• Develop and maintain short, medium, and long-term supply plans
• Manage purchase order creation for products sourced from co-manufacturers and co-packers
• Ensure inventory levels remain aligned to customer requirements, and working capital objectives.
• Monitor and manage stock health, identifying risks of excess, obsolete, or slow-moving inventory
• Manage inter-3PL stock transfers to optimise inventory availability across the network.
• Maintain planning master data including planning parameters (MOQ/batch settings)
• Investigate supply exceptions and stock shortages, determine root causes, and implement corrective actions.
• Review forecast updates and assess implications for supply plans.
• Engage proactively with suppliers to understand risks, constraints, and opportunities.
• Issue rolling forecasts to co-manufacturing partners.

Requirements

Essential

• Experience within Supply Planning, Demand Planning, Production Planning, or Supply Chain Operations.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capability.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
• Excellent data interpretation and reporting skills.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and manage competing priorities.
• High attention to detail and strong organisational skills.
• Experience working within ERP/MRP environments.
• Ability to influence decisions across multiple functions.
• Continuous improvement mindset.

Desirable

• Experience within FMCG, Consumer Goods, Food, Beverage, or Nutrition industries.
• SAP experience.
• JDA / Blue Yonder planning experience.
• Experience supporting system implementations or process transformation initiatives.
• Knowledge of inventory optimisation and forecasting principles.
• Experience using Microsoft Copilot, AI tools, Power BI, SAC, or similar technologies to automate processes, generate insights, and support supply planning decisions.
• Demonstrated ability to identify digitalisation and automation opportunities that improve planning effectiveness and efficiency
• Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain Management, or a related discipline
• Minimum of 2 years’ relevant planning or supply chain experience