Supply Planner - 15 hours part time

Booker; Little Irchester; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading food and drink wholesaler in the UK is looking for a part-time Supply Planner at their Wellingborough site. The role involves optimizing service levels, managing suppliers, and ensuring product availability. Candidates should have strong communication skills, solid organizational abilities, and ideally some experience in supply chain operations. Working hours are 15 per week, across three mornings. Flexibility in working arrangements is welcomed.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills to negotiate with internal and external stakeholders.
• Strong organizational and time management skills, capable of meeting deadlines.
• Customer service orientation and good analytical skills with strong attention to detail.
• Ability to work proactively and independently.
• Ideally, some previous experience in procurement or supply chain.
• GCSE or equivalent Maths and English grade C or above.

Responsibilities

• Optimize service levels within the business unit.
• Manage a portfolio of suppliers and product categories.
• Achieve stockholding and wastage budgets.
• Conduct daily reviews for stock shortages.
• Communicate key issues to internal stakeholders.
• Forecast and track promotions and allocations.
• Develop relationships with suppliers.
• Support seasonal events and activities.

Job description

We have an exciting opportunity for a part time Supply Planner to join Booker, based out of our Wellingborough site. Joining the wider product supply team, you will take responsibility for achieving and maximising Company product availability targets through careful planning and working closely with internal and external stakeholders.

The working hours for the role are 15 per week, to be worked across three mornings including Friday. More details of the working pattern can be discussed at interview stage.

Responsibilities

• Optimise service levels to customers within the business unit and the supply chain as a whole.
• Manage a portfolio of suppliers and small product category.
• Achieve stockholding and wastage budgets for own product category and ensure appropriate actions are taken without impacting supply.
• Daily review for stock shortages, support inbound operations, and contacting suppliers.
• Ensure key issues are communicated to internal stakeholders and support with resolution.
• Forecasting, tracking promotions and product allocations.
• Supporting seasonal events and activities.
• Work in partnership with internal stakeholder teams to ensure that trading activities are identified and complement supply chain goals and vice versa.
• Develop relationships with suppliers and consolidators/hauliers to ensure that inbound supply service levels and supplier constraints are optimised.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to negotiate and influence at all levels for both internal and external stakeholders.
• Excellent organisation and time management skills, ability to prioritise and meet tight deadlines.
• Strong customer service orientation, good analytical skills, intermediate/advanced knowledge of Excel, strong attention to detail.
• Ability to work on own initiative with a proactive approach to tasks and problem solving.
• Ideally some previous procurement or supply chain/retail experience and some knowledge of supply chain ordering systems and sales forecasting; however, full training will be given.
• GCSE or equivalent Maths and English grade C or above.

Desirable: Suitable supply chain professional qualification or an interest in studying for one, or educated to degree level.

Booker is the UK's leading food & drink wholesaler. We serve independent retailers, caterers and small businesses from locations across the country, with over 190 cash and carry branches, eight distribution centres, five Best Food Logistics sites, and six support centre locations across the UK.

Diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) at Booker means that whoever you are and whatever your background, we want you to feel represented and to be yourself at work.

We know life looks different for everyone. We welcome conversations about flexible working and will discuss reasonable adjustments during the application process.

Disability Confident Committed employer. For information on accessibility support, please contact [e-mail]

Please note We can only accept candidates over the age of 18 if the role requires working before 6:15 am or after 9:45 pm or involves working in areas such as warehouse, and driving roles.

On occasions with high volumes of applicants, some roles may close earlier than the advertised end date. We will only be able to offer individual feedback to those candidates who attend an interview.

Booker Group is part of Tesco plc, but operated separately from the core Tesco business; benefits may differ from those offered at Tesco.

For more information about us please visit www.bookergroupjobs.co.uk