Operations Supply Planner

OPERATIONS SUPPLY PLANNER

This exciting opportunity has arisen for an Operations Supply Planner to work with some of the world's best loved brands of chocolate and confectionery. This role is positioned within a stand-alone entrepreneurial division of a global FMCG business.

The focus is to extend their brands into new categories to deliver high levels of growth and innovation in their markets. Over the past years they have experienced rapid growth and are now looking to extend the team to accommodate and continue this success.

The successful candidate will be responsible for day-to-day planning and customer collaboration for quick-service restaurants and Food service customers, ensuring best-in-class product availability by taking the medium-term forecast creating production forecasts and placing orders for raw materials and finished goods.

This role leads the implementation of new supply chain routes through distributors and wholesale, coordinating internal teams and external partners to deliver scalable and service-led routes to market.

This is an ongoing assignment through Adecco with our client in Slough

You must be available to work in the Slough office at least 2 days per week, the rest can be worked at home.

WHAT WOULD YOU BE DOING?

• Execute collaborative demand plan (weekly & period cycles), aligning on forecast with internal and external key stakeholders
• Translate customer demand into production plans for packaging, raw materials and finished goods. Own promotional build strategies, limited time offers (LTOs), menu transitions, and seasonal uplifts.
• Act as primary supply chain contact for assigned QSR customers, distributors and wholesale partners.
• Managing the SAP transactions for all stock movements, ensuring SAP accurately reflects actual stock levels. i.e. raising purchase orders, creating goods receipts, raising invoices & credits to manage stock movements. The job holder is responsible for ensuring SAP stock listings reflect the correct quantity and value of stock. Ensure all SAP transactions are done in a timely manner to allow smooth Period ends.
• Tracking and reporting service levels from all co-manufacturers, enabling trends to be identified and issues picked up and reviews where applicable.
• Problem solving to ensure all demand can be met or shortages of supply escalated as appropriate.
• Communicating with co-manufacturers to inform them of any changes to production schedules or changes in demand. Ensuring any other stakeholders are informed of these changes and implications.
• Arranging transports for finished goods deliveries, ensuring procurement through to pay.
• Ensure all financial transactions & accruals are made in a timely manner following the period end process
• Active contribution to the weekly NPD and Implementation project meetings relevant to product categories
• Internal coordination of multi-category sales orders to ensure stock is available across a number of different categories from different co-manufacturers in time to export.
• Co-ordination of transport and import and export documentation if required.

THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE WOULD NEED TO HAVE

• Recognised interpersonal savvy and communication skills
• Customer led mindset; credible and confident in external meetings
• Good organisational skills
• Prior supply planning experience
• Good attention to detail
• Experience of SAP
• Solid Critical thinking and focus on continuous improvement
• Experience in FMCG

It this role sounds like the perfect fit for you, we want to hear from you. This could be the next step in your career path. APPLY TODAY!

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