Demand Planner
Manchester - Office Based
Salary: Highly competitive
Our client, a global supplier of consumables now has an excellent opportunity for a Demand Planner to join their team in Trafford.
Joining a well-established demand planning team you will work closely with the product managers, commercial team, sales, finance and operational teams.
Externally the team works closely with manufacturers, shipping agents, customs agents and logistics service providers.
Responsibilities
* Managing demand planning for our client’s own manufacturing sites.
* Managing demand planning for external suppliers.
* Sales forecasting: calculating sales forecasts for individual products globally using sales reports, commercial info and customer data.
* Determining future requirement from manufacturers using supplier info, sales forecasts and existing stock.
* Placing and managing orders with suppliers for finished goods.
* Reporting on overstocks and discontinued clearance items.
* Managing and developing relationships with existing suppliers; onboarding new suppliers.
* Measuring and reviewing supplier performance and working with them to enable improvement.
* Communicating and managing supplier disputes.
* Negotiating incoterms and payment terms with suppliers.
* Interacting with manufacturers, shipping/customs agents, logistics partners and warehouse operations to ensure receipt of stock in line with demand planning.
* Managing fulfilment of direct containers from manufacturing, export and international deliveries.
* Identifying inventory issues, stock outs and overstocks, taking action to minimise business impact.
* Generating and providing reports for the executive team.
Qualifications
* Previous experience working in a Demand Planner role, preferably with experience working with Far East Supply Chain.
* Excellent communication and organisational skills.
* Ability to multi-task.
* Advanced Excel skills.
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