Supply Chain Planner

Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS); Daventry; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading organization as a Supply Chain Planner and play a critical role in managing inventory and enhancing customer experience. This position offers various opportunities for career growth within a dynamic and collaborative work culture, focusing on best-in-class service delivery and operational excellence.

Benefits

Learning and career development opportunities

Competitive salary and incentive schemes

Holiday Flex

Attractive company pension

Discount portal

Recognition scheme

Wellbeing program

Qualifications

• Experience in handling global trading and complex supply chain management.
• Strong foundation in inventory management with high-SKU efficiency.
• Ability to thrive in fast-paced, customer-focused environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead inventory management and achieve KPI targets.
• Perform planning and forecasting across supply chains.
• Manage purchase orders and coordinate with suppliers.

Skills

Supply Chain Management

Customer Focus

Efficiency

Complex Systems Management

Product Lifecycle Management

Job description

Can you bring your organisation skills to our Supply Chain department? Join our team based in Daventry, UK, and enjoy a collaborative culture that empowers you to build a career you can be proud of.

What would you do as our Supply Chain Planner

As our Supply Chain Planner, you will lead the effective management of inventory across the Mila supply chain, with a strong focus on reducing gross and net stock levels while maintaining a 98.5%+ OTIF service level. Your work will directly impact our ability to drive ROCE and deliver best-in-class customer experience.

You would also:

• Oversees stock levels and forecasting to meet availability and inventory KPI targets.
• Lead planning and forecasting activities across assigned supply chains, maintaining accurate system data and market forecasting.
• Manage purchase orders, expedite deliveries, and coordinates forecast changes with suppliers and customers.
• Utilise the exception reporting to drive performance improvements and optimise stock metrics.
• Handle operational issues such as invoice discrepancies, credits, returns, and inventory investment recommendations.

The skills and experience you need
We are looking for someone who:

• Has a strong foundation in supply chain management with experience in handling global trading.
• Thrives in a fast-paced, customer-focused environments requiring time-critical execution.
• Is skilled in managing complex systems and high-SKU inventory, ensuring efficiency and accuracy.
• Is well versed in product lifecycle events, including promotions and changeovers, with a practical understanding of modern supply chain practices.
• Has exposure to manufacturing environments and can add value to the end-to-end supply chain coordination.

What we offer

We're passionate about providing amazing opportunities and benefits, so you can continue and progress a lifelong career with us - here's what we have to offer:

• Learning and career development opportunities, whether it's online learning, management training or enhancing your skills.
• A competitive salary and incentive schemes.
• Variety of benefits including Holiday Flex, Cycle 2 Work, attractive company pension, discount portal, recognition scheme and wellbeing program... to name just a few!

We review applications regularly, so don't wait

We are building diverse, inclusive teams, and encourage applications from everyone who can see themselves working with us.

To make sure your personal data is safe, we don't look at any applications sent by email or post.

If you have any questions about the role or the process, email Nadia Aslam, Recruitment Business Partner at [e-mail] .

Let's create a safer and more open world - together!

To find out more about us, visit www.assaabloy.com

Who will I be working with

The Residential Business Segment is a complex multi-channel, multi-region sector encompassing a wide variety of product and customer types. As ASSA ABLOY UKI's largest business segment it's a dynamic, exciting and rewarding environment in which to grow your career. Full of interesting opportunities to challenge you, the Residential Sector is a great place to enhance and develop within a dynamic, success driven, yet supportive team environment.

We are the ASSA ABLOY Group
Our people have made us the global leader in access solutions. In return, we open doors for them wherever they go. With nearly 63,000 colleagues in more than 70 different countries, we help billions of people experience a more open world. Our innovations make all sorts of spaces - physical and virtual - safer, more secure, and easier to access.

As an employer, we value results - not titles, or backgrounds. We empower our people to build their career around their aspirations and our ambitions - supporting them with regular feedback, training, and development opportunities. Our colleagues think broadly about where they can make the most impact, and we encourage them to grow their role locally, regionally, or even internationally.

As we welcome new people on board, it's important to us to have diverse, inclusive teams, and we value different perspectives and experiences.

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