- Manage Supply Planning team- team KPls, team development
- Generate/manage Supply Plan for Key Vendors
- Lead and present the monthly Supply Plan as part of the Global S&OP Process
- Maintain and Manage Supply, Inventory and Production reports in alignment with KPIs. Ensure each member of the team is respcilile and owns KPIs:
- Order fill rate
- Inventory Health
- Write-off % of COG
- Intercompany Purchase Forecast accuracy and Bias
- Excess/obsolete inventory
- Inventory Turn & Value
- Analyse and propose Inventory policy.
- Collate regional inventory reports and KPIs to create a Global consolidated view.
- Make recommendations and initiate change to support business growth and ensure business needs are met.
- Owns day-to-day Vendor relationships.
- Annual price negotiations.
- Manage inventory write-off process
- Review MOQ and production volumes
- Supply plan for gifting - where do we pack Christmas UK, APAC, US. Analyse costs and transport optimisation for efficiency.
- Manage, provide commentary and minimise cost variances each month.
- Manage invoice query resolution.
- Safety stock analysis
Previous Planning, Forecasting and Inventory Management experience is essential.
Knowledge and Understanding of Supply Chain.
Good level and standard of UK/European education or equivalent. Educated to Degree level or similar level of work experience. Previous Planning, and Purchasing experience is essential. Experience within an FMCG organisation, preferred.
Ability to take proactive approach to challenge and achieve results. Expenence of using Microsoft Dynamic 365 ERR system or similar. Expenence of Power BI, Tableau and/or SQL reporting.
Keen attention to detail.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.