Planning Assistant - supply chain

A long established manufacturer of personal care and cosmetic products has partnered with Woodstock Recruitment to assist in the hire of a new planning assistant, to support their supply chain team.

Joining an existing, long serving and collaborative team of planners-and buyers, you will bring with you experience of working within an FMCG manufacturing environment from a supply chain / administrative background.

Key responsibilities:

• Managing the Procurement Inbox ensuring Order Confirmations are received from suppliers and entered into QAD
• Communicating any supply issues to the Senior planner
• Entering Shipment details for EU suppliers who are not DDP onto Portal (Shipping Clerk activities)
• Commodity Code checks
• Ordering of direct and indirect materials
• Managing call off system in order to ensure stock is available for production in a timely manner
• Maintain inventory stock at optimum levels
• Cover for planner during periods of absence
• To ensure that all Health and Safety standards are maintained and that you show due diligence at all times.
• To comply with all company policies and procedures e.g. health & safety, training & development, quality, disciplinary & grievance and sickness & absence etc-

Skills and experience:

• Experience of planning in a FMCG / Fast paced manufacturing environment
• Previous experience-having used planning systems - MPS-& MRP
• Experienced in ordering materials with suppliers
• Experience of an ERP is a necessity
• Must have strong initiative and enthusiasm
• Excellent customer focus required
• Must be an excellent team player with good interpersonal skills able to communicate at all levels
• Must have excellent computer skills with experience in Excel, Access, PowerPoint and Word. Experience of email is essential.-