Material Planner - Milton Keynes, United Kingdom - Aero Tec Laboratories

Aero Tec Laboratories

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Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

4 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

About us
We are a manufacturing company in Milton Keynes, who craft flexible fuel tanks for many industries.

This includes motorsport, automotive, marine, aerospace, defence and aviation, to name a few We are the leading manufacturer in our field and exclusively supply all of the teams on the Formula 1 grid.

We work with some world-famous brands and craft a safety product, meaning quality is of the utmost importance to us.

Job Purpose
Determine material and component requirements based on the MRP system and ensure availability to support production schedules utilising Seavus.

Job role
Ensuring the consistent and adequate supply of materials necessary for production, reporting all shortages or misaligned deliveries. Coordinating with other departments such as engineering, production, stores, logistics, to ensure that materials are available when needed. Coordinating with Resource Planning regarding production goals, timelines etc.

Responsibilities will include:

Determining the required materials and generating purchase orders.
Analysis of MRP data to ensure the company are procuring material within cost constraints.
Scheduling and overseeing the supply and delivery of materials and products, coordinating with Stores team.
Managing schedule changes, and cancellations as directed by the Planning Resource function.
Creating forecasts for materials requirements, including estimating seasonal fluctuations demand using SIOP/ S&OP process.
Reviewing inventory levels of materials and ordering additional quantities when necessary, based on business requirements and output from SIOP / S&OP.
Ensuring that materials are delivered on time and are of high quality.
Tracking production volume and monitoring customer demand patterns and purchasing trends.
Monitoring costs associated with materials purchases and maintaining records of expenditures.
Creating reports to define deliveries due into warehouse daily.
Creating past due reports and driving resolution with Stores Team.
Use environmentally sustainable practices in accordance with our environmental policy.
Seek ways to reduce waste and energy usage in accordance with our environmental objectives
You may be required to complete other tasks, as required by the business

We are looking for someone who:

Educated to 'A' level standard.
Minimum of 2 years previous experience within a manufacturing environment as a Planner / Scheduler.
Must have strong attention to detail.
Excellent Excel and strong MS Project skills.
Inquisitive and continuous improvement mindset.
The ability to work in a fastpaced environment and meet tight deadlines.
Highly organised with the ability to prioritise workloads

The Package