Job Description

VACANCY: Supply Chain Planner LOCATION: Northampton, NN4 ABOUT US: AVK UK Limited is part of the AVK Group; who are market leaders in the design, manufacture and supply of valves, pipe fittings, hydrants and flow control equipment to the Water, Waste Water, Oil and Gas industries throughout the world. The Supply Chain Planner role sits at the heart of the business and offers a varied and interesting workload. This is an opportunity for a tenacious individual to make a real difference as part of an exciting, dynamic and ever-growing business. You will be based at our Head Office in Northampton and oversee accurate stocking levels and set accurate stocking parameters, considering forecast trends and reviewing & raising all forecast movements. Day to day involvement and leading reviews with our sister company suppliers & third-party Group Company suppliers to ensure service is to the highest standard. You will champion AVKs strength in Manufacturing and Engineering with a focus on our future resilience and growth. ABOUT THE ROLE: \xc2\xb7 Create Weekly and Monthly Reports for various stakeholders; Order Intake vs Forecast Accuracy, Stock Forecasting & Service Performance and month performance vs forecast \xc2\xb7 Scrutinise data through Slim4 forecasting tool & work with AVK Group Logistics to present exceptions \xc2\xb7 Maintain and improve the Sales Forecast and ensure accuracy \xc2\xb7 Lead supplier improvement plans \xc2\xb7 Lead meetings with manufacturing teams to ensure all agreed deliverables are on track \xc2\xb7 Provide monthly stock waterfall of forward stock projections per vendor \xc2\xb7 Report and advise on slow moving inventory \xc2\xb7 Maintain a clean and accurate system through management of stocked item cards \xc2\xb7 Set up the customer contract lead times, per item, in Microsoft Navision & maintain against changing Service Level Agreements \xc2\xb7 Create all new vendor cards and populate \xc2\xb7 Champion system accuracy in customer orders vs incoming purchases/stock to confirm that customer order shipment dates are accurate to maintain the highest possible service through the Warehouse Shipment Report. If they are not accurate, advise the Customer Service team of the changes required & record reasons for future learnings ABOUT YOU: \xc2\xb7 Recent and relevant industry experience of working within a Supply Chain Planning, Forecasting, Planning and / or Supply Chain Operations team (RCCP, MRP, CRP, MPS) \xc2\xb7 Ability to make decisions quickly based on the available facts \xc2\xb7 Competency with an ERP system and reporting \xc2\xb7 Organised, structured and able to handle complexity \xc2\xb7 Understand and can apply project management principles \xc2\xb7 Ability to identify trends and work collaboratively with suppliers and internal stakeholders to get solutions across the supply chain WHAT WE OFFER: \xc2\xb7 A culture of shared values, goals, attitudes and business growth \xc2\xb7 Employee Assistance Programme (Welfare and Wellbeing) \xc2\xb7 Competitive salary \xc2\xb7 33 days holiday (including statutory Public Holidays) \xc2\xb7 Life Assurance plan (x3) \xc2\xb7 Company pension plan \xc2\xb7 Discounts and cashback across many high-street and online retailers (Supermarkets, Entertainment, Fashion, Days Out, Technology, Home and Travel) \xc2\xb7 Companywide initiatives to share in our future success \xc2\xb7 A blend of training to help your career development WORKING HOURS: \xc2\xb7 37.5 hours per week o Monday \xe2\x80\x93 Thursday 0830-1715 o Friday 0830-1600 We know that our people are the most important asset to the AVK Group and we are looking for skilled, passionate and driven professionals to work with our inspirational leaders; to promote our culture, enable change and champion a lean environment. APPLY NOW - Please send your up-to-date CV to careers@avkuk.co.uk Job Types: Full-time, Permanent Application question(s):

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