New Products Material Planner and Buyer in Wilmslow

Waters are looking for a New Products Material Planner and Buyer. This is a great opportunity to join our planning team responsible for new product introductions. This will involve sourcing the most suitable components for our new products from suppliers, creating a bill of materials, and updating relevant systems with component parts and supplies. You will work with on average three new product introductions at any one time and be an integral part of our team.

Materials Planner and Buyer for New Products is a challenging and engaging role for someone looking to take the next step in their planning career working in a fast-paced environment, meeting targets and deadlines in collaboration with other departments. This would suit someone with Buying, Planning, Supply Chain, New Product, Engineering or Manufacturing experience.

At Waters we are committed to your continual professional development and encourage applicants from any industry with design, engineering, planning or manufacturing experience to apply.

• Product planning: Plan and procure 'newly designed' materials required for verification and validation of resourced product.
• Develop cost projections to accurately predict cost comparisons to support supply chain change.
• Ensure SAP Planning and Master data is accurately maintained in conjunction with planned changes.
• Define and maintain product routings for both production and development.
• Complete Quality System related actions in a timely manner according to procedures e.g. CAPA (Corrective and Preventive actions), NCR (Non-Conformance Report).
• Repairs planning: Raising Production Rework orders, Raising of Purchase Orders for refurbishments, Review and acceptance/refusal of supplier quotes for refurbishment.
• Ensure ‘On Time and In Full’ purchase order delivery for refurbishments.
• Ensure that credit is obtained from Suppliers for supplier caused failures.
• Timely resolution of invoice/delivery queries.
• Any other related duties as specified by the Line Manager for the benefit of the department.

• Experience in any purchasing, supply chain or buying role. We are open to candidates from different industries or backgrounds.
• Knowledge of engineering concepts could be useful, but this is also something we can train.
• Experience of using SAP.
• Financial acumen – Understands the impact of supply chain decisions on the P&L.

In addition to salary, we work flexibly and provide 25 days holidays, excellent family friendly benefits such as attractive employer pension contribution, life assurance, income protection and private medical. With Waters, there are plenty of opportunities for you to grow, develop and contribute.

We're actively building diverse teams and welcome applications from everyone. But simply having a diverse workforce is not enough. We aim to build an inclusive environment, where everyone can contribute their best work and develop to their full potential. We celebrate our differences and recognise the importance of teams reflecting the communities they serve.

We can make reasonable adjustments to our interview process according to your needs. We are proud to offer our employees the opportunity, where we can, to work flexibly. Please don’t hesitate to ask during the recruitment process around hybrid working and flexibility; we’ll do our best to support you.

Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) is a global leader in life sciences and diagnostics, dedicated to accelerating the benefits of pioneering science through analytical technologies, informatics, and service. With a focus on regulated, high-volume testing environments, our innovative portfolio harnesses deep scientific expertise across chemistry, physics, and biology. We collaborate with customers around the world to advance the release of effective, high-quality medicines, ensure the safety of food and water, and drive better patient outcomes by detecting diseases earlier, managing routine infections, and combating antibiotic resistance.

Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our core values at Waters Corporation. It benefits our employees, our products, our customers and our community. Waters complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws. Qualified applicants are considered without regard to sex, race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship status, religion, age, marital status (including civil unions), military service, veteran status, pregnancy (including childbirth and related medical conditions), genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, legally recognized disability, domestic violence victim status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Waters is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. All hiring decisions are based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.