Materials Planner/Administrator

Job Title: Materials Planner/Administrator

Location: Rochester, Kent. (On-site)

Salary: 24,000 - 26,000 dependant on skills and experience

What you'll be doing:

• Ensure Works Orders are serialised including clear job material shortages
• Manage work order closure, tracking and batching size of work orders
• Review and process MRP exception messages
• Liaise with Procurement, Inward Goods, Stores and the Shop Floor
• Manage rework order release and internal allocation
• Control of electronic and physical movement of material, internally and to vendors

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Demonstrate a high level of customer focus
• Stock deliveries and replenishing
• Good communication, problem solving, organisation and prioritisation skills
• Excellent computer skills, including MS Office
• Educated to GCSE level

Desirable:

• Material planning stock control
• Dispatch, checking stock levels
• Experience of managing work order closure, tracking and batching size of work order

Benefits:

You'll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You'll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts - you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Materials Planner team:

Responsible for material planning using a Material Resource Planning (MRP) program as part of a Windows based business system to ensure the availability of material for the manufacture of the company's products. Working within an Integrated Project Team (IPT) release Purchase Requisitions and Works Orders to buy components and build assemblies in accordance with a delivery schedule. Communicating the requirements and status both within the IPT and extended internal team.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you'll be able to make a real difference. You'll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you'll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals.

We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for the organisation.

Closing Date: 31st October 2024

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.