At a Glance
- Tasks: Own material planning and optimise processes to meet business goals.
- Company: Join McCormick, a leader in the food industry with a focus on innovation.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, career development opportunities, and a collaborative work environment.
- Other info: Dynamic role with opportunities for growth and collaboration with various teams.
- Why this job: Make a real impact by ensuring material availability across multiple sites.
- Qualifications: Experience in material planning and strong communication skills required.
The predicted salary is between 59576 - 70089 £ per year.
The Material Planner is responsible for long-term material planning within a defined portfolio at McCormick. This role plays a key part in developing and optimizing material planning processes across the business, ensuring alignment with strategic goals.
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES
- Overall ownership of portfolio of materials planning across the full UK network.
- Own materials inventory level to guarantee the balance between service level and cash, in line with business yearly targets.
- Develop and maintain strong working relationship with NPD, procurement, and supply functions to ensure that the monthly planning cycle delivers for the business and has the right level of governance across the end-to-end process.
- Identify from the long term plan any capacity or supply gap and inventory strategy.
- Manage significant material availability challenges across multiple UK sites and lead communication to business contacts across impacted customers.
- Own short term regional availability management.
- Develop a long-term material requirement for assigned suppliers/material and develop long term planning strategy in collaboration with procurement to secure right monthly capacity.
- External material planning interfaces with strategic suppliers driving joint value creation initiatives.
Material Planner employer: McCormick UK
At McCormick, we pride ourselves on being an exceptional employer, offering our Field Support Merchandisers in Birmingham a vibrant work culture that fosters collaboration and innovation. With competitive benefits, opportunities for professional growth, and a commitment to employee well-being, we ensure that our team members feel valued and empowered to make a meaningful impact in their roles.
We think you need these skills to ace Material Planner
Material Planning
Inventory Management
Supply Chain Management
Strategic Planning
Relationship Management
Governance
Capacity Planning
