Senior Supply Planner

At Joseph Joseph, we are driven by a simple yet powerful belief - that intelligent design has the ability to transform everyday living. We create distinctive, thoughtfully engineered products that not only solve real-world problems but also bring joy, beauty, and functionality to daily life. Headquartered in London, we have grown into one of the world’s most admired houseware brands, with a presence in over 100 countries and partnerships with leading department stores, independent retailers, and a rapidly expanding e-commerce business.

We are looking for an experienced Senior Supply Planner to join our Supply Planning Team. In this role, you will take ownership of developing and executing a robust end-to-end supply plan, ensuring optimal product availability while balancing inventory, capacity, and cost objectives. You will play a key role in driving supply chain performance across our Far East manufacturing base, working closely with cross-functional teams to support business growth and deliver operational targets.

Key areas of responsibility will include:

• Ownership of supply planning and inventory management for global distribution channels.
• Supplier relationship management and performance improvement.
• Managing replenishment, new product launches, and supply risk mitigation.
• Driving service level, availability, and inventory optimisation targets.
• Supporting business growth through effective cross-functional collaboration and decision-making.
• Leading continuous improvement initiatives across planning processes and ways of working.
• Implementing an end-to-end Supply Planning system solution, improving planning, and embedding new planning capabilities.

What you will be doing:

• Develop and maintain robust short, medium, and long-term supply plans to support business objectives, inventory targets, and customer service requirements.
• Manage purchase order placement and supplier schedules, proactively advancing, delaying, or adjusting orders in response to changing sales trends, forecasts, and business priorities.
• Lead supply planning activities for regular replenishment, new product introductions, and strategic inventory initiatives.
• Manage purchase orders for components and consumables, ensuring material availability aligns with production requirements.
• Own supplier forecasting processes, communicating demand and purchase forecasts to manufacturing partners to support capacity planning and supply continuity.
• Identify potential supply risks, stock shortages, capacity constraints, and inventory imbalances, developing mitigation plans and driving resolution through cross-functional collaboration.
• Partner with suppliers and logistics teams to optimise container utilisation, shipment planning, and inventory flow across the global distribution network.
• Monitor, analyse, and report key supply chain KPIs, providing insights and recommendations to improve supplier performance, inventory health, and service levels.
• Implement and continuously improve inventory management strategies to balance availability, working capital, and inventory risk.
• Serve as the primary relationship manager for a portfolio of strategic suppliers, driving performance reviews, leading regular business meetings, and implementing initiatives to improve lead times, service, and operational efficiency.
• Take ownership of supplier performance management, including KPI tracking, root cause analysis, corrective action planning, and continuous improvement activities.
• Play a leading role in the S&OP process, providing supply insights, identifying risks and opportunities, and supporting scenario planning to enable effective decision‑making.
• Collaborate with Demand Planning, Procurement, Product Development, Logistics, and Commercial teams to ensure alignment across the end-to-end supply chain.
• Support and mentor junior planners where required, sharing best practices and contributing to the ongoing development of planning processes and capabilities.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance planning accuracy, operational efficiency, and supply chain resilience.

What we need from you:

• Significant experience within Supply Planning, Supply Chain Planning, Procurement, or Operations, ideally within an international manufacturing and distribution environment.
• Proven ability to manage complex supply plans across multiple suppliers, products, and distribution channels.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills with the ability to translate data into actionable decisions.
• Experience leading supplier relationships and delivering improved performances.
• Strong understanding of inventory management, forecasting principles, and S&OP processes.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence at all levels of the organisation.
• Highly organised, detail‑oriented, and capable of managing multiple priorities in a fast‑paced environment.
• Proactive mindset with a strong focus on delivering results and continuous improvement.
• Demonstrated ability to identify risks early and implement effective mitigation strategies.
• Advanced Excel skills; experience with ERP systems and planning tools is highly desirable.

What you will get from us:

• Competitive salary and holiday allowance.
• Company performance related bonus.
• A pension contribution.
• An exclusive staff discount.
• 24/7 healthcare appointment support.
• Hybrid working - 3 days in office & 2 days from home and flex start/finish times.
• External private employee wellbeing support.
• Access to Perkbox.
• Volunteer days.
• Team Recognition scheme.
• Training and Development.
• Holiday carry‑over scheme.
• Season‑ticket travel loan.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Parental Leave support.
• Holiday trading (buy/sell) and extra holiday days for long service.