Supply Chain Planner

We are working with a leading business based in Gloucester, as they look to recruit their Supply Chain Planner to join their friendly team. The Supply Chain Planner is responsible for ensuring the timely availability of materials and products to meet production and customer demand. The role converts demand into executable supply plans using MRP & manual planning methods and works closely with suppliers, procurement, manufacturing, and logistics to maintain service levels while optimising inventory.

 Responsibilities

Supply Planning

• Plan material requirements using MRP, forecasts, historical usage, production plans, and reorder points.
• Create and manage purchase orders, call-offs, and delivery schedules.
• Maintain planning tools (e.g. Excel spreadsheets) to track demand, supply, inventory, and open orders.
• Identify potential shortages or excess stock and take corrective action.
• Coordinate imports from outside the UK, adhering to the latest UK/EU regulations

Inventory Management

• Balance service level vs inventory to meet working capital targets.
• Define and review reorder points, safety stock, and minimum order quantities
• Monitor inventory levels, safety stock, and slow-moving / excess materials.
• Support inventory optimisation initiatives and stock reduction programmes.
• Participate in inventory accuracy improvement.

Supplier Management (Operational)

• Act as the primary operational contact for assigned suppliers.
• Share forecasts, confirm delivery schedules, and manage order acknowledgements.
• Expedite delayed materials and manage de-expedites where demand reduces.
• Monitor supplier capacity, lead time adherence, and delivery performance.

Risk Management & Issue Resolution

• Identify supply risks including single-source dependencies, capacity limits, logistics delays, and quality issues.
• Develop short-term mitigation actions such as rescheduling, alternative suppliers, or safety stock adjustments.
• Support contingency and continuity planning

Performance Monitoring & Reporting

• Track and report supply KPIs such as material availability, supplier on-time delivery, inventory value, and shortages.
• Provide regular updates on supply status and risks.
• Maintain accurate planning and ordering records

Cross-Functional Collaboration:

• Work closely with Operations, Production, Procurement, Logistics, and Finance.
• Support production scheduling by ensuring materials are available when required.
• Communicate supply risks, constraints, and recovery plans clearly to stakeholders.

Continuous Improvement:

• Identify opportunities to standardise planning processes and improve data quality.
• Support future ERP / MRP implementation readiness through clean master data and documented processes.
• Drive continuous improvement in manual planning efficiency

Requirements

• Demonstrable experience in a similar role
• Sound knowledge of supply chain processes, inventory management and supply planning
• Knowledge of ERP systems
• understanding of lead times, demand variability, and reorder-point planning
• Previous experience working within a UK manufacturing organisation
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence and engage with colleagues and customers
• You will be Highly organised & detail oriented
• Proactive and comfortable working with ambiguity
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
• Calm under pressure and solution-focused
• Excellent IT skills e.g., Microsoft Office and the ability to learn internal IT systems quickly

Benefits

• Salary- £34,000- £36,000
• Hours- 40 hours per week - Monday- Friday
• Bupa and health shield offered
• 8% discretionary bonus
• Free Snacks and food
  
  
  (This is an on site role at their premises in Gloucester)