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The?Supply Chain Planner/Junior Merchandiser called internally as?Commercial Planner role, manages inbound purchase orders to ensure we maintain the required availability of product. The role is responsible for ensuring we maintain target availability at DC, in store and online, ensuring promotions and new ranges are landed and maintained at the required levels.
As a Commercial Planner the role,is responsible for a team, who will be accountable for upskilling their team and managing the teams' goals and objectives.The position reports to the Commercial Planning Lead, working closely with Category, Trade Planning, Warehouse Teams and Retail Operations.
The Role:
Key Responsibilities:
The activities I carry out and what I achieve:
Inventory Management
- Responsible for forecasting all lines throughout theirproduct lifecycle, consistently reviews performance and are responsible forcreating the purchase orders.
- Provide analysis of risks and opportunities across departments.
- Support the commercial buying process with analytical information regarding stock and consumption.
- BBE management – Responsible for reviewing stock across all sales channels and warehouses. Driving action plans to manage short, dated inventory. Working with depot and Suppliers to ensure we have stock with sufficient shelf life to maintain availability in store.
- Ensure promotional trackers are updated and promotional availability is delivered to the required levels. Presenting departments performance in weekly internal meetings, working with Suppliers to align delivery time frames.
- Responsible for planning & purchasing accountability for the launch of new products and any distribution changes across continuity ranges.Attend weekly meetings and represent the department from a Supply Chain perspective to ensure decisions are aligned with the department KPIs.
Purchase Order Management
- Responsible for maintaining relationships with suppliers to ensure on time delivery of Purchase Orders through regular supplier meetings and phone calls.
- Ensure all open orders are updated and reflect the correct data.
- Manage the departments open orders and expedite orders where applicable to support sales and availability targets, whilst aligning to stock budgets.
- Work closely with our Goods In team to support expediting orders in line with department KPIs.
- Overdue open order reporting / failed deliveries, investigate the root cause, mitigate further impact by clear regular meetings with Suppliers and the Goods In team.
- React to all vendor delivery rejections and ensure Supplier remain compliant to our Supplier manual and action plan for non-compliance.
Store Replenishment
- Responsible for running our store replenishment algorithm; ensuring our stores receive the right stock at the right time.
- Adjusting replenishment parameters to account for promotional activity, seasonality and sales trends to ensure availability of product in store through key trading periods.
- Instore Availability (ISA) – Target KPI 97%, ensure trackers are updated and details provided at line level. Concise comments with actions.
- Work closely with our Retail Operational Team to ensure feedback is investigated and actions are taken in a timely manner.
Location: This role is based in Nuneaton, hybrid role with 2 days a week in the office
The Person:
Key Requirements:
Experience
- Experience in Supply Chain & Inventory planning.
- Be able to demonstrate strong numerical and analytical ability
- Commercial awareness with previous experience of sales and stock analysis.
- Detail-oriented with the ability to present findings at a top level, but aware of the detail behind. <