Procurement Planner

The Role

The Procurement Planner will be responsible for:

• Building and publish detailed daily and weekly production plans.
• Balancing demand against labour, machinery, changeovers, maintenance and material availability.
• Identifying capacity constraints and supply risks before they affect delivery.
• Translating approved production requirements into material demand and purchase requisitions.
• Monitoring supplier acknowledgements, lead times, shortages and overdue orders.
• Maintaining accurate production, planning and purchasing records within the ERP system.
• Producing exception reports and material risk updates.
• Investigating missed plans and coordinate practical recovery actions.
• Supporting effective inventory control by aligning purchasing with approved demand.

The Organisation

Our client is an established UK business with a multi-site operations and a strong focus on improving the effectiveness, visibility and control of its operations. The business is developing its operational structure for the future, with emphasis on better forward planning, closer coordination between sites and stronger alignment between demand, capacity, materials, purchasing and delivery requirements

About You

The successful Procurement Planner will:

• Bring experience of production planning and purchasing within a complex operational environment.
• Be comfortable working with constrained capacity, bills of materials, routings, lead times and stock policies.
• Strong ERP or MRP capability is essential, alongside confidence using Excel and operational reporting.
• Experience of Microsoft Dynamics 365 would be advantageous.
• Be organised and commercially aware planner who can challenge assumptions, follow up effectively with suppliers and communicate risks clearly.
• Combine attention to detail with the confidence to make priorities visible and escalate issues promptly.

What's in it for you?

As well as a competitive salary this role offers:

• An opportunity to responsibility for a critical planning function, with the autonomy to build and maintain production plans that influence day-to-day operational performance.
• Your decisions will directly influence schedule adherence, material availability, purchasing effectiveness and the organisation’s ability to meet delivery commitments.
• This is broader than a traditional production planning position, combining scheduling, purchasing, supplier coordination and operational problem solving.
• A collaborative working environment liaising closely with colleagues across production, supply chain, warehousing, logistics and finance, giving you excellent visibility across the operation.
• Rather than simply maintaining an existing schedule, you’ll have scope to strengthen planning disciplines, improve visibility of risks and support more effective decision making.