Stock Planner

Cambridge | Annual

Employer: Bunzl UK and Ireland
Sector/Specialism: Purchasing

Stock Planner
Location: Cambridge
Working Schedule: Monday - Friday 37.5
Salary: £29,000 + Bonus

Bunzl Greenham is a UK leading Safety and Workplace supplier, part of Bunzl plc, a global FTSE 100 company. With 22 Service Centres across the country, the company are leaders in delivering trusted safety equipment, cleaning and hygiene products and workplace essentials to organisations nationwide.
The Benefits
- 28 days’ holiday (including bank holidays), increasing to 33 days after 5 years’ service, with an option of buying up to 5 days extra per year
- Company sick pay
- Save as you Earn Sharesave Scheme
- Enhanced Maternity and Paternity pay
- Comprehensive Learning and Development
- Personal Pension Plan
- Personal benefits and employee discounts, etc.

The Role
Working within a supply chain team you will be responsible for replenishing products from a nominated group of suppliers, and implement timely solutions to any disruption in supply.Building strong working relationships with suppliers and manufacturers is key to achieve delivery targets and resolve supply issues, ensuring consistent availability and excellent service is provided to the customer base.With sound Inventory Planning knowledge, you’ll be able to help to work in conjunction with our buying and sales teams to ensure we maximise availability of key products within our business. This will involve raising orders, maintaining stock levels, liaising with suppliers (UK & Far East) and colleagues around the business. This role requires attention to detail and good organisation skills. Communication and collaboration is critical within this role so being able to demonstrate this is key.

• Communicating with suppliers and following the order process from analysis of stock, raising orders and tracking delivery in order to ensure purchase orders are being delivered on time in full.
• Tracking availability of key products to ensure our availability measures are met and in line with business targets.
• Replenishing stock to deliver optimum availability of Branch demand, using past demand and forward forecasts.
• Managing and maintaining stock to an agreed level / cover, to satisfy working capital requirements and the reduction of stock provisions
• Working collaboratively with Category Managers on products and availability.



Your skills
• Good working knowledge of Excel - within excel you must be able to do v-look ups and pivot tables as a minimum)
• Organisation and Analysis
• Be an excellent communicator with the ability to build effective professional relationships.
• The ability to work well on your own as well as within a team environment.
• Attention to Detail
• The ability to prioritise tasks and possess good time management skills
• Ability to investigate, evaluate and respond to situations quickly.
• Strong interpersonal skills

If you’re ready to work in a team environment alongside talented people who take pride in delivering great results, apply today!!
Bunzl supports the principle of Equality and Diversity in employment wholeheartedly and opposes all forms of unlawful or unfair discrimination on the grounds of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships. We believe that it is in the company’s best interests and those of all who work in it, to ensure that the human resources, talents and skills available throughout the community are considered when employment opportunities arise.If you have a disability or special need that requires support or adjustments to working or interview arrangements, please let us know.