Supply Planner Job Description Template
Our company is looking for a Supply Planner to join our team.
Responsibilities:
- Identify future availability risks and work with relevant internal teams to recover products OOS or with upcoming availability risks;
- Measure performance to plans of the above items and report results to appropriate management;
- Assist and participate in all cycle count and inventory counting programs and practices;
- Ensuring data accuracy within our ERP system for your sites and lines (production dates, WOR completion…);
- Production planning for our UK business according to stock holding and forecasts;
- Planning seasonal stock builds, running scenarios and making recommendations;
- Trouble-shooting problems which impact production, communicating any impact on the business to the right people;
- Assertively escalate and clearly communicate issues, as well as developing, driving and implementing resolutions;
- Coordinate the Monthly launch and event planning and execution process, pro-actively managing and communicating risks;
- Ensuring clear communication with internal teams, including NPD, marketing, and finance;
- Manage Christmas programme planning and execution;
- Running/processing of MRP;
- Right size inventory and optimise supply plans, including safety stocks positioning;
- Support process integration with the Demand Planning, Retail Supply Chain and Distribution & Logistics functions;
- Control excess, destructions and obsolescence inventory.
Requirements:
- Up to 5%
- 2 or more years of planning experience required or experience in related skill field (finance, accounting, supply/inventory management);
- Bachelor’s degree in business related field required;
- Excellent time management, analytical, communication, and organisational skills;
- The ability to multi task and demonstrate flexibility and under pressure;
- Excellent numerical skills and analytical ability, particularly in the use of Excel spreadsheets;
- Previous experience within an inventory management or supply chain role, ideally in an FMCG organisation;
- Systems experience: SAP – APO/ SNP and ECC. Product Catalogue, retail replenishment, BI Reporting. Microsoft office;
- 3-5 years’ experience in supply planning or similar (ideally with a cosmetics background);
- Educated to Degree level or equivalent;
- Pro-active approach;
- Strong excel skills.