Ref:ROXUK00151 – Materials Planning and Logistics (MP&L) Planner

Roxel Group; Kidderminster; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading aerospace and defense company is looking for a Materials Planning and Logistics (MP&L) Planner based in Kidderminster. The role involves ensuring material availability for production, maintaining optimal inventory levels, and coordinating logistics. Successful candidates will have at least 5 GCSEs and strong MRP knowledge. Competitive salary and benefits included.

Benefits

Success Sharing Bonus Scheme

Contributory pension

On-site parking

Subsidised canteen

Occupational sick pay

Professional membership

Perkbox

Income Protection

Death in service

HealthShield

Sell and Buy Holiday

Cycle to Work Scheme

Workwear

Qualifications

• 5 GCSEs at level 4 or above including Maths & English.
• Strong knowledge and experience of MRP/EPR systems.
• Excellent proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).

Responsibilities

• Ensure availability of materials to support production plans.
• Raise and manage purchase orders with suppliers.
• Maintain inventory levels and manage stock data.

Skills

MRP/EPR systems knowledge

Excellent organizational skills

Microsoft Office proficiency

Education

5 GCSEs at level 4 or above including Maths & English

Tools

Tropos

Job description

Overview

ROXUK00151 Materials Planning and Logistics (MP&L) Planner. Reporting to: MP&L Manager. Location: UK operations based at Summerfield Kidderminster. Salary Band: £25,584 to £36,244. Additional benefits: Success Sharing Bonus Scheme, Contributory pension, on-site parking, Subsidised canteen, Occupational sick pay, Professional membership, Perkbox, Income Protection, Death in service, HealthShield, Sell and Buy Holiday, Cycle to Work Scheme, Workwear. Holidays: 25 statutory days per annum pro-rata – plus Bank holidays. Hours of Work: 37hr/week; 08:00-16:30 Monday to Thursday (30mins lunch break); 08:00-13:00 Friday; or 07:30-15:30 Monday to Thursday (30mins lunch break); 07:30-14:30 Friday.

Roxel is an Anglo-French company that designs, develops and manufactures solid propellant rocket motors for use in tactical missiles. Its operations are spread across several sites in the UK and France and it has an annual turnover over £150M and nearly 1000 staff, 300 in the UK. The UK operations are entirely based at Summerfield Kidderminster where we currently have two vacancies for a Materials Planning and Logistics (MP&L) Planner.

The MP&L Planner will be responsible for ensuring the smooth flow of materials and the effective scheduling of production to meet customer demand, minimise costs and maintaining optimal inventory levels. This role requires a balance of tactical material ordering and strategic production scheduling, ensuring availability of parts while maximising manufacturing efficiency.

The role is to plan, coordinate and expedite the parts and materials required to support production schedules, including the analysis of MRP planning outputs, confirming parts and materials schedules and expediting parts and materials from suppliers inclusive of all clearance activities with support from material technical authorities. Also to manage inventory levels, shelf lifes, optimise material flow and maintain accurate system data to support efficient supply chain operations.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Ensure parts and materials are available to support production plans in all areas of manufacturing but running and maintaining the Material Requirements Planning (MRP) system.
2. Convert demand and production plans into material purchase requirements.
3. Raise and manage purchase orders with suppliers in line with lead times and inventory policies.
4. Liaise closely with suppliers to track deliveries, resolve shortages & expedite where necessary and liaise with Procurement, Quality and other departments as required to resolve any supply issues.
5. Develop, maintain and optimise production schedules to balance customer demand with resource capacity.
6. Monitor production performance again the plan and adjust as required to maintain delivery commitments whilst coordinating with other teams to resolve issues affecting output.
7. Maintain master data parameter accuracy in the MRP system to ensure parts and materials are scheduled to include time necessary for internal testing and quality assurance etc.
8. Ensure that materials with a shelf life are maintained and available as required, co-ordinating re-lifing (via Material Technical Authorities) or purchase as required.
9. Monitor stock levels to prevent shortages or excess inventory. Review slow-moving, excess and obsolete stock regularly and propose actions. Support new product launches and phase-outs, ensuring smooth transition of materials.
10. Manage and report on non-conformance impacts to materials and production schedules
11. Support cycle counting and annual stock takes as required and maintain data accuracy and integrity.
12. Provide accurate and timely management reporting of KPIs.
13. Continually seek improvements relative to inventory and supply, and make recommendations designed to reduce costs and improve methods.
14. Ensure Health and Safety standards for all incoming materials are fully communicated and understood.
15. Additional responsibilities and projects as required by the business

Experience and Background

Qualification:

S Essential Qualifications – o A minimum of 5 GCSEs at level 4 or above (must include Maths & English); o Have excellent proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)

Desirable Qualifications – o CiPs or equivalent

Experience:

Essential Experience – o Strong knowledge and experience of MRP/EPR systems (Tropos would be an advantage); o Excellent organisational and time management skills; o Extensive experience of working in a material planning and/or production planning environment

Desirable Experience – o Have previous experience of providing a positive contribution in driving change; o Continuous improvement; analysing the causes of concerns and developing countermeasures to root causes

Person Specification

• Highly motivated with a drive to succeed
• Ability to build and maintain successful relationships with colleagues and across other departments
• Demonstrates a high degree of integrity and a consistent approach
• Effective verbal & written communication skills
• Reacts positively to change, utilising past experiences
• Pro-actively challenges existing work practices

How to apply

Please note: As a successful applicant you will be required to undertake an Occupational Health Assessment, be able to pass a Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) and at a later date Security Clearance (SC). A further condition is for the successful individual to have lived in the UK consistently for at least 5 years.

Please check guidelines by looking on the below link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/united-kingdom-security-vetting-clearance-levels/national-security-vetting-clearance-levels

At Roxel we work in a grading structure, based on experience, as part of your application please specify your salary expectations.