Senior Supply Planner
Barbeques Galore
- Homebush, NSW
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Plan, order and manage incoming inventory into our DC network based on demand forecast, placed in line with lead times, and regularly reviewed for changes in schedules
- Approval of Purchase Orders to be placed within OTB and Inventory budgets
- Managing Purchase orders around production and shipping schedule changes and capacity constraints
- Maintaining OOS %
- Collaborating internally with product, demand and logistics team to ensure tactical execution of stock to support the sales plan, while optimising inventory levels and minimising supply chain cost
- Measuring and improving supplier performance in terms of DIFOT, service levels and supply chain costs.
- Implement best practices, tools, and systems to enhance supply planning processes and decision-making.
- Monitor production performance, track adherence to schedules, and adjust plans as needed to maintain optimal operational efficiency.
- Tertiary qualified in business or supply chain (desirable)
- 5 years Retail operations experience (desirable)
- IT literate with good working knowledge of spreadsheets, forecasting tools and large data sets
- Experience in a supply/inventory/replenishment planning position in a complex supply chain
- Solid understanding of retail operations
- Experience in supporting implementation of change improvements
- Experience working with complex data
- An understanding of multi-site inventory control techniques and inventory management principles
- Manage the order replenishment process by exception to meet service level KPIs, availability, stock loss and stock holding
- Develop buying plans and forecasts for the overseas suppliers to manufacture and ship against
- Crate supply plan for planned promos, events, range reviews and seasonality
- Manage supplier fulfilment performance
- Manage supply chain related data and resolve data issues between buyers, service providers and suppliers
- Prioritise flow of products and negotiate/collaborate with the logistics team to resolve capacity/flow conflicts
- Work collaboratively with overseas and domestic agents, buyers, inventory team, service providers, international supply chain and suppliers
- Support continuous improvement of an integrated planning platform to manage stock from supplier to DCs
- Manage the flow of product to final destination
- Balance the inventory-in-transit between each state to optimise service levels against stock
- Ability to work autonomously and within a team environment
- Ambitious and keen to develop and grow
- Problem solving mindset and a focus on accuracy