Material Planner - East London at Lear Corporation

Position Overview:

A great new position has opened up in our East London Plant as Material Planner as part of our Logistics team.

Key Responsibilities:

• To place weekly raw material orders on suppliers.
• Track customer variation on orders that could be transmitted to our supplier base.
• Expedite orders using the standard transport mode
• Escalate material or supply problems. Ensure to monitor on-time delivery.
• Ensure that all imports requirements are met (FCL/ LCLrequirements –TO’s, forecasts, etc)
• Review and action delivery discrepancies
• Manage Excess & Obsolescence management; Engineering Change management of your parts
• Work with the team on CIP’s
• Cycle count control of parts at risk/ needing review
• Supplier management 

Key skills and Qualifications:

• Good administrative experience and computer skills is essential. 
• A working knowledge of SAP or a similar system would be advantageous.
• Minimum 5 years of supply chain experience within the automotive environment is essential. 
• The ideal candidate would display a  high degree of accuracy and attention to detail.
•  The ability to work independently.
•  Good communicator.
• Tertiary qualification is essential.