Sales & Operations Planner

Sales and Operations Planner
Location: Cannock, West Midlands
Salary: Up to �32.5k
Hours: Mon-Fri
Grafton recruiting are working on behalf of a successful, leading manufacturing business in the Cannock area who are looking for an experienced Operations Planner to join their team.
Duties & responsibilities:

• Play a key role in development and implementation of S&OP rules through understanding business and customer requirements
• Assist in development of ERP system to improve forecast accuracy and S&OP process efficiency
• Work closely with the sales teams to understand customers ordering behaviours and collaborate to drive order accuracy improvement
• Review sales demand, understand the assumptions / trends / constraints and opportunities to generate & communicate the supply plan to key stakeholders
• Analyse sales trends and identify the key drivers of sales for key products
• Identify abnormal demand to prevent downstream issues
• Work closely with the factories to ensure adherence to the build plans and understand any reason for deviation and potential impact to stock and service levels
• Provide scenario plans to evaluate management of constraints and opportunities, show agility in evaluating the impact of change in demand and / or supply and make recommendations
• Monitor and challenge adherence to the sales and production plans
• Publish stock availability data
• Develop and publish score card of the business performance
• Liaise and build strong communication channels with all departments

The perfect candidate will have:

• Experience of S&OP process
• Strong analytical skills
• Must be able to analyse and interpret data to make decisions / recommendations
• Continuous Improvement mind-set, uses a data and evidence approach
• Effective communication & engagement skills
• Good commercial understanding and business acumen
• Understanding of ERP systems, forecasting and capacity planning modules
• Desire to establish good understanding of Customer and Supplier relationships
• Experience within a manufacturing background

Further details include:

• Full time, permanent role with hybrid working options
• Competitive salary
• Digicare+ Provided by Aviva
• 10% matched pension, administered by Legal and General

If you meet the above criteria, please apply directly by clicking the link or contact Chloe Sims on (phone number removed) / with your CV.