Supply Chain Planner

3 months ago

Runcorn, United Kingdom The Protein Works Full time

**Job Title**:
Supply Chain Planner

**The Role: Supply Chain Planner (Production)**

This role is based within our vertically integrated Manufacturing & Logistics Centre in Runcorn and has the following main responsibilities:
- Create daily, weekly and monthly production plans to optimise manufacturing performance, whilst considering allergen controls, labour resource and commercial priorities
- Review daily the factory output against plan and adjust plans accordingly in an agile manner
- Schedule ad hoc production runs for global customer orders for both Protein Works & abnormal brands
- Monitor and maintain finished goods inventory levels on both a short and long term view basis
- Participate In S&OP Process
- Co-ordinate & model sales forecasts to ensure demand needs are met in a timely & efficient manner
- Ensure production runs are aligned with Online, Amazon and International Trade channel requirements
- Collaborate with the Production Team to drive continuous improvement
- Present data insights and management information in a compelling manner to support production resource decisions and future strategic plans
- Work closely with the whole Supply Chain Planning to provide the wider business a clear direction on supply chain challenges
- Liaise with key functions across the business including Procurement, Commercial, Fulfilment and NPD
- Play a key role in the launch of new products and the discontinuation of old ones
- Develop and improve existing planning tools to support our high growth strategy

**Immediate Responsibilities and Hot Projects**

Plot, Plan and Deliver on the following:
1. Immediately take over the day-to-day production planning function.

2. Review our current working practices and trigger improvements at proliferated pace.

3. Develop effective working relationships with the key resources in the business.

4. Improve our production planning to improve ‘out of stocks’ and also manage stock levels.

5. Improving our stock cover across all skus and ensuring under/over stocks are managed effectively.

6. Partner with Commercial, NPD, Technical and Operations colleagues on a daily basis.

7. Work with the Head of Planning and the Manufacturing’s team to identify better ways of working and support with implementing a ‘continuous improvement’ culture

8. Challenge positively the plan attainment, stock levels and ingredient levels.

9. Daily reporting and managing of key metrics.

10. Ability to work effectively on your own and use your own initiative

**The Things You’ll Nail as Standard**

1. Create reports and presentations for the wider business

2. Ability to use excel to a high level as part of your core responsibilities

3. Coordinating with internal teams and individuals to develop an effective way of working

4. Regular communication with the operational team and senior management team

5. Oversee the current planning process for a hundreds of product lines

6. Well-organised, with an eye for detail in everything you do

7. A strong work ethos to document key working processes and practices

8. Attending and contributing to planning and operational meetings.

9. Supporting the commercial team with key information for effective decision making.

10. Great team worker and the ability to see a ‘challenge as an opportunity’.

**You’re Naturally Like This**

1. Possess a “can-do” attitude

2. Highly enthusiastic with a drive to improve and develop new ways of working and improving

3. Have a growing strategic mindset and appreciation

4. Avid self-learner & teacher

5. Highly motivated self-starter with a flexible, can-do attitude

6. An uncommonly fast-learner

7. Place a high value on delivering business impact

8. Able to trade-off short & long-term targets and have a history of making the right calls

9. Positively impatient

10. Great at building positive, productive collaborations and teams

11. Competent at extracting information and make effective use of it

12. Excellent interpersonal skills

13. Ability to clearly communicate complex topics in simple terms, to a variety of audiences

**Non-Negotiables**

1. Highly organised and excellent verbal and written skills

2. Ability to multi-task and deliver to deadlines

3. Ability to lead and motivate, and challenge as required

4. Proven experience in a planning or business forecasting role

5. Excellent relationship building skills and ability to influence at various levels

**Desirables**

1. Degree educated

2. Experience in FMCG / Sports Nutrition category

3. Experience of working in an E-Commerce vertically integrated business

**We Think This Type of Person Would Kill the Role**

1. An exceptional graduate with work placement or work experience in an analytical role

2. A strong planner who has 2-3 years experience in a similar role

3. A highly numerate executive looking for a challenging commercial role

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

**Benefits**:

- Bereavement leave
- Casual dress
- Compan

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