Location: Based in Deeside with travel across all sites for Ifor Williams Trailers
Salary: Competitive - dependent on experience

SUMMARY:

• Monday to Friday 8am - 5pm
• Every weekend off
• 33 days holiday per year
• Ongoing training and support

ABOUT US

For over 65 years, customers have been turning to Ifor Williams Trailers to make their working lives easier and their leisure time better! Whether you are looking for a trailer for commercial or domestic use, Ifor Williams Trailers is sure to offer a trailer that suits your needs.
From builders to tree surgeons, our Flatbed, Tipper and General Duty trailers are used across a huge variety of industries. Our range of Car Transporter trailers is used by rally drivers and garage owners, while our Box Vans are increasingly popular with coach and bus firms, market traders, hot air balloonists, scout troops and trades people who convert the interior into mobile workshops.
Farmers continue to put their trust in the reliability and durability of an Ifor Williams Livestock trailer along with trailers to carry quad bikes across the farm and Canopies for their pick-up vehicles. Horse owners have been returning to us year after year, confident in the knowledge that they are choosing a reliable and robust Horsebox trailer in which to tow their horses.

KEY SKILLS AND CHARACTERISTICS:

· A willingness to be flexible to meet business needs.
· Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of staff and departments in the business.
· Able to demonstrate highly effective team working and problem-solving skills.
· Desirable previous experience with MRP/ERP computerised systems.
· Hard working, ambitious willing to do the extra mile when is needed.
· Ability to work under pressure affectively with flexibility and to strict deadlines.
· Highly competent in working with Microsoft Office and Excel.
· Excellent mathematical and analytical skills.
· An excellent organiser with time management skills.
· Ability to coach, mentor and educate.
· The mind-set to drive a continuous improvement company ethos.

ABOUT THE ROLE

We have a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Material Planner to join the UK’s leading trailer manufacturer.
This is for an initiative-taking individual to deliver excellence and added value to the business.
This role is an office based with the ability to work at any IWT Site and an integral part of a pivotal team overseeing an annual spend more than forty-five million pounds.
The position is open to Graduates who are looking to forge a career in Manufacturing Supply Chain and Materials Management.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

· Analysing and maintaining the MRP System and data integrity.
· Issue Purchase Order Schedules and rolling Forecasts for production direct, consumables and Kanban components.
· Provide accurate information to Suppliers and the IWT Operations Team.
· Daily planning of incoming raw material & bought-in-parts from Suppliers to meet the production plan.
· Responsible for Supplier contact in relation to Order Management, Forecasts, and general Commercial enquiries.
· Take immediate action to minimise potential disruption to the production lines.
· Take action to identify data error trends and implement corrective actions.
· Develop and control automated system whilst compiling reports for Management.
· Establish and maintain receiving windows for material deliveries.
· Monitor Supplier Performance and communicate in a weekly KEY Performance Indicator to the Purchasing & Materials Manager and Operations Department.
· Challenge and questions Suppliers for levels of unsatisfactory performance.
· Stock control management. Continual review of inventory levels versus business requirements by Trailer Model recommending inventory level alterations.
· Risk awareness, Reporting, Governance and Project Management first principles.
· Daily/Weekly KPI: Inventory Turns, Supplier Schedule Adherence – Quantity, Quality and Date.
· Strong focus on process implementation, data mapping and analysis.