Materials Management Planner - Part Time

Business Area: Nestle Purina

Location: Sudbury, Suffolk

Part Time Permanent opportunity – 22.5 hours per week

Salary Circa £20,000 Depending On Experience.

Some of our other fantastic benefits

• Potential, discretionary annual bonus
• Generous pension scheme – up to 12% contribution from Nestle
• 12 flexible days on top of 25-day holiday entitlement
• 2 paid volunteering days
• A focus on personal development and growth (insert relevant detail on study support, etc)
  
  

Are you looking to widen your supply chain experience with a respected global company in a key role with real responsibility and an opportunity to develop your leadership skills?

We’re looking for an MRP Planner (Materials Management Planner) to join our Supply Chain Team at our Sudbury, Purina Petcare site. We are passionate about quality and safety and you would share these values and be ready to assume immediate responsibility as your career develops within the UK and potentially overseas.

At Nestlé Purina, we’re on a mission to enrich the lives of pets, the people who love them, and the planet we share. Join us, and you’ll discover a world where your skills, knowledge, and passion can flourish. As part of our supportive and dynamic environment, you’ll be encouraged to challenge norms, experiment with new ideas, and drive meaningful change. At Purina, you’re not just part of a team; you’re part of a movement to create a better world for pets and people alike.

In our Sudbury factory, the circa 200 strong workforce produce some of the UK’s most popular brands including Go-Cat, Bakers, Purina ONE, BETA and Pro Plan providing consumers with a product to meet their every need. And this ancient, bustling market town in the heart of the Stour valley is surrounded by countryside of outstanding natural beauty making Sudbury an idea place for animal lovers. Plus, there’s the added advantage of London being a 45 minute train ride away from nearby Colchester.

Your impact

The key measure of success for this role is ensuring material availability is in line with the production requirements, reaching stock cover targets and contributing to economic efficiency, but other duties include.

• Monitor material availability to fulfil requirements within the agrees cost boundaries and alert the stakeholders about potential issues
• To manage exceptions to the execution process and escalate when required
• Create an optimised replenishment plan for raw and packaging materials over an 18 month horizon that ensures supply of material to production whilst ensuring that the working capital targets for raw and packaging materials are met.
• Monitors supply signals through the use of MRP purchase requisitions ensuring delivery dates, lead times and required quantities are correct and finally creating purchase orders and ensuring their fulfilment by the supplier.
• Manages directly with the defined supplier the delivery of materials according to storage limitation. This includes creating, sending, confirming, receiving, investigating errors and discrepancies on blocked or parked invoice lines and handling all exceptions / issues in those operations, including claims management.

Identification of possible opportunities concerning material supply for the factory within the coming 18 month horizon

To monitor supplier performance and escalate issues with poor supplier performance (on time, quantity & quality) back to the suppliers with the support of the European Purchasing Team.

Your ingredients for success

To be successful in this role you will already have worked within manufacturing logistics.

• Two or more years of relevant operational experience at in at least one of the following areas
• Factory Logistics
• Materials Handling
• Supply Chain
  
  

What You Need To Know

Advert closing date: 20 March 2026

We will be considering candidates as they apply and we will occasionally close job advertisements early in the event we receive sufficient applicants, so please don’t delay in submitting your application.

At Nestlé, our values are rooted in respect and we believe that embracing diversity and fostering an inclusive environment allows everyone to reach their full potential and drives innovative thinking. We strongly encourage applications from individuals of all gender identities, ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities, parents, carers and members of the LGBT+ community. Please let us know if we can provide accommodations to ensure your full participation in the application process.