Supply Chain Planner

Job Title:      Supply Chain Planner

Responsible to:   Senior Procurement Manager

Department:      Purchasing / Supply Chain

Based:         Unit 3, Skylon Place, Hursey Road, Rotherwas, Hereford HR2 6NX

MAIN PURPOSE OF JOB

Responsible for overseeing and planning of production to ensure resource capacity and stock are always available to meet product and manufacturing demand, coordinating with various departments, manufacturing sites and suppliers. Managing inventory, forecast and capacity planning, scheduling and stock movements. Work with internal teams and suppliers to streamline manufacturing and kitting processes, ensuring that all products meet the required standards.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Plan both short- and long-term to align supply and demand to support inventory needs
• Project forward-looking inventory positions and financial implications
• Manage and control stock levels to ensure continuous manufacturing and kitting.
• Conduct regular inventory audits and reconcile any discrepancies.
• Manage allocated LOTs in production and request stock call-offs to keep pick list at optimal level for continuous kitting.
• coordinate with the warehouse team to manage expiry dates of stock items to ensure expired stock is kept to a minimum.
• Plan and schedule all manufacturing and kitting activity accordingly to achieve 100% on-time delivery.
• Adhering to supplier lead times, manage, and plan capacity loadings, adjusting based on changes in demand patterns and report resource requirements to the Production Director.
• Liaise with Client services and advise any scheduling discrepancies or delays
• Report daily/weekly/monthly productivity to senior management
• Analyse productivity reports and identify manufacture improvements and efficiencies.
• Coordinate manufacturing across all sites and departments for maximum production and logistic efficiencies.
• Produce relevant traceability documents and submit to production for stock picking and quality control.
• Set preferred stock levels and prevent excess inventory
• Manage relationships with key suppliers to maintain quality of goods, timely delivery and compliance to terms of the client contracts.
• Keep obsolescence to a minimum and report monthly to include Expiry Dates parameters.
• Report and record cost saving initiatives to Procurement Manager.

Competency requirements

• A positive, pro-active can-do attitude.
• Working knowledge of inventory management software
• Effective leadership, decision-making, and problem-solving skills.
• Keep up to date with the ever changing technological and social advances across the healthcare services industry.
• Have the ability to communicate clearly with strong and adaptable interpersonal skills.
• Ability to implement process improvement initiatives.
• Honest, trustworthy and reliable – demonstrate good integrity.
• Time management and ability to prioritise tasks to ensure customer and business needs are met.
• Have strong attention to detail with the ability to take a holistic view when appropriate.
• Remain calm and upbeat even in difficult circumstances, always looking for continuous improvement.
• Self-motivated and able to perform as part of a team, supporting their colleagues when required.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Follow Company Quality, Environmental and Health & Safety Procedures.

Requirements (Experience, Education, Qualifications And Skills)

Essential

• The ability to analyse the quality and performance of a product.
• An understanding of industry safety standards.
• The ability to work well with others and communicate effectively.
• The ability to remain calm in stressful situations.
• Flexibility and openness to change.
• An understanding of the software utilised in the industry
• Excellent verbal communication skills
• Thorough attention to detail

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position. Employees may be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform other job-related duties requested by their manager.

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