Supply Planning Team Leader

An Amazing opportunity has arisen for a Supply Planning Team Leader to work full time at our client's site in Rochdale (please note this site is moving to Chadderton in the next few months), paying between £15-£16 p/h on a temporary basis for up to 12 months.

Our client offers an award-winning product portfolio including highly reputable and well-established brands. Their customers have access to a wide range of security products as well as low voltage audio and video products from leading industry brands. We are Europe's leading distributor of Electronic Security equipment.

As an EMEA Supply Planning UK Team Leader you will have responsibility for processing stock orders and liaising with Suppliers on stock issues, maintaining stock levels, liaising directly with Suppliers to ensure on time delivery for Purchase Orders. You will work closely with various departments to ensure that correct levels of stock are ordered, and all queries are resolved. You will be required to work to strict deadlines and work as part of a team. Confident in both telephone manner and the use of computers is a must for this role.

Responsibilities of position:

• Monitor and react to the Supply Planning KPI's for UK - Material Availability - Vendor OTTR
• Monitor UK team performance and development
• SAP - MRP Material replenishment's Process the full range of reporting within the SAP system, actively promote SAP within the community, using a wide range of SAP T-code & processes
• Create change material masters
• Keep Vendor details up-date with the relevant process module
• Create & maintain purchasing documents within SAP
• Maintain source lists and purchase info records
• Create planned orders if applicable using the full process to requisition & generating purchase orders
• Use all SAP report transactions relating to our material replenishment program
  Invoice resolution
• Procure to Pay: Using SAP reporting function, resolve Vendor invoice disputes ensuring suppliers are paid on time
• Communication to our European Accounts department to resolve any conflicts with vendors
• Communicate to Vendors any invoice errors relating to goods receipt discrepancies
  Inventory & Stock Availability
• Expediting orders to ensure we have the correct stock in circulation, ensuring key matrix for supply planning are maintained
• Reporting supplier constraints and recovery plans
• Active involvement in SIOP phases reporting assumptions during the Supply Planning Phase
• Down load SAP material replenishment report daily & order to product schedule messages
• Actively pursue vendor lead-time reduction
  Price report
• Maintain & action price reporting, liaising with vendors & Pricing Manager any disputes
• Reporting any vendor changes, constraints, recovery plans to deliver 5-star internal customer service
• Communicating in a timely, polite & effective manner to Hub, network, vendors & sales department
• Projects & enhancement for improvements
• Identify areas within the Supply Planning department for improvement
• Actively become involved with improvement projects
• Promoting best working practices within the community
• Active involvement in SAP test upgrades