Supply Chain Planner - Maternity Cover

Title: Supply Chain Planner
Location: Billingham, UK

Responsibilities

• Run MRP and manage orders: action exception messages, convert planned orders to process orders/POs, schedule and release per the master plan.
• Own planning master data: Create/maintain material masters, BOMs, and recipes in SAP HANA; ensure data integrity and change control; generate planning and inventory reports.
• Keep inventory healthy: monitor stock, shelf life, and status; align safety stocks and lot sizing to policy; re plan proactively to protect service and reduce write offs.
• Track and report performance: prepare OTIF, plan adherence, inventory turns, and exception closure KPIs; deliver clear analyses in Excel/PowerPoint.
• Safeguard compliance: ensure GDP, cGMP, and ALCOA+ standards across all planning records and transactions; support audits as needed.

Qualifications

• Essential 3+ years' experience in Supply Chain (planning, materials, or related).
• Hands on experience with SAP, with a solid understanding of how MRP works.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
• Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and ability to prioritize independently.
• Clear communicator with resilience, tact, and effective cross functional collaboration.

Equal Opportunity

We are an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will receive consideration without regard to nationality, age, gender, sexual orientation or gender identity, race, ethnicity, religion, political creed, ideology, national or social origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.