Global Replenishment Manager

Salary: £30,408 per year

Our client with offices in the UK China and the United States supplies all major Retailers throughout the world including Tesco in the UK and Wallmart in the USA. They are quickly becoming a leading player on the global market and their product has become extremely popular throughout the UK being in Stores up and down the country.

We are now looking to assist them in their search for a Global Replenishment Manager.
Based in Cheshire this is an ideal opportunity for someone to jump on board with a company that is truly going places from their inception 20 years ago, they are experiencing enormous growth and you will grow and develop and the same rapid pace as your employer.

This role’s key purpose is to ensure the business and our customers have the right stock, in the right place at the right time through detailed forecasting and demand planning.

To ensure inventory levels are kept within agreed tolerances.

Requirements:

Experience of a multi country Replenishment role in an FMCG environment, ideally with a retail background (desirable).

Experience of a customer service role in the FMCG sector (essential)

Experience of producing sales reports and undertaking analysis of complex sales data (essential)

People Management Experience (desirable)

Plus software skills in:

Advanced Excel
Access
Microsoft Office Working knowledge of SQL Working knowledge of SAP P&l understanding for all supply costings & improvements Strong commercial awareness
As part of your role you will:

Issue detailed weekly reports on customer POS, providing detailed reports on trends and movements and flagging any issues and opportunities to key stakeholders (internal & external)
Issue detailed weekly reports on customer stock positions, providing detailed reports on trends and movements and flagging issues and opportunities to key stakeholders (internal & external
Issue detailed weekly reports on fulfilment rates, providing detailed reports on movements and flagging issues and opportunities to key stakeholders (internal & external)
Ensure internal sales performance dashboards and supporting data are accurate and complete and lead resolution in any gaps in data or reporting.
Proactive communication and issue management with customers on all aspects of inventory. Including, but limited to, identification of ghost inventory, out of stocks, DC collection issues.
Directly handle the customer service and ordering process of global customer accounts. Process customer orders in the in-house ERP system and external systems as appropriate, and work with our 3PL providers to obtain customer booking slots as required ensuring deliveries take place in line with customer requirements.
Frequent store visits to UK retailers to validate data observations. Engage and manage external companies to visit non-UK retailers
Work with 3PL providers to ensure that all services are performed in accordance with required service levels.
Maintain records of service levels provided by our 3PL providers to drive continuous improvement in performance
Ensure customer chargebacks, non-compliance and service issues are logged and suggest actions for improvement
Excess stock management through proactive re-work or re-distribution
Manage factory demand in line with forecast. Place orders via in-house ERP system, follow up on progress of orders and liaise with the factory to manage any delays
Prepare freight plan and communicate required collections to production and logistics colleagues.
Responsible for ensuring timely delivery of stock from FOB to arrival in warehouses
Maintain close involvements in new launches to ensure critical paths are respected. Monitor and manage in transit stock and input into safety stock requirements
Complete all new SKU set-up activities, EDI set up, New Line Forms etc. on all appropriate software (including the publishing of GDSN data on external systems as required) and communicate to 3PL providers as appropriate
Assist in the preparation of 12-month budget and re-forecasts where warehousing and customer delivery costs are involved.
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