Production Planner

Posted 22 April by Aldena Associates Ltd
Salary negotiable
Telford , Shropshire
Permanent, full-time
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Posted by Aldena Associates Ltd
  • Purchasing
  • Supply and planning
  • CIPS useful
Job Title: Product Planner

Location: Telford

Reports to: Purchasing Lead

Purpose of Post: Part of a small team with overall responsibility for; material supply and inventory holdings from a range of selected suppliers and product categories to ensure product availability and maximum inventory efficiency and performance

Key Areas of responsibility:

Management of company inventory;
• Monitoring of product sales, forecasting of future demand patterns and setting run rates for supply, reviewing, monitoring and maintaining accuracy
• Overseeing and raising purchase orders against internal and external suppliers, in line with supplier purchasing rules and demand planning policies
• Overseeing and Expediting / De-expediting purchase orders to meet both customer and business demands in line with supplier stocking policies
• Sku management, performance and review to ensure optimum stocking policy setting and efficiency of stock holdings within targeted guidelines (Availability, Value and Stock Turn)
• Life cycle management and maintenance in conjunction with Product Managers, including NPO and End of Life management
• Supplier performance monitoring, review and reporting
• Resolution and negotiation of commercial issues associated with supplier terms and conditions

Skills Required:
• Hands on, dynamic professional with great attention to detail
• Solutions and Results driven, striving for success and continuous improvement
• Flexible, can do attitude
• Change management facilitator and driver
• Prioritisation, multi tasking and ablity to work effectively under pressure
• Excellent communication skills (regular verbal, written, presentation reports up to Director Level)
• Effective negotiator and supplier account management
• Understands UK and EU Custom requirements
• Experience of International trading
• Intermediate/advanced Excel

Education: Degree educated
CIPS – Ideally Required
Experience Required: Minimum of 5 years purchasing and supply

Reference: 52517510

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