Planning Assistant

What you’ll be doing

Working Hybrid - 8:30 17:00 (1 hour lunch) to support the implementation of optimum plans and schedules that deliver stock and service targets and/or procure materials / labour.

FTC - 6 months

• Support planners maintaining material availability
• Manage risks within the plan and amend orders where possible/practical to achieve customer service and stock targets
• Share forecasts with suppliers and work with them to resolve
• Manage ongoing communication with the operations teams to ensure accurate exchange of information
• Issue all paperwork to Operations and Warehouse teams
• Monitor distribution providers' real time delivery performance, escalating potential OTIF failures as early as possible - both internally and to customers
• Quality of communication with distributor and Customer
• Utilise available planning systems to convert sales forecasts into achi...