Supply Chain Planner, Bodmin, £40k – 12 month Contract
Supply Chain Planner, Bodmin, £40k – 12 month Contract

Supply Chain Planner, Bodmin, £40k – 12 month Contract

Bodmin Full-Time No home office possible
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This is a 12 month fixed term contract which may be extended.

Finished Goods Demand Planning & Procurement

  • To ensure stock levels of finished goods are maintained at an optimum level to meet customer demand and respect space, shelf life and cost parameters
  • Gather information on long term sales forecast, invoiced sales, outstanding sales orders, outstanding purchase orders and existing finished goods stocks
  • Create a forecast aligned with existing financial and sales forecasting structure
  • Make judgements to create a procurement plan with regard to proposed standard 3 week lead times and optimum batch sizes
  • Raise and place purchase orders for finished goods required
  • Communicate with Production Planner to ensure orders are planned for production to meet required delivery dates, or where capacity is breached to negotiate revised lead times
  • Communicate with the Stock Controller to ensure finished goods received into the warehouse are assigned to the correct purchase order and booked in promptly and accurately
  • Completion of Supply Chain Performance Tracker statistics
  • To ensure all required production materials are available when required and that stock is maintained at an optimum level to meet demand and respect space, shelf life and cost parameters
  • Gather information on ingredients and packaging recipes per finished goods stock unit to create a database of materials
  • Gather information on rough cut production plan (3 week plan) and fixed production plan (1 week plan)
  • Gather information on suppliers, lead times, optimum or agreed pricing, optimum production and delivery volumes
  • Create a materials planning tool to generate materials requirement
  • Make judgements to create a procurement plan with regard to lead time, space, volume, cost parameters
  • Raise and place purchase orders for materials required
  • Communicate with suppliers to ensure deliveries are on time and booked into our warehouse
  • Communicate with Stock Controller to ensure deliveries received are inspected and booked in promptly and accurately
  • Ensure GRN paperwork is received, annotated with shortages/damages and passed to accounts to complete the financial control process

Essential Skills and Experience:

  • Knowledge of core processes in demand planning
  • Previous experience in planning and scheduling via MRP
  • Excellent knowledge of Excel and ability to navigate 3rd party IT portals
  • Experience in managing suppliers
  • Experience in procurement
  • Good communication skills with colleagues, managers and subordinates
  • Ability to gather information from various sources
  • Excellent planning, co-ordination and organisation skills

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Supply Chain Planner, Bodmin, £40k – 12 month Contract
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