Planning Administrator

Planning Administrator Working Pattern: Monday Friday, 8am to 4pm, with occasional weekend working Location: Leicester, LE3 8JR The role As the Planning Administrator working alongside the Demand Planner and Senior Materials Planner you will be responsible for using analytical, marketing, and sales data, to forecast future product demands with the goal of allowing us to optimise our production plans reducing downtown and improve cash flows, stock holding, and service. You will use this data to support you with placing orders on suppliers for ingredients, packaging and consumables to support out manufacturing operations, with an understanding of lead times, stock holding and minimum order quantities. The main responsibilities include: Working alongside the Demand Planner maintaining the masterdata for SKUS, creating new SKUS and adjusting BOMs when anything existing is changed. Monitor and report on important changes in sales forecasts and conduct weekly forecast maintenance. Review item forecasts for new, existing, and discontinued products. Address demand-related issues in a timely and effective manner. Updating various reports and dashboards to help review and maintain the forecast. Place orders for factory consumables to meet production requirements maintaining minimum safety stock levels. Assisting with the ordering of ingredients and packaging. Assess volume requirements against planning assumptions. Day-to-day order management and management of deliveries. Monitor ..... full job details .....