Materials Expeditor / Planner

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Materials Expeditor/Planner

Birmingham

6 month contract | 37 hours per week

£18.14 per hour PAYE

About the role:

My client; a leading provider of aerospace, energy and defense solutions are currently recruiting for a Materials Expeditor/Planner to join their team in Birmingham on a 6-month contract basis. You will be reporting to the Procurement Specialist within the Supply Chain department; managing outstanding purchase order delivery adherence to 'on time' principles.

Duties and Responsibilities:

React to daily Material Requirements Plan (MRP) messages and liaise with the Master Scheduler.Manage relationships with suppliers of goods and services to ensure delivery and responsiveness targets are being achieved. Ensure arrears (without safety stock) file is being aggressively managed with each potential risk identified with mitigation action.Support the Trainee Supply Chain Analyst with schedule generation.Open orders weekly file to be managed and expedited against all suppliers. Parts to be chased against MRP demand dates with any agreed deferred dates being updated on the system.Discrete purchase orders file to be managed every week from MRP file, minimise numbers and action immediately.Update metrics file to detail weekly status progress and report to weekly procurement team meeting.Ability to facilitate and lead meetings and negotiations and make best use of resources and time.Working on development projects and supporting programmes as required.Proactively support supply chain continuous improvement activities.Liaise with internal and external customers to identify priorities and take appropriate actions.Any other tasks considered commensurate with your role by your manager.

Skills and experience:

Experience working within a supply chain management teamExperience working with purchase orders (POs)Excellent written and computer literacy skills

If you are interested in this position, please apply directly to the vacancy and we will be in touch to discuss suitability.