Jobs At M&S – Supply & Demand Planner Produce In Cardiff

Overview

Position Title: Supply & Demand Planner Produce

Company: Marks and Spencer

Location: Cardiff, UK

Job Description

You’ll be working within a highly energised team that’s dedicated to playing their part in transforming M&S and modernising our Supply Chain. Working in close partnership with our commercial colleagues, you will be accountable for maintaining forecasts and optimum inventory levels across our UK estate. You’ll build great relationships with suppliers and growers meaning you will need to be a people lover, but above all, a food lover!

Responsibilities:

• Strong Partner Leadership skills, with the ability to work collaboratively across various departments
• Lead NDC stock holding and inbound planning (Ambient specific)
• Has Supply and Demand experience with an another major retailer or within a similar environment
• Lead, measure and report on supplier performance. Exploit the benefits of forecasting and ordering system to deliver optimum solutions order fulfilment and delivery accuracy
• Lead end to end peak processes, including forecast planning, supplier management and product group checking
• Build and maintain excellent supplier relationships. Work alongside suppliers to ensure we abide by GSCOP, ensuring we remain compliance and fair to all parties
• Is highly organised with an eye for detail, able to anticipate and lead problems, prioritising and raising where necessary
• Work collaboratively with the central Store Performance Team to lead seasonal peaks, trading events and address specific areas of store feedback
• Support in the resolution of payment queries working with Buying
• Achieve availability, wastage and inventory targets
• Work with the Lead Supply and Lead Demand Planners to achieve best practice ways of working in your specific area of responsibility.
• Facilitate successful product and range launches, promotions, seasonal planning, NPD, events and phase change in line with the agreed critical path, engaging with Commercial in a timely manner
• Is resilient, proactive and a team player with a ‘can do’ attitude
• Demonstrate the M&S values in role Key skills
• Be responsible for and lead accurate store level forecast including outliers
• A passion for Foods and M&S products with a desire to learn about our brand and our customer’s
• Able to demonstrate a strategic mentality
• Accurate and timely system set up for all activity, using expert knowledge to build forecasts at Product, Store Trading Group and Regional level
• Drive sales and availability through effective end to end supply and demand planning
• Find opportunities to drive continuous improvement and drive best practise, whilst delivering the best service to our customers
• Establish relationships though effective communication with trading, retail and central store performance teams, keeping them up to date on forecast, availability and supplier status’s
• Is highly analytical and proficient in the use of Microsoft Office with strong Excel skills

Requirements:

• Strong governance and change management experience.
• Proven competency driving end-to-end customer experience projects.
• Project Management accreditation
• Ability to manage multiple stakeholder relationships including Executive level.
• Experience in a transformation position in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
• Strong commercial acumen, who is a logical thinker and can simplify complex situations to allow for clear engagement and delivery.
• An excellent communicator who will convey information and instructions clearly, and comfortable with challenging colleagues at all levels to deliver their objectives.
• Experience of working with BPO’s and 3rd party providers.
• A demonstrated ability to work in a cross-functional and matrix business environment.
• Ability to be able to connect priorities, identify interdependencies and blockers and provide a clear plan to address issues.
• A strategic and creative thinker, with a positive can-do attitude, and work well in a constantly evolving environment across multi-functional teams.
• Current knowledge of industry trends and the changing shape of customer expectations across market.