Supply and Demand Planner - Burton-On-Trent, United Kingdom - Cosy Direct

Cosy Direct

Verified Company

Burton-On-Trent, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

beBee Recruiter

Full time

Description

COMPANY INFORMATION

Cosy is a rapidly growing company who develops, sources and markets innovative and collaborative educational resources and equipment for the use in schools and nurseries.

We are continuing to look for further growth opportunities and need to ensure that we can continue to support the business through the availability of product and management of inventory to achieve our objectives.

Cosy purchases approximately 4,000 product lines per year, and the Purchasing Team has the responsibility for ensuring availability, purchasing at the lowest cost whilst ensuring safety and quality objectives are maintained and on time delivery is achieved.

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'We are happy to talk flexible working'_,are proud to be a _
Real Living Wage Employer _and are multi-award winning including the Queen's Award for Sustainability 2022 and the Staffordshire Business of the Year Award 2022.

Our positive impact is driven by a community of passionate Cosy crew all inspired by the same mission - to help those who teach champion a natural childhood.

JOB PURPOSE

To be based within the Purchasing Department, you will be a key member of the department, responsible for maintaining the stock levels and managing UK and International suppliers that are primarily supporting the company's purchasing function.

To acquire, at optimal cost and lead-times, all external purchases to support the business.

To monitor and adjust forecasts to ensure that optimum stock levels are maintained to support customer demand.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

Accountable for the ordering and delivery of all externally manufactured purchases
Review and maintenance of all product forecasts to ensure optimum stock levels
Represent external suppliers in internal meetings
Manage and maintain PO placement in line with projected forecasts
Management of drop ship suppliers ensuring lead times are met and deliveries are made to customers in a timely manner
Creation of product supply plans for key suppliers to ensure delivery of products are in line with the stock projection plan requirements
Review and manage demand using the reports available within Netstock
Manage the operational relationship with key suppliers and develop incident resolution for all supply chain delivery issues
Manage shortages and stock outs with mínimal affect to supply by working with the Buyers to replace, resource or substitute where necessary
Liaise with the quality department to ensure that poor quality is replaced with mínimal affect to availability and all investigations into poor quality are followed through to reduce reoccurrence
Follow all product quality issues through to resolution with suppliers to include negotiation of credits or replacement parts, and resolving issues for future deliveries
Maximise MOQ's, MOV's, EOQ's, lead times and forecasts to maximise effective purchasing from suppliers
Resourcing nonbespoke products in the event that suppliers either discontinue or increase costs significantly, minimising the impact on availability
Manage key performance indicators including order placement and fulfilment, invoice query resolution, fill rate and stock availability

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

Essential:

Good technical skills, including confident use of Microsoft Office
Qualified to a minimum of GCSE level
3 years Purchasing experience within a fast moving environment
Excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills, with the ability to work closely with and influence others (Product Managers, Suppliers as well as line managers and peers)
Raising POs in a structured manner and seeing orders through to fulfilment
Ordering by exception and purchase order purchasing procedures
Reviewing and amending forecasts
Expediting from suppliers globally
Managing conflicting priorities
Good administrative experience
Strong financial and commercial awareness
Selfmotivated
Completer finisher
Analytical skills
Confident communicator, able to build credibility with both internal and external contacts
Accurate, thorough and methodical
Excellent planning and organisational skills