Material Planner
Role Overview
Wasabi is hiring a Material Planner to join its Procurement team based in Park Royal.
The role ensures raw materials, components and packaging are available for production and restaurants without overstocking or shortages.
Key Skills for This Role
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Role overview
Wasabi is hiring a Material Planner to join its Procurement team based in Park Royal.
The role ensures raw materials, components and packaging are available for production and restaurants without overstocking or shortages.
Material planning
- Develop material requirements from demand forecasts and production schedules.
- Raise purchase orders and maintain material availability in the required quantities and timeframes.
- Respond to demand, production schedule and customer changes.
Supplier and inventory management
- Share forecasts with suppliers and act as the first contact for delivery and supplier queries.
- Work with warehouse teams on inventory data, reporting and discrepancy investigations.
- Identify supply risks, communicate mitigation plans and monitor supplier performance.
Performance and improvement
- Reduce waste through improved ordering, surplus reduction and material handling.
- Monitor planning KPIs including availability, inventory, supplier service, write-offs and stockholding.
- Improve planning processes, system use, data quality and supplier collaboration.
- Support material delists, changeovers, new product listings and the site ESG agenda.
Cross-functional working
- Collaborate with Production, Planning, Procurement, NPD, Technical and Warehouse teams.
- Maintain visibility of material availability and resolve shortages or excess stock risks before they affect operations.
Requirements
- Experience in material, supply or production planning in a fast-paced food manufacturing environment.
- Understanding of production scheduling, manufacturing constraints and supply chain planning.
- Proficiency in ERP or MRP material planning tools.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel, strong numerical and analytical skills, accuracy and attention to detail.
- Excellent communication, interpersonal, organisational and problem-solving skills.
- Chilled, short-shelf-life food manufacturing experience is desirable.
Benefits
- Benefits include a pension scheme, target bonus, food discounts, an employee assistance programme and hybrid working.
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