Material Planner - Walsall, United Kingdom - Babcock International

Babcock International

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Walsall, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Description

Material Planner:

Location: Walsall, GB, WS2 8LD
Onsite or Hybrid: Hybrid

Job Title:
Material Planner

Location:
Walsall, West Midlands

Compensation:
£30,000 - £33,000 dependant on experience + Benefits

Role Type:
Full time / Permanent

Role ID:
SF54753

At Babcock we're working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Material Planner at our Walsall site.

As a Material Planner, you will have a role that is out of the ordinary. Our Vehicle Engineering business operates a whole life methodology to specialist vehicle conversions.

This ranges from concept design and assessment, to manufacture and installation of customer specific equipment, through to maintenance and eventual decommissioning of the vehicle.

Day to day, you will be responsible for managing the release of demands for materials. Moreover, you will coordinate all change control activities, amongst also creating and distributing material availability and shortage reports. This new role brings an opportunity to develop the role through continuous improvement activities.

Support the Sales and Operations Planning process by developing the material requirements planning capability within the business to align with operational planning and Customer requirements.
Support in the evolving, manage and maintain the MRP tool. Create and distribute material reports to relevant stakeholders
Engage with internal stakeholders in continuous improvement activities within the Material planning function and evolve existing processes through continuous improvement tasks; aiming for greater discipline, control and documentation within all functions.
Raise and release purchase requisitions towards procurement based on demand profiles.
Control of materials under engineering change process towards all stakeholders. Control the release of engineer Bills of Material towards procurement
Escalate material availability to purchasing and supply chain management stakeholders and ensure production requirements are communicated and prioritised

This role full time 37.5 hours per week working Monday-Thursday 8am-5pm and Friday 8am-2pm and will be based at Walsall on site

Essential experience of the Material Planner:

Proven experience within an engineering planning environment
Ability to use spreadsheets (Excel), databases, shared working environment and other IT programmes
Willingness to work 'hands on' across the wider business when necessary.
Selfstarter with high energy levels, personal drive and commitment.
Experienced user of material requirements planning systems / Tools

Qualifications for the Material Planner:

Higher Diploma Level or relevant experience

Our Benefits

Generous holiday allowance
Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
Employee share scheme
Employee shopping savings portal
Payment of Professional Fees
Reservists in the armed forces receive 10days special paid leave
Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows most employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement

- 'Be Kind Day' enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity

Babcock International
For over a century Babcock International have helped to defend nations, protect communities, and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.

Closing date: 28/11/23

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