Inventory Database Maintenance Planner

Inventory Database Maintenance Planner

Read the overview of this opportunity to understand what skills, including and relevant soft skills and software package proficiencies, are required.
9 months, temp to perm conversation possible
Location: Groby, Leicester
Shift: 39 hours/wk. MonWed 07:30-16:00, Thur-Fri 07:30-16:00
Face to face interview
Experience in maintenance planning is desirable but not essential.
Task:
Own the computerised maintenance management system (CMMS) and processes including planning, scheduling and inventory management to support the equipment maintenance team including:
CMMS data entry, auditing and updates including: Assets, Inventory and Schedules
Create daily/weekly work schedules for the maintenance technicians
Using CMMS data to provide insight to the maintenance team to improve equipment mean time between failure and line reliability
Management of the maintenance spares
Raising purchase requests and following through internal sign off process to convert to Purchase Orders
Communicating with Contractors, to arrange site visits, request risk assessments and method statements, and post works service reports
raising of Permits and Booking into the business V/M system.
Role:
Managing competing priorities between reactive breakdowns and planned maintenance schedules in a fast-paced environment
Ensuring CMMS data accuracy and team adoption to enable effective planning and reliability improvements
Balancing spare parts availability vs. cost control while avoiding production delays
Coordinating multiple stakeholders (technicians, production, contractors) with conflicting timelines and priorities
Driving plant reliability and continuous improvement while maintaining strict health, safety, and compliance standards
Essential skills:
Have experience using Microsoft applications (Excel, Word, power point & Outlook)
Have an excellent telephone manner, be motivated and hard working with a can-do attitude
Experience with works order planning and part procurement xwzovoh in an engineering environment
Process minded with database experience
Good verbal and written communicator
Soft skills:
Ability to remain calm under pressure and reassure others (e.g. on the phone) that issues are being handled effectively (deescalation)
Excellent communication skills, especially when coordinating with technicians, stakeholders, and contractors
High level of attention to detail, particularly when managing CMMS data and compliance requirements
Tools/Software:
Using SAP/ERP systems
Working with the SSG management system, where jobs are uploaded and assigned to engineers for execution