Senior Gift Planner

Boots UK; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retail pharmacy chain in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Gift Supply Planner to lead a team and enhance the Gift Supply Chain Team's operations. You will manage the planning and delivery of gifts, ensuring high inventory accuracy and supplier collaboration. The ideal candidate has over 5 years of supply chain experience, preferably in consumer packaged goods, along with strong leadership and SAP skills. Competitive benefits, including flexible perks, are offered in a culture that values diversity and inclusion.

Benefits

Discretionary annual bonus

Generous brand discount

Flexible benefits scheme

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years' experience in supply chain, ideally within a CPG environment.
• Experience of leading a team.
• Knowledge of supply chain planning and inventory management.

Responsibilities

• Lead a sub-team of Gift Supply Planners and Gift Operations Assistants.
• Manage continuous improvement initiatives for process and systems.
• Create plans for gift assembly in line with customer requirements.
• Order and manage materials for gift assembly plans.
• Develop relationships with suppliers and challenge vendor performance.

Skills

Leadership

Continuous improvement

Customer centricity

SAP

Inventory management

Tools

SAP

Job description

Overview

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Gift Supply Planner to join our Gift Supply Chain Team to organise the assembly of gifts from material ordering through to execution and delivery of the plan. This role will be working within the Gift Team, reporting to the Gift Planning Manager. The successful candidate will manage a small team to deliver key brands like S&G and No7.

Responsibilities

• Lead a sub-team of Gift Supply Planners and Gift Operations Assistants that are responsible for planning and delivering a range of the Gift programme within the No7 Beauty Company.
• Manage continuous improvement initiatives addressing process, systems and tools gaps.
• Create plans for the assembly of gifts in line with Customer requirements.
• Order and manage materials required to meet the gift assembly plans ensuring high levels of inventory accuracy.
• Represent the Gift Planning function at project meetings and provide regular updates on the status of the programmes being manufactured to key stakeholders.
• Understand and manage inventory levels by taking action to reduce and clear Excess & Obsolete stocks.
• Develop relationships with Suppliers, actively collaborating & challenging vendor performance to drive availability.
• Minimum of 5 years' experience in supply chain, ideally within a CPG environment.
• A commitment to continuous improvement with an ability to drive new processes.
• Ability to prioritise workload to ensure that key milestones are met and to deal with a variety of stakeholders.
• Customer centric in your approach, seeing service as a priority.
• Make it happen approach with operational excellence and agility to deliver results whilst controlling risk.

Qualifications

• Experience of leading a team.
• SAP experience.
• Knowledge of supply chain planning.
• Knowledge of inventory management and dealing with suppliers.

Benefits

• Discretionary annual bonus.
• Generous discount on our own brands and partner businesses.
• Flexible benefits scheme including option to buy additional holiday, discounted gym membership, life assurance, activity passes and much more.
• We are an equal opportunity employer, empowering our team members to be their authentic selves as we share a culture where diversity, equity and inclusion are at the centre of everything we do.