Supply Chain Planner (12-Month Fixed Term Contract)
We are looking for a detail-oriented Supply Chain Planner to join our fantastic team on a 12-month fixed-term contract. In this role, you will be responsible for demand forecasting, inventory management, and ensuring smooth supply chain operations to meet business and customer needs.

What we’re looking for:

• An excellent team-player
• Experience using SAP
• A good understanding of relevant business processes i.e. Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Quality, Safety.
• Highly numerate/good product knowledge
• Customer focused and aware of customer needs
• Excellent Communication, Organisational & Planning Skills
• Experience using MS Office packages, especially outlook and excel

Key responsibilities:

• Mastering data monitoring and maintenance (BoM’s, routings, vendor master, ICD lead times, distribution lead times)
• Ensuring that a valid MPS and Materials Plan exists with no past due orders.
• Re-style/Re-livery control of BoM’s and stocks to minimise stock write-offs etc.
• Co-ordinating Inventory accuracy of components (Cycle counting) to a level achieving 95% accuracy as a min.
• Liaising with Hull and Darwen planning to ensure availability of product (BOM components) in a timely manner to allow plan and schedule adherence to achieve 95% or greater.
• Liaising with production and scheduling to ensure finished product availability to achieve plan and schedule adherence above 95%.
• Liaising with Suppliers to ensure OTIF meets the requirements for Vendor Rating above 98.5%.

What’s in it for you?

• 9-Day Fortnight (get every second Friday off!)
• A company culture that is inclusive, warm, welcoming, driven, and allows everyone to show up as themselves every single day without judgement
• 26.5 days basic annual leave each year (plus bank holidays)
• Pensions, Group Income Protection and Life Assurance
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) - 24/7 access to confidential support via an employee helpline with qualified counsellors
• Health & wellbeing perks - a range of medical dental and optical treatments for you and you family
• Ability to purchase significantly discounted products for personal use
• Eating out, Retail and Leisure discounts available
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Training and development throughout your role

Does this sound like you?
Apply today and start your journey with Crown Paints!
About Crown Paints
Crown believes that every pot of paint is brimming with potential and we want to put that into the hands of everyone. As one of the UK’s leading paint brands, we support homeowners and professionals to ‘paint their own possible’ and create beautiful, transformative spaces for everyone to enjoy.
With a heritage dating back to 1777, the company has a rich and colourful history, pouring 200 years of knowledge and skill into every tin of paint. Headquartered in Darwen in Lancashire, the same town the company started in all those years ago, Crown also has a manufacturing site in Hull and an ever-growing network of over 177 Crown Decorating Centres located throughout the UK and Ireland. We’re proud to have held the Royal Warrant since 1949 in recognition of our commitment, passion and experience.
A Part of Hempel
Crown Paints forms part of the global coatings group Hempel, who service sectors including decorative, infrastructure, marine, wind and thermal power. Hempel is proudly owned by The Hempel Foundation, an ownership structure that is unique in the coatings industry. The Hempel Foundation is dedicated to making a difference through philanthropic initiatives that bring about positive change. This includes empowering children to learn, making coatings more efficient and sustainable and sustaining biodiversity all over the world.
Application due
2025-05-01
Seniority Level
Job Functions
Manufacturing, Supply Chain
Industry
Chemicals
Crown Paints is one of UK’s most renown paint manufacturers and we have been manufacturing for over 200 years, with over 60 years proudly holding the Royal Warrant. However, what really sets Crown apart is the support we provide for cultural, humanitarian and scientific causes across the world through our ownership structure. Crown Paints is part of the Hempel Group, which gives our company stability and our employees extended, global career possibilities

• Mastering data monitoring and maintenance (BoM’s, routings, vendor master, ICD lead times, distribution lead times)
• Ensuring that a valid MPS and Materials Plan exists with no past due orders.
• Re-style/Re-livery control of BoM’s and stocks to minimise stock write-offs etc.
• Co-ordinating Inventory accuracy of components (Cycle counting) to a level achieving 95% accuracy as a min.
• Liaising with Hull and Darwen planning to ensure availability of product (BOM components) in a timely manner to allow plan and schedule adherence to achieve 95% or greater.
• Liaising with production and scheduling to ensure finished product availability to achieve plan and schedule adherence above 95%.
• Liaising with Suppliers to ensure OTIF meets the requirements for Vendor Rating above 98.5%