Job vacancy - Materials Planning Analyst
Position: Materials Planning Analyst
Reference: acsCTmaplan
Location: Hastings
Salary: £20,000 - £26,000 per annum
Job Title: Materials Planning Analyst
Are you an Analyst with experience in a Manufacturing Environment? Do you have experience using SAP or a similar ERP?
Overview:
Our Materials Planning Analysts play a pivotal role in the manufacturing of connectors in our high-paced, fast-moving environment. You will liaise with all departments from raw materials to finished goods, coordinating orders to cash.
Responsibilities:
- Receiving progress enquiries from Sales, investigate lead-time that is achievable so that the order may be obtained.
- Providing Strategic Purchasing with quantities and required dates to maintain delivery on time.
- Progressing shop orders to meet delivery promises and advise the Value Stream Manager and sales desk if and when dates cannot be met.
- Providing the Materials Manager with relevant Strategic information as and when required.
- Providing departmental reports from mainframe source data in order to fully inform key personnel of the Value Streams KPI's.
- Forecasting delivery against customer enquiries when customers' requirement is for delivery shorter than standard lead-time.
Skills/Experience Required:
- Ideally, with experience of a computer based production environment.
- Ability to interact/collaborate with upper management and within a team environment.
- Competency in working in SAP or similar ERP with strong knowledge of MRP and other Materials Management techniques.
- Strong overall technology usage skills, including but not limited to Microsoft Office suite and, especially, advanced Excel skills.
ACS are recruiting for a Materials Planning Analyst. If you feel that you have the skills and experience required in this advertisement to be a Materials Planning Analyst please submit your CV including an outline of your experience as a Materials Planning Analyst. It is always a good idea to include a covering letter outlining your experience as a Materials Planning Analyst with your application as this will enhance your chances of selection and improve your prospects of landing the Materials Planning Analyst role you desire.