Materials Planner

Job Description

We have an excellent opportunity for an experienced Materials Planner to join our amazing team. In this role, you will oversee all supply chain activities, to maintain a balanced schedule, exceeding business expectations through meticulous updates to commercial systems for accurate financial accounts and real-time business visibility. Responsibilities include;

• Ensuring all components for manufacture are available in a timely manner to support production which includes ordering raw materials, checking current stock levels and predicting future requirements.
• Proactively identifying & addressing potential risks to materials planning, such as capacity constraints, resource shortages or scheduling bottlenecks.
• Carrying out monthly stock checks for an asset or group of assets ensuring accurate inventory records
• Being the first point of contact for suppliers
• Resolve invoice discrepancies and ensure full Financial Compliance
• Printing of waste & final product labels

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a Planning or Supply Chain environment
• Ideally SAP/MRP & APO knowledge
• Be able to liaise & influence at all levels · Strong skills in time management and prioritization
• Strong teamwork and collaboration across functions
• Excellent verbal & written communication skills
• Diligent with good attention to detail

Additional Information

Site Details 

At the Huddersfield Manufacturing Centre we make important Crop Protection products that are used in over 120 countries worldwide. These products help our growers to meet the ever-increasing demand for food, feed and fuel, and our talented & dedicated teams make this possible. 

The Huddersfield team is proactive, driven, and friendly, with a strong emphasis on diversity, equality and inclusion.  We work cross functionally to get the job done – come and join us! 

What we offer

• An extensive benefits package including a generous pension scheme, bonus scheme, private medical & life insurance.  
• Up to 31.5 days annual holiday. 
• 37.5 working hours per week Mon – Fri 
• 3.5 rota days off over Christmas + hours bank of 41 hours to use throughout the year for occasional time off. 
• Flexible working – the role offers a broad basic package of flexible hours and hybrid working, and is open to individual requests outside of this where it fits with business needs.  
• We offer a position which contributes to valuable and impactful work in a stimulating and international environment.    
• A strong learning culture and a wide range of training and development opportunities, including support for externally recognized professional qualifications.

Syngenta has been ranked as a top 5 employer and number 1 in agriculture by Science Journal.  

Syngenta is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or any other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status. Learn more about our D&I initiatives here: https://www.syngenta.com/careers/working-syngenta/diversity-and-inclusion