Product Support Planner

Overview

Waters are seeking a Product Support Planner to join the Wilmslow team on a 9 month FTC.

This role is a challenging and engaging position for someone looking to work in a fast-paced environment, collaborating with key local stakeholders and communicating with a global team to ensure we place the right product in the right place.

This would suit someone with SAP experience, with good problem solving, excellent communication and analytical skills. Looking to work within a great supply chain and planning team here at the state of the art offices in Wilmslow.

At Waters we are committed to your continual professional development and encourage applicants from any industry with Supply Planning, Materials Planning, Distribution Logistics or Supply Chain experience to apply.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities, not limited to:

• Review of Engineering Change Requests giving due consideration to all the implications arising from the engineering change process.
• Compile an implementation plan to ensure that the intent of the change is enacted.
• Work with suppliers to provide them with current and relevant documentation.
• Maintenance of the business system regarding additions and modifications to engineering structures/production structures and material master data.
• Creation and maintenance of bills of materials within SAP and associated records.
• Create and maintain material records within SAP and associated records.
• Dispatch engineering drawings.
• Issue documents via the document database for elements required by the company Quality Systems.
• Produce Engineering Change Requests to provide information for the transition of documents into the supply chain and keep the business system updated.
• Work with suppliers to provide them with current and relevant documentation.
• Ensures engineering/development projects progress in a timely fashion within the guidelines set by the Marketing Requirements Documents, in accordance with the Manufacturing Plan and the availability of design information.
• The administration of manufacturing information held within P-BOM data, including changes to this data. Assist, where/when required to support other Product / Production Planning functions in support of business need.

System Management

• Maintenance of all UK50/UKR1 SAP Master data in conjunction with Design Engineering, Engineering Change, Product Definition
• Administrate and maintain the ERP system

Qualifications

• Educated to at A Level Standard or equivalent.
• The ability to communicate concisely, with people at all levels of the organisation and with subcontractors, orally and in writing.
• Good system problem solving.
• Knowledge of Quality Systems.
• Ability to prioritise and work unsupervised.
• Accuracy and concentration are crucial.
• Solid understanding of Microsoft Excel, Office, Access or similar software packages.
• Ability to see bigger picture for strategic decisions.

In addition to salary, we work flexibly and provide 25 days holidays, excellent family friendly benefits such as attractive employer pension contribution, life assurance, income protection and private medical. With Waters, there are plenty of opportunities for you to grow, develop and contribute.

Company Description

Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT), the world's leading specialty measurement company, has pioneered chromatography, mass spectrometry and thermal analysis innovations serving the life, materials, and food sciences for over 60 years. With approximately 8,000 employees worldwide, Waters operates directly in 35 countries, including 15 manufacturing facilities, with products available in more than 100 countries. Our team focuses on creating business advantages for laboratory-dependent organizations to enable significant advancement in healthcare delivery, environmental management, food safety, and water quality.

Working at Waters enables our employees to unlock the potential of their careers. Our global team is driven by purpose. We strive to be better, learn and improve every day in everything we do. We're the problem solvers and innovators that aren't afraid to take risks to transform the world of human health and well-being. We're all in it together delivering benefit as one to provide the insights needed today in order to solve the challenges of tomorrow.

Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our core values at Waters Corporation. It is our responsibility to actively implement programs and practices to drive inclusive behavior and increase diversity across the organization. We are united by diversity and thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our products, our customers and our community. Waters is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity or protected Veteran status.