Supply Chain Planner

Savencia Fromage & Dairy UK is the UK subsidiary of Savencia Fromage & Dairy. With net sales of 5.6 billion Euros, our parent company Groupe Savencia Saveurs & Spécialités is one of the world’s top milk processors specialising in the production and distribution of cheese and other dairy products, delicatessen, seafood and chocolate. We are present in 29 countries and our products are sold in 120 countries. We have 80 production sites and employ 21,970 staff globally.

In the UK we specialise in distributing Continental Cheese to major UK retailers. We are also experts in Cheese Education and train our customers on continental cheeses. We have two sites: a factory in Westbury, Wiltshire (where this role will be based) and the satellite office based in Hampton (South west London). Our 3 core brands in the UK are Saint Agur (#1 in Blue Cheese), Le Rustique (#1 in Camembert) and Chavroux (#1in Goat’s Cheese). We also supply a wide range of Own Label and Selection pack cheeses to UK retailers.

We have an exciting new opportunity within our Supply Chain Department to appoint a Supply Chain Planner to take on the responsibilities of inventory and product lifecycle management, using SAP to keep information updated and communicated to the key stakeholders  

Key Accountabilities

• Supply planning, including monthly forecast updated into SAP
• Replenishment orders and supply schedules for bought in items for the UK and France
• Preparing information and presentations for monthly S&OP meetings
• Working to achieve inventory targets for the allocated range and for the production of weekly and monthly reports of the departments KPI’s for site
• Tracking and processing new orders according to the lead time of the products Creating, maintaining and reviewing a programme of work
• Promptly addressing and resolving issues to minimize Customer order delays
• Maintain data quality and integrity within the scheduling tools
• Managing the order plan and processing the purchase orders to the factories
• Liaising with Suppliers & Customers
• Review sales forecast weekly to identify gaps in service

Person Specification:

• Experience working in the FMCG Industry
• Excellent organisational and time management skills
• Previous experience of working with SAP
• Previous experience within a supply chain function 
• Effective communication skills with internal and external stakeholders both in verbal and written format and the ability to influence
• Excellent organisation skills with the ability to multitask and prioritise according to business needs
• Strong business partnering skills
• Attention to detail and analytical capability
• Proficient user of all Microsoft Office packages