Supply Planner

**Supply Planner**

**Are you good at building and maintaining relationships?**

**Can you prioritise?**

**Do you have a supply chain and logistics qualification?**

MacGregor Black is currently partnering with the **UK’s leading wine and spirits distributor**, on the search for a **Supply Planner**. This is a permanent role, based in **London.**

As the **Supply Planner**, you will report to the Supply Chain Manager and you will be responsible for the stock management of a range of products specific to one or more categories, including, but not limited to: stock availability, optimum stock level, purchasing, shipping, logistics and invoice validation for the products distributed via the Depot. Each member of the team assumes specific responsibility for a range of suppliers.

The role will work mainly with suppliers, hauliers, the Warehouse team and the Buying team.

**Key responsibilities**
- Review and monitor sales and stock information daily on allocated products and with input from other departments such as Buying, Sales and Marketing.
- Forecast future demand on a rolling basis to accommodate the lead-time and economical order quantity, as well as other factors for the range and as part of the S&OP process.
- Place purchase orders using those forecasts and internal planning tools, at the appropriate time and in the most economic order quantity.
- Ensure optimum stock levels of range items are managed.
- Achieve monthly, quarterly and annual stock targets, which are based around inventory level in days of stock and availability.
- Minimise the amount of overstock and slow moving stock by working closely with producers and the Buying team as part of the wider S&OP process.
- Arrange the transportation of products from the producer to the company, by using or negotiating the most cost effective transport method and maintaining a professional relationship with the hauliers.
- Expedite all orders so they arrive on time and in full and manage vendors who fail to comply with that principle and/or the correct presentation of loads.
- Raise any insurance claims with the hauliers on loads that are lost or damaged in transit.
- Establish and maintain effective communication and good relationships with all suppliers.
- Check and authorise all invoices for goods and services relating to products supplied to the Park Royal warehouse, and deal with any requests for credit/debit which may arise.
- Ensure that all the necessary documentation for the importation of EU and non-EU products accompany the consignments and ensure that the official documents are dealt with accordingly.
- Monitor all vintage and label changes and inform all interested parties of the current stock position and outstanding orders on a regular basis. This includes:

- daily communication with the customer services and marketing departments
- providing specific stock information when requested to do so by the sales team, sales administration team and the marketing department
- daily update of product messages on the system
- weekly issue of a report on outstanding orders
- Maintain Item Data such as Lifecycle status and categories

**What are we looking for?**
- Experience in wine/drinks trade or FMCG
- Experience using stock forecasting software
- Knowledge of AGR systems
- Chartered Institute of Purchase and Supply qualification
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Collaborative
- Exceptional level of accuracy and numeracy
- Superb attention to detail
- Great initiative and a pro-active approach
- Able to prioritise
- Efficient and achieves at pace
- Advanced skills in MS Office including Word and Excel

Competitive salary + benefits.

Please contact **Dana Bond** for a confidential discussion today.

**Salary**: £30,000.00-£35,000.00 per year

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday