Sales and Operations Planner
Location: Cannock, West Midlands
Salary: Up to £32.5k
Hours: Mon-Fri
Grafton recruiting are working on behalf of a successful, leading manufacturing business in the Cannock area who are looking for an experienced Operations Planner to join their team.
Duties & Responsibilities:
1. Play a key role in development and implementation of S&OP rules through understanding business and customer requirements.
2. Assist in development of ERP system to improve forecast accuracy and S&OP process efficiency.
3. Work closely with the sales teams to understand customers' ordering behaviours and collaborate to drive order accuracy improvement.
4. Review sales demand, understand the assumptions/trends/constraints and opportunities to generate & communicate the supply plan to key stakeholders.
5. Analyse sales trends and identify the key drivers of sales for key products.
6. Identify abnormal demand to prevent downstream issues.
7. Work closely with the factories to ensure adherence to the build plans and understand any reason for deviation and potential impact on stock and service levels.
8. Provide scenario plans to evaluate management of constraints and opportunities, show agility in evaluating the impact of change in demand and/or supply and make recommendations.
9. Monitor and challenge adherence to the sales and production plans.
10. Publish stock availability data.
11. Develop and publish a scorecard of the business performance.
12. Liaise and build strong communication channels with all departments.
The Perfect Candidate Will Have:
1. Experience of S&OP process.
2. Strong analytical skills.
3. Must be able to analyse and interpret data to make decisions/recommendations.
4. Continuous Improvement mind-set, uses a data and evidence approach.
5. Effective communication & engagement skills.
6. Good commercial understanding and business acumen.
7. Understanding of ERP systems, forecasting and capacity planning modules.
8. Desire to establish a good understanding of Customer and Supplier relationships.
9. Experience within a manufacturing background.
Further Details Include:
1. Full time, permanent role with hybrid working options.
2. Competitive salary.
3. Digicare+ Provided by Aviva.
4. 10% matched pension, administered by Legal and General.
If you meet the above criteria, please apply directly by clicking the link or contact Chloe Sims on (phone number removed) / with your CV.
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