Assistant Demand Planner - 12 month Fixed Term Contract

ao.com; Bolton; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading company as an Assistant Demand Planner, where you will collaborate with Demand Planners to ensure optimal stock levels. Your role will involve managing purchase orders, stakeholder relationships, and data maintenance in a dynamic work environment. If you excel in communication and organization, this might be the opportunity for you.

Benefits

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Pension scheme with company contribution

Discounts across product range

Health & well-being benefits

Enhanced family leave policies

On-site perks including free parking and breakfast

Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills for building relationships.
• Competent in MS Office, particularly Excel.
• Ability to use initiative and prioritize tasks.

Responsibilities

• Raising purchase orders and supporting Demand Planners.
• Building and maintaining relationships with stakeholders.
• Providing daily and weekly updates to internal and external parties.

Skills

Communication

Organizational skills

Initiative

Excel

Job description

Balancing supply and demand is like spinning plates at a circus. As an Assistant Demand Planner here at AO, you'll be working closely with our Demand Planners to make sure we've got just the right amount of stock!

You’ll support one of our biggest categories and help you'll ramp up our product availability, to make sure our customers have an exceptional journey. You’ll develop & progress your skills with our internal systems, develop your knowledge of supply chain and work in fun, supportive team!

Our people are our superpower, and we’re unstoppable when we’re together! We want your ideas to flow, and what better way to make that happen than being based onsite, 5 days a week, where our culture fuels creativity, collaboration and growth. If a £1 bet in the pub between two friends can become the UKs most trusted electrical retailer, imagine what else can be achieved when we we’re together!

Here's What You Can Expect To Be Doing

• You'll be raising our purchase orders
• Supporting Demand Planners to make sure we have strong category availability
• Building and maintaining relationships with internal & external stakeholders
• Daily & weekly updates to internal and external stakeholders
• Data maintenance in Relex (forecasting & replenishment system)

A Few Things About You

• Excellent communication skills - you'll need to build good internal & external relationships
• Competent on MS Office, particularly Excel
• Ability to use your own initiative
• Super organised with the ability to prioritise

A Bit About Us

When it comes to appliances and electricals, we’ve got the lot. Washing machines? Yep. TVs? Check. Laptops? Absolutely. Everything except doorbells (just kidding, we’ve got those too).

We’re known for helping our customers brilliantly - and it’s no different for AOers. We care about more than what’s on your CV, because together we can do extraordinary things.

Our benefits are designed to cover the moments that matter to AOers. From health and wellness to giving back - you’ll be rewarded inside and outside of work.

• Holidays; 25 days, plus bank holidays (increasing to 27 days after 2 years with us!)
• Pension; Contribute 5% of your annual salary and we'll do the same, giving you a little extra support for the future.
• Be a VIP at the AO Arena; we have loads of opportunities to win free tickets and pre-sale access!
• Health & wellbeing; discounted gym membership, an onsite spa and our Help @ Hand scheme giving you access to virtual GP’s, Mental Health support and much more.
• Discounts; exclusive discounts across our product range.
• Family leave; Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption leave.
• Making a difference; 2 fully paid days a year to donate your time to any charity of your choice.
• On site perks; start your day with free on site parking, grabbing a complimentary breakfast and a coffee at our subsidised Starbucks!

To see all our benefits and perks, visit our AO Benefits page.

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