Materials Planning Manager

Recruit4staff is proud to be representing their client, a leading Aerospace company in their search for a Materials Planning Manager to join their Deeside based manufacturing site.
For the successful Materials Planning Manager our client is offering;
Salary negotiable depending on experience
Flexible Shift patterns (5 day week / 4 Day weeks shift patterns)
Permanent Position
Standard holidays at (25 days + bank holidays) with the option to buy or sell a week
Pension contribution of up to 6%
The Role - Materials Planning Manager:
Responsible for providing leadership to the planning and commercial team. Strong management skills are required to lead, coach, mentor, and develop the team, ensuring efficiency and collaboration.
Leads the Sales, Inventory and Operations Planning (SIOP) process. Incorporating all supporting functions and presents the executive overview to the senior leadership team.
Responsible for overseeing the coordination of all manufacturing order creation to the shop through analysis of Sales Order requirements
Develop requirements and standards to ensure business goals and performance metrics are attained through a cohesive standard of work.
Work closely with Operations, Production, MRO and Engineering to establish true capacity plans based on demands vs resource availability
Monitors throughput and adherence to plan. Reports on recovery and constraints.
Strives to enable the team to fully utilize the ERP system to full functionality. Developing reporting mechanisms and standardizing across the team/group where possible.
Develops a best practice sharing mentality between the team. Reaching out to sister sites and adopting a continuous improvement attitude.
Analyse inventory levels for purchased and manufactured goods. Monitors and manages material inventories, tracks progress of production, and reviews factors which affect schedules
Ensures coordination with Operations Managers to make any adjustments to production schedules daily/weekly as needed to meet business and customer needs. Communicates demand information across the facility so that everyone is aware of volume and metrics.
Reviews orderbook changes and challenges any changes in the demand profile with the relevant customers.
Complies with all company policies and procedures, including safety requirements.
Fosters positive relationship with internal and external customers
Recruit4staff is proud to be representing their client, a leading Aerospace company in their search for a Materials Planning Manager to join their Deeside based manufacturing site.
For the successful Materials Planning Manager our client is offering;
Salary negotiable depending on experience
Flexible Shift patterns (5 day week / 4 Day weeks shift patterns)
Permanent Position
Standard holidays at (25 days + bank holidays) with the option to buy or sell a week
Pension contribution of up to 6%
The Role - Materials Planning Manager:
Responsible for providing leadership to the planning and commercial team. Strong management skills are required to lead, coach, mentor, and develop the team, ensuring efficiency and collaboration.
Leads the Sales, Inventory and Operations Planning (SIOP) process. Incorporating all supporting functions and presents the executive overview to the senior leadership team.
Responsible for overseeing the coordination of all manufacturing order creation to the shop through analysis of Sales Order requirements
Develop requirements and standards to ensure business goals and performance metrics are attained through a cohesive standard of work.
Work closely with Operations, Production, MRO and Engineering to establish true capacity plans based on demands vs resource availability
Monitors throughput and adherence to plan. Reports on recovery and constraints.
Strives to enable the team to fully utilize the ERP system to full functionality. Developing reporting mechanisms and standardizing across the team/group where possible.
Develops a best practice sharing mentality between the team. Reaching out to sister sites and adopting a continuous improvement attitude.
Analyse inventory levels for purchased and manufactured goods. Monitors and manages material inventories, tracks progress of production, and reviews factors which affect schedules
Ensures coordination with Operations Managers to make any adjustments to production schedules daily/weekly as needed to meet business and customer needs. Communicates demand information across the facility so that everyone is aware of volume and metrics.
Reviews orderbook changes and challenges any changes in the demand profile with the relevant customers.
Complies with all company policies and procedures, including safety requirements.
Fosters positive relationship with internal and external customers
What our client is looking for in a Materials Planning Manager:
Degree in Operations, Business, Supply Chain or related field preferred or equivalent experience.- ESSENTIAL
At least 5 years’ experience working within a planning and/or customer facing role -ESSENTIAL
At least 2-3 years management experience, preferably within an aerospace manufacturer -ESSENTIAL
Strong leadership skills to overcome challenges and achieve results.
This position requires mathematical ability and excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Strong MS office and ERP system understanding.
Key skills or similar job titles; Electrical design engineer, Graduate design engineer, Graduate electrical engineer.
Commutable From: Deeside / Chester/ Flint / Holywell / Ellesmere Port / Mold / Rhyl / Broughton / Wrexham
This vacancy is being advertised on behalf of Recruit4staff (Wrexham) who are operating as a recruitment agency, agent, agencies, employment agency or employment business. Job Reference: opp-20148Back to job search
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