Supply Planner

At Joseph Joseph we love solving everyday problems through intelligent design to create distinctive, functional products that are a pleasure to own and use. We are one of the world’s leading houseware brands with a global presence spanning over 100 countries, available in most major department stores and independent houseware stores worldwide as well as our rapidly growing ecommerce channel.

We are looking for an experienced Supply Planner to join the Supply Planning Team. As one of our Supply Planners you will be responsible for creating a robust supply plan and managing the production flow from our Far East supply base as well as working cross functionally with the wider business to deliver targets. With the bulk of manufacturing taking place in China the company distributes through 6 main warehouses worldwide to retailer customers, distributors and direct to consumers. 

What you will be doing:

• Raising purchase orders and liaising with suppliers about production and delivery timings, advancing or delaying orders to support sales trends and forecasts
• Order placement to factories for regular replenishment, FOB and new product launches
• Order placement for components and consumables
• Manage and communicate purchase forecasts to factories
• Reviewing out of stock situations or supply issues and recommend mitigating actions
• Planning container loading with suppliers to ensure effective delivery of stock
• Producing supplier and business KPI's for management
• Implement and maintain inventory and material management strategies for all finished goods by reviewing weekly purchase order tracking
• Single point of contact for a range of factories including daily communication, performance tracking, relationship management (including regular phone conferences), development of ways of working to reduce lead-times.
• Ownership of the following KPI’s: Supplier performance, availability, PO tracking
• Supporting the S&OP process by communicating overstocks and blocked stock at factories that needs to be addressed and addressing capacity constraints before they become an issue
• Delivering excellent product availability to the Demand Planner forecast

What we need from you:

• Previous experience in a similar operations/supply planning/procurement/supply chain role
• Organised, methodical and a close attention to detail
• High degree of numeracy and analysis
• Is committed to deliver results, goes after the stretch target
• Takes advantage of processes and work systems, follows them with discipline
• Escalates issues before they become problems
• Advanced Excel user
• Desirable:
• Experience of S&OP
• Ability to speak Chinese Mandarin
• Experience of working with Suppliers in Far East
• Knowledge of injection moulding and metal forming manufacturing processes
• Fully proficient in standard IT packages
• Experience with Project Management

What you will get from us:

• Competitive salary and holiday allowance
• Company performance related bonus
• A pension contribution
• An exclusive staff discount
• 24/7 healthcare appointment support
• Hybrid working – 3 days in office & 2 days from home and flex start/finish times
• External private employee wellbeing support
• Access to Perkbox
• Volunteer days
• Team Recognition scheme
• Training and Development
• Holiday carry-over scheme
• Season-ticket travel loan
• Cycle to work scheme
• Parental Leave support
• Holiday trading (buy/sell) and extra holiday days for long service