Material Planner

An exciting opportunity has arisen to work for Prestwick Aerosystems based in Prestwick. This role will be based in the Material Team working as a Material Planner within a fast-paced environment. Duties will involve;

• To support the provision and planning of specified commodities to existing and future Suppliers through a Worldwide network of Vendors and Service Providers. This includes the forward planning of commodities to support new customers and projects.
• This role will also be required to maintain levels of provision to provide uninterrupted supply of commodities to the manufacturing supply base through acceptable levels of inventory, increasing or decreasing to support transfers or to reflect steady state.

Key Responsibilities will involve;

• Manage the Material / Commodity Bill of Materials.
• Conduct impact analysis of changes to Stock / WIP, BOM, Commodity lead times and updates to Customer and Spirit build schedules. Plan and provide support for transfer packages and programmes.
• Work with the procurement buyers on a day to day basis, providing accurate and justifiable quantities and schedules while fully understanding all cost implications of the provision being made.
• Ensure that all provisioning activity is undertaken against an approved Budget via the appropriate financial and budgeting process.
• Provide data and reports as detailed by a Customer enablement contract.
• Maintain an awareness of any potential supply risks.
• Expedite backlog orders and production shortages / problems in a manner to ensure best possible support to protect Aircraft build programmes.
• Provide support, both to Internal and External Demand / Operational and Business reviews.
• Support the scheduled Spirit stock checks.
• Work within the Company procedures.
• Maintain a ‘can do’ and pro active approach to continuous improvement and personal development

Knowledge, Skills and Experience required;

• Good knowledge / experience in Procurement or Supply Chain Management
• Good communications skills
• Understanding of project management
• Good IT skills, advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills essential
• Using knowledge and experience to problem solve
• Understanding of financial management basics (P&L’s and Balance Sheets etc)

After development/training the job holder will have responsibility for managing a commodity range and portfolio of suppliers in terms of material provisioning and demand management. You will be responsible for conducting operational and demand reviews and highlighting areas of risk and opportunity. You will be accountable for raising sanctions to spend and ensuring commodity Bill of Material is topical. Morson is acting as an employment business in relation to this vacancy. Buyer; vendor management; supply chain; procurement; purchasing; supplier management; risk management; negotiation; supplier performance; purchase orders; ERP systems; MS Office; influencing skills; shipping; ITAR; spares and repairs; RFQ; invoicing; SAP; Order book management; material planner