Supply and Inventory Planning Manager

Supply and Inventory Planning Manager

Department: Purchasing & Planning

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Office, Avonmouth/Filton

The purpose of the Supply and Inventory Planning Manager is to manage people, processes and systems across supply and inventory planning to ensure ELEMIS have the right product, in the right place at the right time to achieve commercial goals. This role will develop and own the supply and inventory plan for products and/or vendors based on demand plan, lead-times and available inventory, ensuring the availability of finished goods throughout the network.

Partnering closely with Elemis’ suppliers, our internal supply network and key business stakeholders, you will support the organisation to make better decisions and balance service, cost, inventory, sustainability and risk.

This role reports to the Supply and Inventory Planning Manager. A leadership position, this role will directly support and coach all team members, aligning the team's effort to execute and deliver the bigger picture goals.

Supply Planning

• Manage the Supply Planning process flow for Global Supply Planning Team to ensure that milestones are achieved on time.
• Collaborate with key cross-functional teams to model scenarios to recommend planning strategies, establish inventory targets and execute the plan.
• Convert Demand Plans into a Supply and Inventory Plan for the Elemis network.
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners to ensure the plan is managed according to constraints and aligned with business strategy.
• Review safety stock settings and replenishment quantity, whilst being considerate of lead times.
• Manage and mitigate Out of Stock (OOS)/supply risks.
• Manage, mitigate and report on Excess and Obsolete (E&O) inventory.
• Support implementation and drive Supplier Collaborative Planning practices.
• Negotiate with Vendors on costs and lead-times.
• Support the on-time launch of NPD.
• Monitor and report on key performance indicators (KPIs).
• Assess current processes and identify and lead improvements in planning tools, reporting, and workflows to improve efficiency.

Production Planning

• Support the Production Planner to develop and maintain production schedules for kitting (in-house gift packing), ensuring alignment with customer demand.
• Collaborate with the quality control team to ensure that all gift sets meet the company's quality standards.
• Manage inventory levels of finished goods and packing materials, ensuring optimal stock levels to meet production requirements.
• Analyse production data and generate reports to identify trends, inefficiencies, and areas for improvement.
• Communicate effectively with internal stakeholders to provide updates on production status and address any concerns.
• Participate in continuous improvement initiatives to enhance production processes and reduce costs.

Sales and Operations Planning

• Own the Supply Review, Key Supplier Review and Production Review as part the S&OP process.
• Make recommendations to enhance business processes and identify opportunities to improve efficiencies and improve cash flow.

People Leadership:

• Coach your team offering support and encouragement to navigate challenges and changes that arise.
• Promote a culture of continuous learning: create a safe space to make mistakes, share knowledge, to improve and grow with us.
• Align your team members output and effort to the bigger picture goals, giving others space and ownership to contribute in a meaningful way.
• Engage in continuous dialogue with your team members, actively seeking feedback and forging open and honest relationships that build trust.

Sustainability Responsibility

• Ensure all duties carried out and actions completed in every aspect of your role, contribute to the short and long-term Sustainability Goals set-forth by the ELEMIS - Climate, Biodiversity & People Pillars.

• Analytical: ability to synthesise large sets of data, translating these into supply and demand plans, modelling data into scenarios, and applying insight to deliver the KPI’s.
• Planning expertise: highly skilled in Inventory Optimisation, Capacity Planning, Constraint management and S&OP.
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