Production Planner

Freshminds; Greater London; Hybrid; Full time

Job summary

A leading FMCG company is seeking a Supply Chain and Production Analyst to ensure stock availability and balance waste. In this role, you will track stock data, maintain relationships with suppliers, and identify operational improvements, with a focus on data-driven decisions.

Qualifications

• Experience in a junior-level data role for a consumer brand.
• Ability to conduct Excel analysis.
• Ideally used supply chain and stock-tracking tools.

Responsibilities

• Maintaining stock at optimal levels and tracking sales data.
• Building relationships with external suppliers.
• Identifying process improvement opportunities.

Skills

Data analysis

Attention to detail

Commercial thinking

Education

Degree in a quantitative subject

Tools

Excel

Supply chain and stock-tracking tools

Job description

An FMCG company, who sell both through their own ecommerce channels and in retailers, is looking for a Supply Chain and Production Analyst to ensure that their stock is accurately maintained, and availability is consistently at 100% across all of their products.

Within this role, you will be tracking stock and supply chain data in order to ensure a balance is struck between keeping full product availability, while not creating excessive waste.

Responsibilities

• Maintaining stock at optimal levels, tracking sales data and forecasting demand.
• Maintain and build relationships with external suppliers, gaining trust and ensuring excellent delivery and service.
• Examine process data, to identify any issues within operations, and opportunities for improvement.

Requirements

• Experience in a junior-level data role for a consumer brand,
• Ideally used supply chain and stock-tracking tools, as well as able to conduct Excel analysis
• Ability to think commercially, to draw out trends and insights from data, with strong attention to detail and able to quickly spot errors
• Ideally a degree in a quantitative subject

Other Details

• Start Date: ASAP
• Day Rate: £150 - £200 PAYE (dependent on experience)
• Duration: 3 months (opportunity for perm conversion)
• Location: Hybrid, 3 days in office 30min train from central London