Material Planner

The Opportunity – Material Planner

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About the role:

As a Materials Planner, you’ll play a key role in ensuring the smooth and efficient flow of materials through our production process. You'll be responsible for planning, coordinating, and monitoring the delivery of parts, maintaining optimal stock levels, managing obsolescence, and supporting on-time delivery performance across the business.

What does this role involve day to day?

• Plan, schedule, and manage material and component requirements to support production demands.
• Ensure on-time delivery of all parts required for manufacturing.
• Monitor supplier performance and escalate issues that may impact production schedules.
• Identify and reduce obsolete or excess stock, driving continuous improvement in inventory optimisation.
• Maintain accurate data within SAP and ensure system integrity across planning activities.
• Collaborate with procurement, operations, and engineering teams to resolve material-related issues.
• Analyse demand trends and forecast requirements to support production planning.
• Prepare and present material status reports, KPIs, and other supply chain metrics as required.

This will be suited to you if…

• You have proven experience in a materials planning, production planning, or supply chain role.
• You have strong working knowledge of SAP (MM/PP modules preferred).
• You have excellent organisational and time-management skills.
• You're able to work in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• You have strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• You have effective communication skills and ability to build relationships across teams.
• You have high attention to detail with a focus on accuracy and efficiency.

What’s in it for you?

This is your chance to join a company that values expertise not only in rewards but also in real employee care. At JCB you don’t just get a competitive salary, 33 days’ holiday and access to our company pension—you can also use our onsite gym, in-house doctor and dentist. We have an ULEV car scheme available for our employees too. Then there’s the JCB Rewards Hub, which gives you discounts with high street retailers. Feel like biking to work? There’s our Cycle to Work Scheme.

We value diversity and welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds.

We’re committed to ensuring our recruitment process is fair and inclusive. If you face any accessibility challenges with your online application and require additional support, you have the option of speaking to a member of our Recruitment Team who can support you to complete an application in an alternative format. If you would benefit from this support, please email recruitment@jcb.com, and a member of the team will be in touch.

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