Supply Chain Planner

The Role : This is a 12 month fixed term contract which may be extended.Finished Goods Demand Planning & Procurement

• To ensure stock levels of finished goods are maintained at an optimum level to meet customer demand and respect space, shelf life and cost parameters
• Gather information on long term sales forecast, invoiced sales, outstanding sales orders, outstanding purchase orders and existing finished goods stocks
• Create a forecast aligned with existing financial and sales forecasting structure
• Generate demand requirement
• Make judgements to create a procurement plan with regard to proposed standard 3 week lead times and optimum batch sizes
• Raise and place purchase orders for finished goods required
• Communicate with Production Planner to ensure orders are planned for production to meet required delivery dates, or where capacity is breached to negotiate revised lead times
• Communicate with the Stock Controller to ensure finished goods received into the warehouse are assigned to the correct purchase order and booked in promptly and accurately
• Completion of Supply Chain Performance Tracker statistics2. Materials Resource Planning & Procurement
• To ensure all required production materials are available when required and that stock is maintained at an optimum level to meet demand and respect space, shelf life and cost parameters
• Gather information on ingredients and packaging recipes per finished goods stock unit to create a database of materials
• Gather information on rough cut production plan (3 week plan) and fixed production plan (1 week plan)
• Gather information on suppliers, lead times, optimum or agreed pricing, optimum production and delivery volumes
• Create a materials planning tool to generate materials requirement
• Make judgements to create a procurement plan with regard to lead time, space, volume, cost parameters
• Raise and place purchase orders for materials required
• Communicate with suppliers to ensure deliveries are on time and booked into our warehouse
• Communicate with Stock Controller to ensure deliveries received are inspected and booked in promptly and accurately
• Ensure GRN paperwork is received, annotated with shortages / damages and passed to accounts to complete the financial control processEssential Skills and Experience :
• Knowledge of core processes in demand planning
• Previous experience in planning and scheduling via MRP
• Excellent knowledge of Excel and ability to navigate 3rd party IT portals
• Experience in managing suppliers
• Experience in procurement
• Good communication skills with colleagues, managers and subordinates
• Ability to gather information from various sources
• Excellent planning, co-ordination and organisation skills