Inventory Planner

JR United Kingdom; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the electronics sector is seeking an Inventory Planner to join its Logistics Team in Cardiff. This role involves creating inventory plans, managing supply chain activities, and facilitating communication between departments to ensure optimum inventory levels. Successful candidates will have prior experience in logistics and strong organizational skills to thrive in a fast-paced environment.

Benefits

9% Employer Contribution into your Pension

Life Assurance

Private Healthcare (including optical & dental) for you and your family

25 Days Annual Leave (+ Public Holidays)

Staff Discount

Subsidised Cafeteria

Qualifications

• Previous experience in purchasing and logistics/supply chain planning.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Good organisation and prioritisation abilities.

Responsibilities

• Create effective inventory plans for the organisation.
• Monitor and update inventory activities in the company database.
• Liaise with all warehouses to ensure timely inventory updates.

Skills

Logistics/Supply Chain Planning

Communication Skills

Organisational Skills

Teamwork

Prioritisation Skills

Education

Experience in Purchasing/Logistics

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

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At LG, we deliver products and services that make lives better, easier and happier through increased functionality and fun. Put simply, we offer the latest innovations to make “Life Good” – from home appliances, consumer electronics to business innovations in digital signage, air conditioning, solar and LED lighting. As a global leader, we strive for greatness in product leadership, market leadership and people leadership to realize our growth strategies.

We strongly believe that our people’s competitive spirit, proactive leadership, and expertise helps drive the company forward. As such, LG is the right place for you if:

You are motivated and driven. You thrive on a challenge and want to be No. 1.

You are a people person. You like helping people out and you want to understand where they’re coming from.

You’re honest and you will speak up (politely, of course!), but you do it because you care and because it’s the right thing to do.

The Opportunity

This is a fantastic opportunity to join our Logistics Team as an Inventory Planner. Our Logistics Team is responsible for working within a team providing support for Field Sales and Internal/External customers, ensuring all orders are completed to timeframe.

As an Inventory Planner, you will assume responsibility for creating effective inventory plans for the organisation, monitor and maintain inventory activities ensuring timeframes are adhered to and information inputted into our company databases. In addition, you will liaise with all warehouses; ensuring inventories are updated in a timely manner and picked on confirmation of reconciliation.

Your Role & Responsibilities

• Create effective inventory plans for the organisation
• Create documents that detail quantity specifications about company products
• Regular reporting using Microsoft Excel
• Receive and process returned products updating records about final inventory level
• Monitor inventory activity and update company database accordingly
• Complete daily transactions and link them to the appropriate departments.
• Assist supervisors with inventory replenishing tasks
• Participate in company meetings, suggesting more efficient methods to handle current inventory and improve the use of company resource
• Provide accurate lead time and inventory information to the related department
• Maintain and update the inventory, escalating any issues to the appropriate department / 3PL
• Liaising with all warehouses, ensuring inventories are updated in a timely manner and picked on confirmation of reconciliation

Skills, Education & Experience

• Previous experience in purchasing, logistics/supply chain planning
• Used to collaborating with multiple stakeholders
• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written
• Good organisation and prioritisation skills
• Able to work well within a team and individually under pressure
• 9% Employer Contribution into your Pension
• Life Assurance
• Private Healthcare (including optical & dental) for you and your family
• 25 Days’ Annual Leave (+ Public Holidays)
• Staff Discount
• Subsidised Cafeteria

LG Electronics U.K. Ltd is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all suitable persons regardless of race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.

Right to Work

Please note that any job offer made will be conditional on the individual holding a legal right to work in the United Kingdom by the time employment commences.