Material Planner

Key Responsibilities

• 1. MRP, Manufacturing Data and Works Orders
• Run and review Sicon MRP within Sage 200; assess recommendations and exception messages, then create, expedite, defer, reschedule or cancel supply actions as required.
• Review demand from sales orders, forecasts, BOMs, routings, works orders, stock commitments and open purchase orders to protect the production schedule and customer delivery dates.
• Create, review and maintain BOMs, including component quantities, units of measure, scrap allowances, issue methods, revisions and effective dates.
• Create, review and maintain routings, including operation sequence, work centres, setup and run times, labour or machine requirements and externally subcontracted operations.
• Create and maintain works orders, ensuring quantities, due dates, BOM issues, allocations, routing operations and subcontract activities are accurate before release.
• Understand the end-to-end system flow from item master to BOM and routing, into works-order demand, MRP recommendations, subcontract requirements and linked purchase orders.
• Maintain accurate lead times, safety stock, order quantities, order multiples, preferred suppliers, make-or-buy settings and stock locations.
• 2. Purchasing, Inventory and Supplier Management
• Raise and maintain purchase orders within delegated authority; obtain acknowledgements, monitor open orders and follow up late or at-risk deliveries.
• Identify shortages and supply constraints early, maintain clear shortage information and communicate risks, recovery actions and expected delivery dates.
• Balance material availability with inventory value by identifying excess, obsolete and slow-moving stock and recommending corrective action.
• Investigate stock discrepancies, allocations, incomplete transactions and data errors that affect MRP accuracy; support cycle counts and reconciliation.
• Provide suppliers with agreed demand visibility and contribute delivery, quality and responsiveness data to supplier performance reviews.