Supply Chain Demand Planner Up to £45,000 + benefits Salford, Manchester Permanent Adecco Manchester are privileged to be representing an entrepreneurial Group of companies to recruit for a Supply Chain Demand Planner to join their Manchester buying division.
The business are rapidly expanding across European and USA markets, and this role will be situated within a busy supply chain team.
The role will offer a sense of freedom, without micromanagement of strict KPI's, and the successful candidate will have access to excellent career progression opportunities.
Full time (on-site) Mon-Thur 08.30-17:15 Fri 08:30-17:00 Salary up to £45,000 23 days holidays, rising to 25, plus bank holidays Private pension Company laptop Annual Christmas bonus Modern company offices with free parking and close to public transport links Role scope Working in a team of 2 planners and 1 senior planner, the Supply Chain Demand Planner will take responsibility for Sales Forecasting, Demand Planning, Order Management, Supplier Management, Fulfilment, and Commercial Analysis in order for the business to fulfil it's contractual obligations.
Responsibilities Sales Forecasting Utilising sales reports, information from the commercial sales team and customers to calculate sales forecasts for individual products Demand Planning Utilising information from suppliers, sales forecasts and existing stock to determine future requirement from manufacturers Order Management To place and manage orders with suppliers for finished goods.
Supplier Management To measure and review supplier performance and work with them to enable improvement.
To communicate and manage supplier disputes Shipping To interact with manufacturers, shipping / customs agents, logistics partners and warehouse operations to ensure receipt of stock in line with demand planning.
Commercial Analysis To monitor and negotiate product and shipping costs to maximise product margin.
Inventory Analysis To identify inventory issues, stock outs and over stocks taking action to minimise business impact Direct Containers, Exporting and International Deliveries Managing fulfilment of direct containers from manufacturing, export and international deliveries Requirements The successful candidate will have prior demand planning and forecasting experience, managing a large product base, ideally within the manufacturing or distribution sector.
Good commercial acumen is required as the role will involve close partnerships with product managers, commercial, sales, finance and operational teams.
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