Supply Chain Planner

2 weeks ago


Northampton, United Kingdom AVK UK Full time

**VACANCY: Supply Chain Planner**

**LOCATION**:Northampton, NN4**

**ABOUT US**:
AVK UK Limited is part of the AVK Group; who are market leaders in the design, manufacture and supply of valves, pipe fittings, hydrants and flow control equipment to the Water, Waste Water, Oil and Gas industries throughout the world.

The Supply Chain Planner role sits at the heart of the business and offers a varied and interesting workload. This is an opportunity for a tenacious individual to make a real difference as part of an exciting, dynamic and ever-growing business. You will be based at our Head Office in Northampton and oversee accurate stocking levels and set accurate stocking parameters, considering forecast trends and reviewing & raising all forecast movements. Day to day involvement and leading reviews with our sister company suppliers & third-party Group Company suppliers to ensure service is to the highest standard.

You will champion AVKs strength in Manufacturing and Engineering with a focus on our future resilience and growth.

**ABOUT THE ROLE**:

- Create Weekly and Monthly Reports for various stakeholders; Order Intake vs Forecast Accuracy, Stock Forecasting & Service Performance and month performance vs forecast
- Scrutinise data through Slim4 forecasting tool & work with AVK Group Logistics to present exceptions
- Maintain and improve the Sales Forecast and ensure accuracy
- Lead supplier improvement plans
- Lead meetings with manufacturing teams to ensure all agreed deliverables are on track
- Provide monthly stock waterfall of forward stock projections per vendor
- Report and advise on slow moving inventory
- Maintain a clean and accurate system through management of stocked item cards
- Set up the customer contract lead times, per item, in Microsoft Navision & maintain against changing Service Level Agreements
- Create all new vendor cards and populate
- Champion system accuracy in customer orders vs incoming purchases/stock to confirm that customer order shipment dates are accurate to maintain the highest possible service through the Warehouse Shipment Report. If they are not accurate, advise the Customer Service team of the changes required & record reasons for future learnings

**ABOUT YOU**:

- Recent and relevant industry experience of working within a Supply Chain Planning, Forecasting, Planning and / or Supply Chain Operations team (RCCP, MRP, CRP, MPS)
- Ability to make decisions quickly based on the available facts
- Competency with an ERP system and reporting
- Organised, structured and able to handle complexity
- Ability to identify trends and work collaboratively with suppliers and internal stakeholders to get solutions across the supply chain

**WHAT WE OFFER**:

- A culture of shared values, goals, attitudes and business growth
- Employee Assistance Programme (Welfare and Wellbeing)
- Competitive salary
- 33 days holiday (including statutory Public Holidays)
- Life Assurance plan (x3)
- Company pension plan
- Discounts and cashback across many high-street and online retailers (Supermarkets, Entertainment, Fashion, Days Out, Technology, Home and Travel)
- Companywide initiatives to share in our future success
- A blend of training to help your career development

**WORKING HOURS**:

- 37.5 hours per week
- Monday - Thursday 0830-1715
- Friday 0830-1600

We know that our people are the most important asset to the AVK Group and we are looking for skilled, passionate and driven professionals to work with our inspirational leaders; to promote our culture, enable change and champion a lean environment.

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

Application question(s):

- Do you have recent / relevant experience in a similar role? Please detail....
- Please detail your salary expectations

Work authorisation:

- United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person


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