Material Planner / Analyst

The company

A well-established Automotive Manufacturing business based in the heart of the Coventry Manufacturing Industry, who have undergone significant investment in the last 18 months, investing heavily in a new premises and state of the art equipment. This company has seen exponential growth in the last 18 months and are now aiming at further expansion within their customer base. This Automotive business specialises in the manufacture of specialist components for a wealth of prestigious OEM brands and are now seeking a Material Planner / Analyst to join them at an exciting time in their journey.

The role

Reporting into the MP&L Manager, a Material Planner/Analyst is now required join the MP&L team to ensure operational and production continuity across the business.

You will take responsibility for:

• Maintaining sufficient stock levels and ensuring that the supply of materials meet the production schedule
• Utilising the long-term sales forecast and intelligence from the sales team to forecast demand to the supply base. Thus, assessing volume requirements against planning assumptions.
• Liaising with the production team to ensure flexes in customer requirements and constraints from the supply base are managed accordingly.
• Generating and analysing reports regularly
• Regular engagement with the offsite distribution centre ensuring all dispatches are satisfactory.
• Manipulating and interpreting customer schedules across company departments

What you need

It is ESSENTIAL for the successful candidate to have the following:

• The candidate must have planning/analyst or similar experience in a previous role, preferably within the automotive sector
• Must be able to communicate confidently and have the ability to work under your own initiative with excellent time-management skills
• Must be computer literate and advanced in Microsoft Excel
• Excellent problem-solving skills - ability to deliver efficient and effective solutions to meet production requirements

Other DESIRABLE skills include:

• Previous experience in a planner/analysis role within the automotive sector would be highly advantageous

What is on offer

On offer is the opportunity to join a privately-owned business which has both a fantastic reputation locally and amongst its customers base. Along with this you also have the prospect of joining a company which is undergoing significant expansion across a wide range of customers and is not limited in terms of its customer portfolio; giving you a wide degree of scope A salary of £28,000-£30,000 is on offer along with further benefits such as progression opportunities as the business continues to evolve and fantastic working hours on Monday- Thursday (7:30-15:30) with an early finish on Friday.

How to apply?

For more information on this role please contact us at our Birmingham office on 0121 820 7020 or email me at .

Alternatively, please use the link in this ad to apply now.

We will aim to respond back to all successful applications within 5 days. If you do not hear back from us within 5 days, your application has been unsuccessful, however we will keep your CV and details on file to consider you for more relevant opportunities in the future.

Pontem Recruitment is a leading specialist recruitment agency who aim to bridge the skills gap between candidates and employers within the Engineering & Manufacturing sector.

Pontem Recruitment is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.