Chill Replenishment Planner

at  Musgrave

Musgrave is one of the Europe’s most successful family-owned businesses with a 140-year heritage in food and brand innovation, supporting communities across the island of Ireland and Spain.
Every day we feed one in three people in Ireland through 11 market leading food and beverage brands that include SuperValu, Centra, Frank and Honest and Musgrave Market Place.
We support thousands of retail and foodservice family businesses who live and work in the heart of the communities they serve.
We are committed to becoming the most trusted and sustainable business in Ireland and we are making changes across the company to make sure that happens. We want to make a positive impact on the world and we will support our suppliers and customers to make a difference too.
Our people are the heart of our business. As our greatest asset, they make Musgrave a great place to work and in return we aim to be the very best place to work, grow and thrive. We are now inviting applications for the position of Chill Replenishment Planner for a permanent Contract.
Role and Responsibilities:
The successful candidates will deliver a high level of supply chain excellence in a fast paced, dynamic environment. A key requirement of the role includes creating partnerships with commercial and operations teams to maximise availability to customers and supply chain efficiency.

Key duties include but are not limited to:

• Managing inventory to ensure 100% availability to support customer demand.
• Utilising the ERP system for processing purchase orders and controlling inventory
• Measuring and managing supplier delivery performance through an account manager approach with appropriate regular service levels communication and calls
• Identifying and challenging safety stock levels, MOQ’s and supplier lead-times as part of your inventory management with a focus on providing optimal availability and shelf life to customers.
• Managing waste risk on short life product and analysing opportunities to optimise waste management.
• Liaising with Trading and Sales colleagues to manage range and inventory ensuring overstocks, residual stocks and waste risks are being addressed
• Providing ad hoc inventory analysis and reporting for your portfolio
• Supporting Demand Planners with forecasting on standard and promotional activity across all channels (including of anticipation of seasonal trends)
• Collaborating closely with warehouse team to achieve maximum efficiency
• Communicating product availability/recovery to the wider business
• Reviewing operating systems, processes and practices on an ongoing basis, recommending changes to improve operational effectiveness and efficiency to reduce costs
• Ensuring the business achieves stock management targets
• Supporting new customer and new product launches
• Devising, implementing and managing supply chain projects that deliver added value services and cost benefits

The successful candidate will have / be:

• Previous experience in Inventory Planning essential, ideally in a wholesale/foodservice environment
• Excellent planning and time management skills, with the ability to confidently prioritise tasks
• An understanding of forecasting activity and supplier management
• Track record in the process development to drive continuous improvement
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, specifically Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint
• A team player with a high degree of enthusiasm, coupled with the ability to achieve results and adapt to change in a fast-paced environment.
• Third Level Qualification, degree desirable or equivalent business experience

Musgrave is an equal opportunities employer. We encourage applications from diverse candidates. If we can make any accommodations to enable you to be the best version of yourself during the interview, please let us know

• Managing inventory to ensure 100% availability to support customer demand.
• Utilising the ERP system for processing purchase orders and controlling inventory
• Measuring and managing supplier delivery performance through an account manager approach with appropriate regular service levels communication and calls
• Identifying and challenging safety stock levels, MOQ’s and supplier lead-times as part of your inventory management with a focus on providing optimal availability and shelf life to customers.
• Managing waste risk on short life product and analysing opportunities to optimise waste management.
• Liaising with Trading and Sales colleagues to manage range and inventory ensuring overstocks, residual stocks and waste risks are being addressed
• Providing ad hoc inventory analysis and reporting for your portfolio
• Supporting Demand Planners with forecasting on standard and promotional activity across all channels (including of anticipation of seasonal trends)
• Collaborating closely with warehouse team to achieve maximum efficiency
• Communicating product availability/recovery to the wider business
• Reviewing operating systems, processes and practices on an ongoing basis, recommending changes to improve operational effectiveness and efficiency to reduce costs
• Ensuring the business achieves stock management targets
• Supporting new customer and new product launches
• Devising, implementing and managing supply chain projects that deliver added value services and cost benefit