I'm now recruiting for a brand new role within a small, fun and growing team within a business that provide a range of well-known household, high-end products across the globe.
We are specifically looking for an Assistant Sales Planner to join their team on a temp to perm basis in their Milton Keynes based office.
Chances in this company don't arise too often and this one is now live because this team has seen a huge growth in revenue over the past 3-4 years and an influx of new accounts and this new member of the team would start by taking on a portfolio of their own accounts with the plan being to give them more as they settle into the role.
This small team are seen as the "hub" of the office and get involved in all departments from finance and ecomm orders, to marketing and international orders.
Day-to-day you'd be dealing with all sorts too from ranging, forecasting, stock management, pricing, stock/sales analysis and so much more!
This role is going to be ideal for someone that's touched on some form of Merchandising, Buying or even more of an analytical type of role.
The plan is to give this person 3x of their "small and growing" brands/accounts to work with as each of them will teach you different parts of the business, making this a really exciting opportunity, with the plan being to then slowly add more accounts to look after on top of those initial 3.
On top of the above, ideally you'll need to be skilled on Excel, nothing too advanced, but the ability to work on sheets, databases and use vlookups, pivot tables and more would be very useful in this role.
There is a very positive atmosphere in this team and company, with fantastic benefits including hybrid working, free coffee machine, healthy snacks, themed lunch events, free gym membership as well as free seasonal stock for staff multiple times a year.
The company's offices are based in central Milton Keynes, there is subsidised parking on site at a cheaper rate for employees - Although the company do operate on a hybrid basis, meaning you'd only need to be on-site 2 days a week and will be working 3 days remotely per week, working Monday to Friday.
You'd be working a standard Monday to Friday and 9am to 5pm in this role too.
This is a temporary position to start, with the role expected to go permanent after 5 months.
The permanent role will be paying a salary of up to £30k plus the numerous benefits on offer and whilst temping you'll be earning the hourly equivalent to this, on a weekly basis.
What to expect day-to-day:
Reporting: Create, maintain, review and publish regular/ad hoc reports to the wider business
Forecasting: Assist in creating and maintaining the seasonal sales forecasts with a view to owning the forecasts for 3x starter accounts to begin.
Stock Management: Review our stock levels, highlighting any gaps and suggest stock transfers where necessary to ensure the right stock is in the right place at the right time.
Stock Transfers: Create internal stock transfer orders between EU warehouses as well as from the US and Asia.
Price Lists: Create, maintain and publish price lists to ensure customers have the latest product and pricing information.
Perform ad-hoc tasks: Assist the Sales Planning Manager with ad-hoc planning tasks as required.What do we need from you:
Prior experience in a relevant role is desired - Merchandising, Buying, Analytics
Confident on MS Excel, capable of working on spreadsheets.
Great internal and external level communication skills are going to be essential.
The ability to get to Milton Keynes at least twice a week is a must.Please do not hesitate to call and speak to Bobby on (phone number removed), we are recruiting for this position immediately and looking to book in interviews with a view to starting with this company right away.
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