Materials Planner

Job Title: Materials Planner

Location: Rochester; Kent: Onsite

Salary: Circa £27,000 depending on experience

Who we are:

Join BAE Systems and you’ll be part of something bigger. As a valued member of our global colleague network, you’ll bring your unique skills and perspectives to help pioneer progress and protect what matters most. You’ll be trusted to play your part in delivering the advanced, technology-led defence, aerospace and security solutions of tomorrow, shaping a safer future, for all of us.

From the depths of the ocean, to the far reaches of space, there’s no limit to where a career at BAE Systems could take you.

Job Description:

This role is responsible for material planning using a Material Resource Planning (MRP) program as part of a Windows based business system to ensure the availability of material for the manufacture of the company’s products.

Core duties:

• Ensure Works Orders are serialised including clear job material shortages
• Manage work order closure, tracking and batching size of work orders
• Review and process MRP exception messages
• Liaise with Procurement, Inward Goods, Stores and the Shop Floor
• Manage rework order release and internal allocation
• Control of electronic and physical movement of material, both internally and to vendors

Essential Skills:

• Demonstrate a high level of customer focus
• Stock deliveries and replenishing experience
• Excellent computer skills, including MS Office
• Educated to GCSE level

The Materials Planning Team:

This is an exciting opportunity to work within an Integrated Project Team (IPT) where you will release Purchase Requisitions and Works Orders to buy components and build assemblies in accordance with a delivery schedule, communicating the requirements and status both within the IPT and extended internal team.

Why BAE Systems?

Here you’ll build a career with purpose and limitless possibilities. With lifelong learning and meaningful work, this is a place where you can grow your career with confidence and be empowered to be your best. You’ll be recognised for your contribution and enjoy rewards tailored to what’s most important to you and your family, support for your financial and personal wellbeing, as well as a balanced lifestyle. In an environment embracing sustainable ways of working and with a strong sense of shared purpose, our supportive culture is a place you can feel you belong and proud of the difference you make.

A place where everyone can thrive:

We’re committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. We know that a diversity of backgrounds, perspectives and experiences strengthens our teams and is vital to the work we do.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 28th May 2026

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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