Sales & Operations Planner

2 weeks ago


Cannock Staffordshire, United Kingdom Ibstock PLC Full time
WE ARE 200 years of history and over 2,300 employees strong. WE ARE a business loaded with opportunity and career progression. WE ARE innovators, designers, makers and engineers who manufacture and provide smart, efficient, and effective building products

and solutions. Through our customer relationships, diverse building product range and solutions, we enable the creation of inspirational homes, places and spaces for us all to live and work better. With eight core product categories, underpinned by expert design and technical

services, we work with architects, builders, merchants and the wider construction supply chain to build the face of Britain. We are fully committed to a net zero future and continue to invest in expertise and product development to manufacture more efficiently and sustainably. We pride ourselves on leading for new, innovative and sustainable products and solutions, both for today

and for a new era of building. To support our progress, we are currently recruiting for a

Sales & Operations Planner . The role will be based at our Cannock site. As an our S&O Planner you will play a key role in the continuous improvement of our S&OP process to ensure that we maximize our multisite operations output, maintain optimum levels of inventory, manage our availability / lead times and improve our OTIF performance

to our customers. You will be essential to the success of our S&OP process. This role is not about maintaining the status quo, you will have opportunity to work closely with our S&OP Manger, S&OP Team and IT in the development our S&OP processes and how they

are managed through our ERP system (JD Edwards).

Building on current reports / data extraction using your strong analytical skills to then review the data and make recommendations. With the ambition of a single set of numbers to drive our business and feed

our overall budget and monthly forecasting processes as part of our monthly S&OP cycle. As our S&O Planner, you will: •

Play a key role in development and implementation of S&OP rules through understanding business and customer requirements •

Assist in development of ERP system (JD Edwards) to improve forecast accuracy and S&OP process efficiency•

Work closely with our sales teams to understand customers ordering behaviours and collaborate to drive order accuracy improvement•

Review sales demand, understand the assumptions / trends / constraints and opportunities to generate & communicate the supply plan to key stakeholders (operations / sales / procurement / distribution / finance)•

Analyse sales trends and identify the key drivers of sales for key products •

Identify abnormal demand to prevent downstream issues.•

Work closely with our factories to ensure adherence to the build plans and understand any reason for deviation and potential impact to stock and service levels.•

Provide scenario plans to evaluate management of constraints and opportunities, show agility in evaluating the impact of change in demand and / or supply and make recommendations •

Monitor and challenge adherence to the sales and production plans•

Publish stock availability data•

Develop and publish score card of the business performance•

Liaise and build strong communication channels with all departments In order to be successful, ideally we would like you to be/have: •

Experience of S&OP process •

Strong analytical skills•

Must be able to analyse and interpret data to make decisions / recommendations•

Continuous Improvement mind-set,

uses a data and evidence approach•

Effective communication & engagement skills•

Good commercial understanding and business acumen •

Understanding of ERP systems, forecasting and capacity planning modules•

Desire to establish good understanding of Customer and Supplier relationships•

Ability to build and use a good business network•

Previous experience of working within multi-site manufacturing environment•

Knowledge of JD Edwards System •

IBP knowledge Think you can make a difference? WE ARE your future. More details: •

Full time, permanent role with hybrid working options•

Competitive salary •

10% matched pension, administered by Legal and General•

3x life insurance •

Full access to Employee Assistance programme for self and family members•

Access to high street retail discounts platform – with access to discounts at Tesco, Asda, etc…•

Personal development and career progression opportunities Our commitment to diversity and inclusion? Excited about the role, but your past experience or qualifications don’t perfectly match everything in the job description? We would encourage you to still apply. Studies have shown that some people, particularly from minority groups are less likely to apply

to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. Here at Ibstock Plc we are dedicated to building belonging, empowering our colleagues to be their true self by offering a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace. You may just be the right candidate for

this role, or other future roles across the Ibstock Group. Ibstock Plc are committed and passionate about building a diverse environment. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. You will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race,

religion, national origin, disability or age.
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