Demand Planner Trade Counter - Screwfix - Stafford

Job description

Supply Chain Demand Planner (Trade Counter) - Exciting Retailer
Up to £19,000 pro rata + pension + more Stafford

Our team

There's much more to our supply chain team than taking orders and making sure our products are in the right place at the right time. With over 18,000 products and hundreds of stores - the challenge is huge. We must act fast, think innovatively and try new things to deliver our customer promise and support our Trade Counter stock guarantees and next day delivery network. Here you'll enjoy plenty of autonomy and responsibility as you negotiate with suppliers, meet urgent deadlines and get involved with every aspect of our supply chain from start to finish. Are you ready for your biggest challenge yet?

Your role

Reporting to the Trade Counter Replenishment manager you will take responsibility for the Supply Chain into and out of our Trade Counters ensuring we have the right stock in the right place, at the right time. Reviewing current sales rates, and adjusting and ordering our stock profile accordingly you will set stock levels for new products, continually reviewing and making recommendation of change where appropriate.

Internal relationships are key to this role, you will manage relationships with buying, marketing and operations; spending time in Trade Counters to understand retail requirements and identify new opportunities to improve availability and drive sales.

Screwfix skills

Prior experience in managing internal/external relationships - whether customers, suppliers or staff from other departments or within the immediate team
Prior experience in a role which required working on multiple tasks, to tight deadlines with a high degree of accuracy
Prior supply chain, inventory, logistics or commercial experience would be an advantage.
Proven skills in data analysis - able to understand and interpret financial, sales and other commercial information
Proven skills in problem solving - able to anticipate and highlight issues, and take decisive corrective action, working within established procedures.
Proven range of communication skills - able to communicate effectively with a range of audiences both orally and in writing
Strong computer skills (word, email and particularly Excel)

We're very proud of our diverse team. Our differences make us stronger. But there are some qualities we all share. Friendly, reliable, honest and easy to talk to, we all do our jobs to the best of our abilities with a real smile on our face. Positive and hard working with a good sense of humour, we're also enthusiastically optimistic with the ability to adapt and flex with our rapidly growing business.

Working here
Innovative, successful and growing fast, we're the UK's number one supplier to the trade and provide a great service to DIY enthusiasts. We're also part of Kingfisher plc, Europe's leading DIY home improvement retailer with £10.8bn annual revenue and over 80,000 employees.

But what's it really like to work here? We are proud to be able to say that we are "Leading the world in employee engagement" after being awarded the Gallup Great Place to Work Award.

You can hear more about what it's like to work at Screwfix from some of the people who work here at:

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