Demand Planner / Supply Chain Planner

Purpose To ensure that replenishment tasks happen in a timely manner and that the right stock is in the right place at the right time. To optimise the distribution of existing stock across channels, maximising availability, ensuring display requirements are upheld and precisely directing scarce inventory to drive best sales and margin opportunities – always working within the bounds of store, DC and transport capacities Improve our stock and process efficiency through a data-driven and automated repurchasing approach Collaborate closely with the DC, Logistics Team and Retail to help drive storage, pick, transport and store receiving efficiencies through a more targeted approach to the replenishment process Produce demand forecasts for key partners to help plan inventory during peak trading periods Management of reporting of replenishment and availability ensuring transparent communication with all teams, surfacing issues, key out of stocks and opportunities Partner with IT and Logistics to design systematic processes to automate and optimise the flow of continuity inventory through the supply chain Developing and maintaining strong cross-functional relationships with Buying, Brand, IT, Logistics, Web, Marketing, Retail and Finance Data driven leader Advanced excel skills, experienced in ERP and replenishment systems and BI reporting capabilities Experience in new system development and execution (problem definition, testing, training and implementation)