Supply Chain Planner

Location Croydon
Job type: Temporary
Salary: 37K-40K + benefits
Contact name: Toby Beech

Contact email: toby.beech@langleysearch.com
Job ref: TB/8177
Published: about 1 month ago
Startdate: ASAP

The Supply Chain planner joins an organisation within their Planning team and is responsible for Supply and Capacity Planning across the short, medium and long-term manufacturing horizon.

This role is suited to Supply Chain professionals with relevant planning experience gained within a Head office-based role.

Able to start work at very short notice and hit the ground running, applicants without relevant experience, graduates, overseas applicants, or individuals unable to work and remain in the UK until at least 2025 are not suitable.

Key Responsibilities include:

  • Supply and Capacity planning for in-house manufacturing

  • Management of Co-pack and third-party production

  • Identify, eliminate or minimise bottlenecks

  • Update and maintain Supply Chain Master data

  • Ensure stock levels and logistics flows are aligned with customers needs and production output

  • Allocate finished goods to ensure orders are shipped accurately and promptly

  • Align the Supply Plan with Demand Planners to ensure the S&OP forecast is accurate

 Whom we are looking for:

  • Based in the UK you must have relevant Supply Chain experience, can start at short notice and work until at least Jan 2025

  • You will have existing Head Office-based, Supply Planning or Supply Chain experience

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills

  • Confident and credible when influencing colleagues, suppliers and customers

  • Educated to A level or higher

  • Knowledge of ERP systems and intermediate Excel

  • Willing to work onsite 3 days per week