Supply Chain Planner Job Description Template
Our company is looking for a Supply Chain Planner to join our team.
Responsibilities:
- Create / place / manage purchase orders with all suppliers in accordance with the company policy;
- Manage goods in bookings weekly in co-ordination with the Warehouse manager;
- To provide a weighbridge service;
- Inventory control via daily monitoring of stock movements and monthly stock checks;
- Report and review all OTIF (on time and in full) misses and identify process improvements to continuously improve the performance;
- Raising Manufacturing Orders for our Shopfloor, based on manufacturing lead-times and customer demand;
- Perform gap analysis between Customer Required Date and Acknowledged Date – thinking of creative ways to bridge the gap;
- Material planning to ensure adequate raw materials for the production plan;
- Implement and maintain supplier KPI milestones;
- Analysis of customer forecasts in order to maximise efficiency, reduce back orders and minimise stock-holding;
- Drive improvements in software and working practice, whilst managing changes to the supply chain structure and profile;
- Work in partnership with the Sales & Marketing teams to manage promotional offers;
- Conduct benchmark analysis for stock and inventory interrogation;
- Responsible for inventory control and demand planning for core warehouses and key product groups;
- Develop customer and country level forecasts in line with the company budget.
Requirements:
- Communication skills;
- Administrative experience;
- SAP experience (not essential);
- Proactive and takes ownership, using own initiative;
- A knowledge of the hard services and facilities management sectors is desirable;
- Strong analytical and communication skills;
- Experience in demand forecasting and materials planning;
- Must have a flexible approach to working;
- Able to work alone and un-supervised whilst also being an active procurement team member;
- High levels of self-initiative with an intuitive nature towards problem solving;
- Graduate Calibre preferred;
- Financial awareness;
- Keep problem solver with a can do attitude;
- Adopt a highly organised and methodical approach towards tasks;
- Ability to remain focused in a busy environment and pay attention to detail.