Supply Planner

Based near Manchester Airport

Hybrid Working & Dog friendly office!

£35,000 - £40,000 plus excellent benefits

Looking for a new challenge? Wanting to work for reputable organisation who genuinely offers excellent career development, excellent holidays, pension, free car parking, free gym, private healthcare and so much more?

Our client is a well-established distributor that is dedicated to delivering high-quality and innovative products. Due to their ever-expanding growth they are now seeking a Supply Planner to join their team. The business is well respected and successful -its success is based on great products, hard work, flexibility, and innovation and delivering results.

Job Purpose:

Provide support to the Supply Chain Team, ensuring we have adequate levels of stock to fulfil the needs and growth of the business

This role deals with a wide variety of work tasks including, but not limited to the following:

Supply Planning and Forecasting Support:

• Raise Purchase Orders on Sage 200 and send to suppliers
• Amend, cancel and defer Purchase Orders where required based on stock levels
• Liaise with suppliers to ensure orders are shipped correctly and on time
• Update supply plans with sales, inventory and shipping information
• Work collaboratively with the Demand Planner to identify stock issues and adjust the demand forecast where required (i.e. products selling under and over forecast)
• Input the demand forecast into supply plans and plan orders to ensure that stock holding, and stock availability are at the desired levels
• Actively work to reduce stock issues by transferring stock, derogating short shelf-life stock and carrying out repacks where required
• Communicate effectively with Sales and Customer Services to ensure customers are made aware of any stock issues
• Attend Stage Gate meetings for NPD projects and delists
• Cover holidays for other members of the planning team as required

3PL Management

• Send ASNs (advanced shipping notifications) to warehouses
• Liaise with 3PLs to ensure that deliveries are booked in accurately and on time
• Book deliveries into Sage 200
• Investigate stock discrepancies on Goods Received Notes
• Arrange transfers between warehouses
• Report any non-conformances

Data Reporting and Integrity

• Bi-Weekly Supply Chain reporting
• Daily ‘Out of Stock’ reporting
• Daily update of UK/EU Shipping Schedule
• Slow Moving Stock reports
• Stage Gate Projects data collation and data entry into Perfion (Project Information System).
• Supply Chain KPI data collation

The successful candidate will need to have previous experience working in a Supply Planner role - preferably within an FMCG environment.

You will have excellent communication and organisations skills as well as the ability to multi-task. Candidates with advanced Excel skills will be of particular interest.

Our client is looking for someone with a can-do attitude, who has the eagerness, passion and drive to succeed in a demanding and challenging environment were accuracy and attention to detail is key.

Based in South Manchester, not far from Manchester Airport they also have great public transport links.

Apply online or further information please contact one of our specialist consultants quoting Ref: NJR16640