant global market positions in domestic appliances, cooling and ventilation.

GDHV is dedicated in the design, development and manufacture of sustainable, efficient and desirable heating and ventilation products and systems throughout and around buildings to provide comfort for everyone.

As part of the Procurement team, the role of the Material Planner will be to support the business by taking responsibility for material planning on several selected suppliers for the multiple facilities within the GDHV Division.

These suppliers will be chosen based on their geographical location, lead time and complexity.

The Material Planner will be responsible for placing orders for the specified materials and will have full responsibility for the delivery of these materials from suppliers to the GDHV facilities to meet production and customer requirements.

Responsibilities*•Ensuring that materials are ordered and scheduled for delivery from suppliers in the quantity and delivery date required to support our service to customers.

Ensuring deliveries take place on the correct date, in the correct containers, in the quantity required.
Validating that supplier schedules meet the GDHV facilities demands and collaborate with the supplier to ensure continued material availability.
Dealing with any delivery & invoice discrepancies and following through to resolution.
Initiating, coordinating, and participating in activities to ensure optimum inventory levels.
Being involved with, as necessary, the scheduling and control of onward ship material.
Coordinating and managing returnable stillages.
Set up and maintenance of SAP S4/Hana System Master data for Suppliers and Materials.
Weekly reporting on Key Performance Indicators.
Coordinating and managing Engineering Changes.
Participation in Continuous Improvement initiatives.
Any additional tasks in line with Material Management requirements or as requested by the Line Manager.

Skills, Knowledge and Experience

ESSENTIAL

Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook)
Previous experience in a material planning or supply chain role
Supplier management experience
Knowledge of MRP/ERP systems, SAP S4/Hana system preferable
Excellent Interpersonal skills and be able to communicate at all levels of a business
Ability to work as part of a team and on own initiative
Enthusiastic, selfstarter with good initiative and proactive approach to work
Excellent time management and planning skills

DESIRABLE

Experience of practical implementation of lean techniques within a materials or supply chain function.
Membership of relevant professional body.

Values
At GDHV we are proud of our Company Values which are at the centre of all that we do.

In addition to role specific skills and experience (outlined above) our colleagues are expected to always strive to:

Think Customer
Care About People
Value Innovation
Keep It Simple
Come join us and be the difference that makes the difference.
(Take a look at what's going on at Glen Dimplex Heating & Ventilation on our LinkedIn page.)

Job Type:
Permanent

Salary:
£28,000.00-£32,000.00 per year