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Job Title : Materials Planner

Working Location : Huddersfield

Rate : £17.44 per hour

Contract Length : 12 – 18 months

Responsibilities:

Our client is seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented Materials Planner for a 12–18 month contract to join their team! As a Materials Planner, you will be responsible for creating and maintaining production schedules, ensuring that materials and resources are available to meet production targets, and coordinating with various departments to ensure smooth production processes. Other responsibilities include:

• Managing all activities, supporting the production supply chain by procuring raw materials, initiating, and tracking production, despatching product in line with business expectations and updating commercial systems in a timely manner to ensure that financial accounts and business visibility are accurate and up to date.
• Ensuring all components for manufacture are available in a timely manner to support production.
• Recording and updating business and associated systems in a timely manner, to give accurate visibility of purchases, plans, customer promises and financials.
• Producing monthly financial account detailing profit and loss for agreement with Area Production Managers.

Skills:

• Strong background as a Materials Planner.
• A strong level of knowledge / experience in a supply chain environment.
• Experience in a busy supply chain environment.
• Knowledge of GSAP P1B/S4 Hana.
• A good level of knowledge of Microsoft Office 365 tools.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills, and the ability to work well under pressure.

ROXEL (UK ROCKET MOTORS) LIMITED

Roxel is an Anglo-French Company that designs, develops and manufactures a range of 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 of about £150M and nearly 1000 staff. The UK operations are entirely based at Summerfield, Kidderminster.

OVERVIEW & SCOPE OF ROLE

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 life's, optimise material flow and maintain accurate system data to support efficient supply chain operations.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & REPONSIBILITIES

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 & BACKGROUND

Qualifications:

• Essential Qualifications
• A minimum of 5 GCSE’s at level 4 or above (must include Maths & English)
• Have excellent proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
• Desirable Qualifications
• CiPs or equivalent

Experience:

• Essential Experience
• Strong knowledge and experience of MRP/EPR systems (Tropos would be an advantage)
• Excellent organisational and time management skills
• Extensive experience of working in a material planning and/or production planning environment
• Desirable Experience
• Have previous experience of providing a positive contribution in driving change
• 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

As a Materials Planner, you will be responsible for ensuring the continuous supply of materials needed for manufacturing operations. You will work closely with vendors, monitor stock levels, and use planning systems to avoid shortages while also maintaining compliance with internal processes and health & safety standards.

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Material Scheduler – Northwest Leeds - £40,000 - £45,000

Elevation Recruitment Group are proud to be partnering exclusively with leading manufacturing business based in Northwest Leeds who are looking to recruit a Material Scheduler to join their team.

This is a key position within the supply chain team, responsible for ensuring the smooth flow of materials into production and maintaining the stability of manufacturing operations.

Benefits

• Lucrative quarterly profit share bonus (Up to 18% of salary)
• 25 days holiday + stat days
• Pension (7.5% matched)
• Various social events - Summer BBQ, Christmas lunches, McMillan Coffee Mornings etc
• Cycle to work scheme / Technology scheme
• Free onsite parking

Working Hours: 7:30am-4:30pm (Mon-Tue) 7:30am-4:15pm (Wed-Thur) 7:30am-12pm (Fri)

The Role

• Managing daily and weekly schedules for production materials in line with forecasts and demand
• Preparing and issuing quarterly demand forecasts to suppliers
• Maintaining accurate inventory and order data to support planning and budgeting
• Monitoring supplier capacity, delivery performance and lead times
• Coordinating recovery plans in response to shortages or delays
• Leading supplier performance reviews and supporting improvement initiatives

The Person

We are looking for someone highly organised, analytical and confident in managing supplier relationships. You will thrive in a role that demands precision, communication and proactive problem-solving.

Key Requirements:

• Previous experience within a similar role within a manufacturing business
• Confident communicator, able to collaborate effectively across teams and with suppliers
• Advanced Excel skills - skilled in data analysis, with experience producing clear performance reports

About Elevation

Elevation Recruitment Group is a specialist recruitment consultancy that helps people build long-term, successful careers. We work across a wide range of industries and disciplines with a focus on making recruitment feel more human, more honest and more effective. We are specialists in every function and experts in every hire. Check out our website to find out more.

Job Title : Materials Planner

Working Location : Huddersfield

Rate : £17.44 per hour

Contract Length : 12 – 18 months

Responsibilities:

Our client is seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented Materials Planner for a 12–18 month contract to join their team! As a Materials Planner, you will be responsible for creating and maintaining production schedules, ensuring that materials and resources are available to meet production targets, and coordinating with various departments to ensure smooth production processes. Other responsibilities include:

• Managing all activities, supporting the production supply chain by procuring raw materials, initiating, and tracking production, despatching product in line with business expectations and updating commercial systems in a timely manner to ensure that financial accounts and business visibility are accurate and up to date.
• Ensuring all components for manufacture are available in a timely manner to support production.
• Recording and updating business and associated systems in a timely manner, to give accurate visibility of purchases, plans, customer promises and financials.
• Producing monthly financial account detailing profit and loss for agreement with Area Production Managers.

Skills:

• Strong background as a Materials Planner.
• A strong level of knowledge / experience in a supply chain environment.
• Experience in a busy supply chain environment.
• Knowledge of GSAP P1B/S4 Hana.
• A good level of knowledge of Microsoft Office 365 tools.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills, and the ability to work well under pressure.

ROXEL (UK ROCKET MOTORS) LIMITED

Roxel is an Anglo-French Company that designs, develops and manufactures a range of 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 of about £150M and nearly 1000 staff. The UK operations are entirely based at Summerfield, Kidderminster.

OVERVIEW & SCOPE OF ROLE

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 life's, optimise material flow and maintain accurate system data to support efficient supply chain operations.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & REPONSIBILITIES

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 & BACKGROUND

Qualifications:

• Essential Qualifications
• A minimum of 5 GCSE’s at level 4 or above (must include Maths & English)
• Have excellent proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
• Desirable Qualifications
• CiPs or equivalent

Experience:

• Essential Experience
• Strong knowledge and experience of MRP/EPR systems (Tropos would be an advantage)
• Excellent organisational and time management skills
• Extensive experience of working in a material planning and/or production planning environment
• Desirable Experience
• Have previous experience of providing a positive contribution in driving change
• 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

Join Kepak, one of the UK and Ireland’s leading food companies, and play a key role in keeping our retail manufacturing operations running smoothly. We’re passionate about quality, innovation, and teamwork and we’re looking for a Materials Planner who shares those values.

 You’ll take ownership of materials planning across packaging and ingredients, ensuring production has what it needs, when it needs it. Working closely with Supply Chain, Production, Purchasing, and Finance teams, you’ll manage inventory, forecast demand, and build strong supplier relationships to support an efficient, waste-reducing supply chain.

 Key Responsibilities:

• Plan and manage materials to meet production schedules and customer demand.
• Maintain accurate Bills of Materials (BOM) and purchase orders.
• Optimise inventory, minimise waste, and report on performance.
• Support continuous improvement and supply chain innovation.

Requirements

• Experience in materials planning, supply chain, or FMCG manufacturing.
• Strong analytical, organisational, and communication skills.
• A proactive, solutions-driven mindset with great attention to detail.
• Commitment to safety, quality, and sustainability.

Benefits

• Company Pension.
• Training and Development.
• Employee Discount Platform.
• Refer a Friends Scheme.
• Subsidised Canteen.

Why join us:

At Kepak, you’ll join a business that’s committed to sustainability, innovation, and its people. You’ll work in a collaborative environment where new ideas are encouraged, development is supported, and your contribution truly matters. We offer opportunities to grow your skills, take on new challenges, and be part of a team shaping the future of food manufacturing.

If you’re ready to make an impact in a fast-paced, values-driven business, apply today and help shape the future of food with Kepak.

Supply Chain Planner | £18.21/hr | Hybrid (Daventry) | 12-Month Contract

I’m working with the UK Logistics Centre for a global engine development powerhouse in Daventry to find a proactive Supply Chain Planner to cover a 12-month maternity contract. This is a hybrid role 3 days on-site, 2 days from home , working standard office hours (37.5 per week).

The Role:

You’ll be the go-to for supply chain operations across planning, logistics, customer and supplier returns, and inventory optimisation. It’s a pivotal support role within their Global Planning and Logistics function, liaising with key site teams, resolving escalations, and keeping operations flowing.

Day-to-day you'll be involved in:

• Material and production planning for aftermarket kitting
• Handling supplier & customer returns across EMEA
• Engaging with inbound ops and site logistics teams
• Driving inventory optimisation and managing planning KPIs
• Working with planning systems like PFEP, MRP, and BI dashboards

This is an ideal step up if you’ve had some experience (placement or prior role) in supply chain, logistics, or material planning, especially in a manufacturing or engineering context.

You'll need:

• A degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business or related field
• Solid communication and coordination skills
• Confidence working with planning systems, spreadsheets, and reports
• A strong grasp of supply chain processes and customer focus

Rate: £18.21 per hour (PAYE)

Contract: 12 months

Location: Daventry (Hybrid - 3 days on-site)

Interested or know someone with a knack for logistics and a cool head under pressure? Drop me a message or ping over a CV.

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