Full-Time Supply Planner

The post holder will be responsible for owning and managing the production plans and supporting purchasing for LGC sites.

Working cross functionally with Customer service, Production departments, and Warehouse function to balance customer requirements with capacities to maximize customer satisfaction while minimizing inventory capital.

1. Maintain planning data and support the maintenance of purchasing data within ERP system.
2. Produce production plans and lead weekly planning meetings to ensure production plans and priorities are communicated effectively.
3. Effectively communicate production and supply changes to ensure relevant stakeholders understand supply and availability dates.
4. Monitor and report compliance to production plans via weekly KPIs.
5. Carry out effective short-term capacity assessments, issuing new plans to prioritize availability.
6. Understand and translate forecasts into rough-cut capacity plans using IFS.
7. Provide prompt updates on product availability to customer service.
8. Analyze and establish inventory policies, taking demand/supply deviations and working capital targets into account.
9. Highlight stock issues by monitoring finished goods and purchased stocks.
10. Investigate availability shortages and implement corrective actions.
11. Develop and present monthly SIOP deck.
12. Manage residual stocks to agree suitable action plans with finance, local site, and supply chain leads.
13. Analyze reasons for late customer deliveries with respective local stakeholders and implement preventative actions.
14. Effectively challenge opinions based on knowledge & experience, communicating alternative solutions.
15. Provide weekly backorder reports and ensure latest ship dates are communicated.
16. Maintain routings and structures.
17. Support NPD or strategical project initiatives.
18. Develop skills in, and usage of, ERP systems and Excel.
19. Support in the improvement of planning data fields and implementation into manufacturing areas.
20. Ensure documented procedures for all Production planning processes.
21. Report on progress, problems, and solutions.
22. Work flexibly to ensure efficient department/section work.
23. Coordinate workload and support objectives set by Line Manager to meet operational objectives.
24. Provide training support to other personnel as required.
25. Identify training needs and raise them with line manager.

Minimum Qualifications:

• A minimum of three years' experience in Supply Chain Planning.
• Exceptional Microsoft Excel skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in IFS ERP.
• Experience of working within a manufacturing business.
• Experience working within a mature SIOP culture.

Competencies & Behaviours:

• Understand use of routings and structures within an ERP system.
• System-oriented.
• Continuous improvement mindset.
• Analytical with problem-solving abilities.
• Strong communication skills to present complex IT issues to non-IT stakeholders.
• Ability to bring cross-functional teams together to solve complex problems.
• Attention to detail.
• Sense of ownership and pride.
• Critical thinker.
• Team player.
• Good time-management skills.

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