Inventory Planner-Employment, career opportunity in Uk

Job Title:  Inventory Planner
Job Type    Permanent
Location    Northamptonshire
Start Date    ASAP
Duration    Ongoing (Perm)
Salary    £24k - £27k pa
Ref No    107587-J010065_631381
Date Advertised    01 Oct 2013

A Northampton based IT distribution business is currently seeking an Inventory Planner to join its team.

Job Description:-

* Responsible for analysing inventory levels to review demand forecasting by using statistical based tools to maintain assigned department or category levels.
* Maximise fill rates and minimise lost sales.
* Review sales trends and implement procedures and processes to support seasonal/transitional strategies.
* Increase inventory turns to deliver maximum product availability in all categories.
* Manage vendor partner relationships through effective monitoring of performance, communicating and resolving issues efficiently.
* Co-ordinate and communicate product, supplier, business changes with all relevant stakeholders.
* Drive system/process improvements in working with vendor partners on order management, vendor operations and inventory management.
* Maintain a close and productive working relationship with category managers.
* Ensuring all savings that are achieved in the business are recorded.
* Proficient management of funding to support vendor retail activity.
* Work collaboratively across all internal divisions to ensure all vendor/brand opportunities are taken.
* Engage across entire business to maintain internal processes and communication.
* Work with line manager to prepare and present monthly category/vendor reviews.

Skills & Experience:-

* Good negotiation experience.
* Broad commercial awareness developed in a fast-moving environment.
* Ability to manage multiple work streams effectively.
* Effective communicator with a proactive approach to problem solving and excellent time management skills.
* Proven ability to influence and make an impact internally and externally.
* Ability to absorb and use data to drive decisions.
* Strong team-player.
* Self-motivation and enthusiasm.
* Highly analytical, flexible, self-motivated, action and results orientated individual.
* Proficiency in forecasting.
* Excellent numeric ability (including competency with MS Excel & MS Access).
* Experienced in Oracle or SAP.
* Proven track record of accountability, inventory management and replenishment processes.
* CPIM and/or CIPS would be advantageous.

Our client is willing to offer a salary of up to £27,000 to the right candidate.

We recruit typically for the following roles (list not exhaustive by any means):-
Buyer, Senior Buyer, Purchaser, Purchasing Manager, Sourcing Manager, Head of Purchasing, Purchasing Director, Procurement Officer, Procurement Manager, Buying Manager, Procurement Director, Supply Chain Manager, Supply Chain Director, Category Manager, Demand Manager, Head of Purchasing, Logistics Manager, Scheduling Manager, Materials Co-ordinator, Inventory Controller, Merchandiser, Merchandising Manager, Planner, Forecast Analyst, Forecasting Manager, Purchasing Assistant, Supply Scheduler, Trainee Buyer, Junior Buyer and Assistant Buyer.

We have vacancies UK wide and welcome general enquiries from candidates with relevant experience.

This vacancy is being advertised by Inside Out Recruitment Ltd (trading as Inside Out Purchasing & Supply). The services advertised by Inside Out Recruitment Ltd are those of an Employment Agency and an Employment Business.

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