Planning Co-ordinator

Innospec is a global speciality chemicals company partnering with companies across the world to provide sustainable and innovative technologies within fuels, refineries, personal care and performance chemicals. Our company expansion has evolved over time, making us the leading global specialty company we are today. We pride ourselves on our talent, drive and expertise to guide our customers to success in highly competitive markets with our fast-response work ethic.

We are continuing to improve the sustainability of our products and help our clients respond to environmental challenges through innovation and improved product performance. We are pleased to be awarded an EcoVadis Gold rating for sustainability performance for the third consecutive time. A Gold rating puts Innospec in the top 7% of companies rated in our sector globally.

Supply Chain plays an essential role in demonstrating the flexibility to respond to change & delivering excellent customer service that sets us apart from our competitors.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of our global network, balancing the demand forecast with the supply capabilities for a portfolio of assets within the Fuel Specialties and Oilfield Specialties Business Units.

**The key elements of this role are**:

- Play a key role in generating & managing production plans to ensure product availability and delivering excellent service to our customers.
- Close collaboration with manufacturing to agree plans and priorities for the business.
- Responsible for ensuring raw material availability to deliver the agreed production plans.
- Responsible for managing inventory levels versus agreed stock targets.
- Work closely with other functions & teams to develop plans, identify & resolve issues & identify opportunities for improvement in ways of working.

**Role Description**:

- Maintain supply plans (0 to 3 months) to meet expected demand.
- Replenish stock as necessary in accordance with EMEA Supply Chain procedures.
- Communicate with suppliers to ensure reliability of raw material supply
- Communicate with Demand, Product Managers and Purchasing to resolve inconsistencies in the sales forecast/supplier forecast
- Communicate with Customer service and Logistics teams on availability of finished product, advises of alternative options if customer requirements cannot be met, highlighting supply constraints to the business
- Feeding into the S&OP process any capacity constraints
- Actively participates in resolving issues and improving the planning process
- Review safety stock levels and coordinates replenishment within portfolio
- Completes inventory reconciliation at month end, participating in Aged and Damaged stock reduction plans
- Identifies cost saving opportunities within the overall supply, storage and delivery cycle - and implements where appropriate
- Undertake additional projects within the Purchasing and Planning Team as required in supporting that function/the Business

**Role Requirements**:

- Excellent communication skills over all mediums of communication.
- Knowledge of Supply and Demand principles desirable, including forecasting, MRPII and supplier
- scheduling.
- Knowledge of Sales and Operations Planning (IBP process)
- information from several sources; clear communication and presentation of information.
- Ability to manage time well, prioritise tasks and work both under own initiative and as part of a team
- Shows initiative in seeking solutions to problems, considering options, gathering information and
- presenting considered options to management for final decision.

As an organisation, we are committed to ensuring that Innospec is a great company to work for and invest significantly in the development of our employees to meet this ambition.

We believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance, therefor we offer 40% working from home, plus flexible start and end times between 7am - 7pm, working Monday -Friday, 7.5 hours per day.

We also offer excellent benefit package which includes:

- 25 days holidays + bank holidays (increasing to 28 days with length of service)
- Performance bonuses
- Pension scheme (5% - 10% from employee and 5% - 15% from Innospec)
- Sharesave scheme
- Private medical insurance
- Annual Employee Medical

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

**Salary**: £25,000.00-£30,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Free parking
- On-site parking
- Private medical insurance
- Sick pay
- Wellness programme
- Work from home

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

- Performance bonus

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Ellesmere Port: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: One location