Supply Planner - Part Time FTC

Booker Group; Wellingborough; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retail organization in Wellingborough seeks a dedicated Supply Chain Manager to optimize service levels and manage supplier relationships. The ideal candidate will be an excellent communicator with strong organizational skills, possess a customer service orientation, and have a background in procurement or supply chain. This position offers opportunities for training and professional development.

Qualifications

• Excellent communicator with ability to negotiate at all levels.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Ability to prioritize and meet tight deadlines.
• Proactive approach to problem solving.

Responsibilities

• Optimize service levels to customers within business unit and the supply chain.
• Manage a portfolio of Suppliers and small Product Category.
• Achieve stockholding and wastage budgets for own product category.
• Daily review for stock shortages and support inbound operations.
• Communicate key issues to internal stakeholders.

Skills

Excellent communication

Negotiation skills

Time management

Customer service orientation

Analytical skills

Intermediate/Advanced Excel knowledge

Education

GCSE or equivalent Maths and English grade C or above

Supply chain professional qualification (desirable)

Degree level education (desirable)

Job description

Responsibilities

• Optimise service levels to customers within 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 products 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.

To be successful in this role you will have to be an excellent communicator with ability to negotiate and influence at all levels for both internal and external stakeholders.

You will have excellent organisation and time management skills, be able to prioritise and keep to tight deadlines.

You’ll have a strong customer service orientation, good analytical skills, Intermediate/ Advanced knowledge of Excel, strong attention to detail.

Work on your own initiative with a pro-active approach to tasks and be able to think outside the box when it comes to problem solving.

Ideally, you will have had some previous procurement or supply chain/ retail experience and some knowledge of supply chain ordering systems, sales forecasting experience, but 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