A well-established pharmaceutical organisation is looking for a Supply Chain Planner to join their team on a permanent basis in Reading. The position is offering 2 days a week from home and a salary of up to £37,000.
This position will monitor and coordinate the supply chain to manage demand, place accurate orders, optimize stock, and ensure timely, complete deliveries.
Role responsibilities of the Supply Chain Planner include:
* Plan, coordinate, and monitor the entire supply chain, ensuring timely and complete delivery of raw materials, packaging, and finished goods to both UK and international markets.
* Optimise SAP usage by maintaining and reviewing planning parameters, and negotiate inventory management parameters with suppliers, including safety stocks, order quantities, and lead times.
* Manage new product launches, packaging changes, and customer demands, ensuring clear communication of volumes and requirements across the business.
* Monitor performance levels, take corrective actions as needed, and communicate risks and opportunities to senior management.
* Generate KPI reports on supply chain metrics, analyze trends, identify operational issues, and support continuous improvement initiatives.
Person Specification of the Supply Chain Planner:
* Previous experience within supply chain
* Excellent spoken and written communication
* Ability to work under pressure in a progressive and changing environment
* Sound knowledge of SAP or similar ERP system
* Sund knowledge of Microsoft packages, specifically Excel
Up to £37k
This position offers two days a week working from home
This role will be well suited to you if you have held a role within supply chain as a supply chain planner, supply chain coordinator, supply chain specialist, supply planner, inventory planner, materials planner, materials coordinator, materials specialist, supply chain scheduler or operations planner
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