Material Planner

Strategic Planning

• Participate and influence department strategy.
• Monitor and track against the plan.
• Develop recommendations and subsequent action plans to enable the delivery of the departmental strategy.
• Day to day interaction with team members to deliver strategy.
• Build and develop effective relationships with relevant stakeholders to highlight and determine best solution to overcome challenges to continuously improve.
• Contribute to delivering strategic plans with suppliers by liaising regularly on trend changes and tactical forecasting.
• Proactive and regular communication with key stakeholders.
• Conduct stock build plans considering capacity raw materials supply etc.

Operational Planning

• Understand and optimise supply chain and systems.
• Understand internal and external factors which impact on demand and ensure these are reflected in forecasts.
• Communicate with internal and external stakeholder to maximise efficiencies.
• Identify challenges, trends and opportunities.
• Maintain Data and Systems (Master Data BOMS, MOQ’s, Rounding values lead-times ETC
• Collate Information and Assumptions.
• Share and Publish MRP the Plans.
• Track and Manage Plans and escalate supply shorts.
• Issuing daily plans/schedules for all production units.
• Resource Shift/ Labour planning.
• Manage space in warehouses in line with plans.
• Manage redundant and obsolete stock.
• Manage relationships with suppliers.
• Provide daily/weekly/monthly forecasts with supplier
• Purchase order management and ensure accurate order placement on all aspects.
• Keep updated price lists on all items. Communicate price increases internally to relevant parties.
• Manage supplier contracts.
• Conduct price negotiations with suppliers.
• Ensure supplier splits are adhered to.
• Deal with supplier claims and GRVing issues, returns to suppliers and price dispute variances.
• Delivery schedules to be sent daily.
• Report on materials shortages with root cause and corrective action.
• Drive cost saving initiatives in line with departments strategies

Continues improvement

• Analysis of historical and current performance.
• Understand market / product trends as well as department focus that could impact demand.
• Implement tactical plans to support business decision making (6-18 month focus on capacity, Staffing etc.)
• Implementation and review against long term tactical plans.
• Planning initiatives / Innovation to improve planning.

Personal development

• Drive personal development.
• Create a personal development plan short and long term.