Stock Planner

STOCK PLANNER

SALARY £29,400 PER ANNUM + £3K BONUS

PERMANENT POSITION BASED IN BRACKNELL, BERKSHIRE

Are you confident in your ability to make quick decisions? Do you enjoy working with numbers?

Are you an experienced Administrator with very strong ORGANISATIONAL, PRIORITISATION and TIME MANAGEMENT skills?

My client is a global distributor with their EMEA Head office located in Bracknell. They are seeking a self-motivated and enthusiastic individual to join their Purchasing team.

The European Purchasing Team has total responsibility for the purchase of $300 million of product annually, supporting sales throughout the EMEA region. This responsibility covers the full life cycle of the products sold by my client; from initial purchase, the management of the stock holding during the life of the product and the management of the end of life process.

You will work closely with all other departments of the Company; Sales, Marketing, Operations and Accounts and will maintain day to day contact with your assigned vendors located around Europe and the US.

Most of your communication will be via email. You will be dealing with lots of queries regarding purchase orders from the company’s Sales Representative around Europe so you must be used to managing a busy inbox!

You will need to be HARD-WORKING with a demonstrable ability to TAKE ON AND RETAIN INFORMATION and the desire to LEARN NEW SKILLS. This role will be challenging as there is a lot to take on at first, but the team is very supportive and you will be provided with extensive training.

REQUIRED SKILLS

PC literate, with experience of company enterprise systems and MS Office
A high level of Excel will be an advantage however training will be given
Fully numerate – YOU WILL BE TESTED!
Commercially aware

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

Maintaining the stock holding of the products offered for sale by my client sourced from one or more defined vendors within the parameters laid down in the Company KPIs
Management of the risk represented by non stock and other abnormal purchase quantities and values
In conjunction with the Marketing team, ensuring that national and regional stock profiles are complete and of sufficient quantity to allow complete sales offering to customers
Place accurate purchase orders, to expedite in a timely fashion and manage the purchase orders placed on vendors in accordance with the responsibilities above
To maintain the day to day relationship with all vendors represented by the Company inventory and sales
To either resolve or escalate any issues arising to a satisfactory conclusion
To manage the inventory in line with the Vendor contracts in order to minimise excess, inter country transfers and write offs
Where excess exists, to actively pursue resolutions that maximise the return on the inventory investment

Special Conditions

A system exists to ensure that the department is manned throughout the European working day and on all European working days. This requires the department to manned, with agreement, on Bank Holidays. Occasional travel may also be required.

A full job description is available on application.

PERTEMPS IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYER