Materials Planner

Materials Planner - FMCG Our client, an expert in manufacturing cleaning products, known for delivering reliable, high-quality services across residential and commercial spaces are currently looking for a Materials Planner. This is a full time role based in Thetford working Monday Friday. Key Skills and Experience: Excellent organisation, forward planning, negotiation and persuasive skills to meet deadlines. Build effective relationships with strong problem solving and influencing skills. Proven numerical and statistical ability, good literacy skills, IT literate including MS Office suite and ERP systems experience. Ability to prioritise and manage an everchanging workload. Has a hands-on proactive attitude and a go-look-see style. Excellent communicator to senior management and across departments in effective verbal and written communication. FMCG experience, a minimum of 2 years experience within a planning or purchasing function. Advanced excel skills. Demonstrable team building and development skills. Key Duties: Converting production plan into material requirement for all packaging components. Placing orders taking into account stock levels, lead times, costs and scrap factors. Maintaining adequate stock levels in line with order book, historical ordering pattern and line performances. Ensuring orders are aligned with goods inwards and store managers. Daily management of bottle orders and bottle stocks. Managing key suppliers and staying in regular contact to ..... full job details .....