Inventory Planner

The Menu Partners is a diverse food business supplying hotels, pubs and restaurants up and down the UK with whole, prepared or cooked food. Within our group of businesses, we also have Absolute Taste, a leading event catering company, Absolute Taste Inflight our Private Jet catering business along with two farm shops, a pub and so much more.

Come and join an exciting company which is expanding very quickly and looking for the right people to come and join our teams. In return, we develop individuals to be the best they can be and help them along their career paths.

**Key Activities & Responsibilities**:
1) To ensure that the correct product / stock quantities are available at the time of pick for all depot customers, whilst ensuring that waste is kept to a minimum nationwide.

2) Using sales history, stock impacts and information from other departments, forecast demand and translate to orders for suppliers.

3) Manage stock movement throughout the network through sales and purchase orders using Freshware.

4) Confirm and manage supplier deliveries through direct communication and follow up any discrepancies.

5) To liaise on a regular basis with account managers regarding menu changes, seasonal impacts and customer requirements.

6) To assist in keeping the business informed of volume changes / fluctuations that may have an effect on availability and the profitability of the business.

7) To follow the recovery process in place with regard to rejections that meet the supply chain expectations but is at a cost efficient price for the business.

8) To work in a team based environment where all managers and employees support each other with department based workload.

9) Through both formal and informal communication ensure that your line manager is kept updated on any opportunities or threats that could impact the business and/or operations.

10) Through both formal and informal communication provide ongoing intelligence/data/information that can be used by other departments in order to make informed decisions

11) Ensure that all applicable legislation (H&S, Hygiene, BRC, etc) for a modern food business are adhered to by all and that any violations are reported to your line manager.

12) Maintain and contribute to a working knowledge of The Menu Partners policies and regulations

13) Engage in specific projects or activities as directed by either your line manager or TMP Group.

**Key Attributes**:

- Customer focused and solutions driven
- Excellent multi-tasking skills to handle multiple inbound communication methods
- First rate communication and interpersonal skills, both verbal and written
- A passion for driving costs out of the business
- Team player with an understanding of people
- Open minded and able to embrace and influence change
- Ability to work under pressure
- A ‘can do and will do’ attitude
- Tenacity to see a task through to completion
- Ability to deliver results

**Major Contacts**:
This description is based on the company’s assessment of the requirements and functions of the job as of the date the description was prepared. It is a general guideline for both managers and employees but it does not claim to be an exhaustive list of all aspects of the job. The company reserves the right to modify the description at any time, or to vary the duties and responsibilities of the job on either a temporary or indefinite basis to meet the requirements of the company’s business.

**Job Types**: Permanent, Full-time

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