Global Inventory Planner — Optimize Stock & Deploy (Hybrid)

Altro; Letchworth; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday entitlement: 25 days

Pension scheme

Life assurance

Sick pay

Eye tests

Volunteer day

Free parking

Learning & Development

Company events

Job summary

Altro, a leading European manufacturer of premium flooring and wall cladding, seeks an Inventory Planner to own finished goods deployment across global operations. You will work with commercial teams, planners, and distribution to balance availability, efficiency and working capital.

Based in the UK and hybrid with three days in Letchworth Garden City, you will set stock targets, manage ABC categorisation, coordinate inter-company transfers and forecast trends to support new product launches and

Qualifications

• Significant experience in stock management or inventory planning.
• Strong data analysis skills and ability to interpret complex information.
• Proven ability to build relationships and influence stakeholders across a global organisation.

Responsibilities

• Setting stock targets, safety stock levels, and lead times across global locations.
• Defining and managing stock categorisation strategies (ABC analysis).
• Collaborating with planning teams to optimise production runs.
• Managing inter-company stock transfers and global inventory deployment.
• Working with demand planners to identify trends and forecast changes.
• Developing processes for efficient global stock movements.
• Driving improvements in stock turn and inventory efficiency.
• Modelling inventory scenarios to support working capital decisions.
• Identifying slow-moving stock and mitigation strategies.
• Supporting successful new product launches and legacy product exits.
• Establishing standardised global processes and reporting progress through KPIs.

Skills

Stock management

Inventory planning

Data analysis

ERP systems

Stakeholder management

Communication

Travel willingness

Education

Supply chain degree

Tools

JD Edwards

Job description

Altro, a leading European manufacturer of premium flooring and wall cladding, seeks an Inventory Planner to own finished goods deployment across global operations. You will work with commercial teams, planners, and distribution to balance availability, efficiency and working capital.

Based in the UK and hybrid with three days in Letchworth Garden City, you will set stock targets, manage ABC categorisation, coordinate inter-company transfers and forecast trends to support new product launches and