Material and Warranties Planner in Leeds, Yorkshire

Company description: Water Utility Company based in Yorkshire region of England.

We are offering a competitive starting salary, depending on experience, £34,652 - £43,315. Annual incentive related bonus (£1000 maximum bonus opportunity for the performance year). Attractive pension scheme (up to 12% company contribution). Continuous training and support in line with the Materials and Warranties Planner progression plan. 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays plus 2 extra wellness days! Life assurance cover of 4 times pensionable salary. A great benefits package choose from health cash plan scheme, critical illness insurance, dental insurance, life assurance flex and partner cover. Retail savings scheme. Online GP service, Employee Assistance Programme, cycle to work scheme, gym membership discounts and many more!

Location: Yorkshire Water Logistics Centre, Foxbridge Way, WF6, pending relocation to Leeds (LS10). Work type: Permanent. You will be working 37 hours per week, Monday - Friday. Hybrid working, 2 - 3 days each week will be on site at the logistics centre.

We are currently looking to recruit a Materials and Warranties Planner to join our Supply Chain and Logistics team at our Logistics Centre here at Yorkshire Water. You will be a part of helping Yorkshire Water provide the best service to our customers.

Everyone has an idea of what a water company does. Here in Yorkshire, we make sure that over 5.4 million people living in the region and the millions of people who visit our region each year can rely on our services, and have clean and safe drinking water on tap and that their wastewater is taken away. But for us, it’s so much more than this. We look after communities, protect the environment, and plan to look after Yorkshire's water, today, tomorrow 24/7, 365 days a year. We provide essential water and wastewater services to every corner of the Yorkshire region and play a key role in the region's health, wellbeing, and prosperity.

The Supply Chain and Logistics team are a key part of how we plan to meet the changing expectations of customers and regulators. Yorkshire Water is therefore transforming the way it manages inventory, materials availability, logistics and materials planning to better support asset reliability and service performance. We are creating enhanced capability in inventory planning to ensure that the right products, parts and critical spares are available in the right locations at the right time.

As our Materials and Warranties Planner, you will play a key role in shaping, improving and embedding the new Materials Planning & Logistics operating model. Ensure the effective identification, execution, and recovery of material warranties to reduce maintenance cost, avoid unnecessary procurement, and release cash or value back into the business. Your role contributes directly to self-funded cost avoidance and recovery, improved asset reliability insight, and stronger supplier performance management.

What skills, experience & qualifications you will need:

• Degree or equivalent experience in Supply Chain, Business, Data Analytics, Logistics, or a related field, with proven expertise in inventory management, stock balancing, and demand planning.
• 2 years experience in supply chain, warranty management or materials planning.
• Track and coordinate warranty returns, credits, replacements, refurbishments, and segregation of warranty stock, ensuring compliance and negotiations with suppliers in a timely manner in line with all condition requirements.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with suppliers, OEMs, maintenance teams, planners, and stores.
• Identify warranty eligible parts and validate coverage terms, ensuring accurate and timely execution of warranty claims with suppliers and service partners.
• Maintain accurate warranty and materials records within ERP systems, analyse failure patterns to support root cause investigations, and contribute to continuous improvement of warranty processes and controls.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and work effectively under pressure in a fast paced operational environment.
• Strong analytical capability with advanced Excel skills and experience working with ERP systems, ideally SAP S/4HANA.

It is desirable that you can demonstrate experience and knowledge in:

• Reducing maintenance and materials cost through warranty recovery.
• Increase value of credits, replacements, and avoided purchases.
• Improve supplier performance transparency.
• Ensure clear visibility of warranty value realised vs available.

Success measured through KPIs such as:

• Warranty value recovered (£)
• Cost avoidance (£)
• Claim success rate
• Cycle time to recovery

You will also benefit from having:

• Water industry experience or a background in asset-critical operational environments (e.g., regulated utilities, or other high-criticality environments).
• Experience supply chain systems.
• Experience in improving stock availability and critical spares readiness.
• Experience in managing and maintaining stock warranties.
• Be able to demonstrate a reduction in costs associated with warranty claims.
• Improved alignments between warehouses, engineering and planning functions.
• A more mature, modern inventory management capability suitable for Yorkshire Water.

If you’re experienced in materials, warranties and planning and want to help us deliver exceptional service for our customers whilst protecting the environment, then apply today to find out what a career with Yorkshire Water can offer for you.

If you feel this opportunity is suitable and you match the skills required, then please apply online and attach your CV and covering letter outlining how your skills match this role. To assess your skills effectively, our selection process will include a competency-based interview and may be followed by a short practical assessment.

Closing date for this role is 2nd June 2026. If successful for the role, you will be required to undergo pre-employment checks that will include a Basic Disclosure Check, carried out through a Third-Party Company, prior to commencing employment. Depending on the role, you may also be required to go through the security vetting process for either a Counter Terrorist Check or Security Check clearance. All our roles are subject to a medical questionnaire, and further medicals when required.

We are committed to removing barriers and ensuring our recruitment process is accessible to everyone. We offer a range of adjustments to make your application experience as comfortable and straightforward as possible. If you have an accessibility need, disability, or condition that requires changes to the recruitment process, please include this information in your application. We will then discuss any reasonable adjustments required.

Kelda Group reserve the right to close this position before the published closing date, should the need occur. We therefore advise that you complete and submit your application as soon as possible.