Supply Chain Planner

Adhere to the overall planning and forecasting strategy.
To manage and maintain stocks of materials:
- Raising purchase orders, taking into consideration the ongoing forecast, lead times, shelf life and minimum order quantities.
- Ensure all materials are sourced through an approved supply chain.
- Challenge and analyse demand changes through the system and liaise with relevant stakeholders to minimise impact on stock control.
- Provide long and short-term reports to identify at risk materials and link to specific SKUs.
Manage changes to plan and the impact to materials and packaging.
Consider waste and shelf-life extensions as well as customer lead-times to ensure availability and minimise waste.
Proactively escalate issues and concerns up through the approved procedure.
Ensure the business has a clear understanding of what is due and when.
Collaborate with Procurement, Sales, Operations, Logistics and Quality teams.
Communicate with suppliers to ensure delivery requirements are met.
Assist suppliers with booking procedures and compliance.
Participate in daily internal communication.

Previous work experience in supply chain environment, preferably in a FMCG environment.
A high-level understanding of Microsoft Office, in particular Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
Ability to present key data effectively and in a readily understandable manner.
Critical thinker and problem-solving skills.
Good time-management skills.
Great interpersonal and communication skills.
Ability to multitask whilst maintaining excellent attention to detail.
Good Working with processes, SOP’s, KPI’s.
Negotiating skills.
Good level of numerical accuracy and reporting skills.