About the company: Our client is a family-owned business that has grown into a leading supplier of professional-grade tools and equipment across trade, industrial, and retail markets. With decades of experience, they’re known for quality, innovation, and strong customer partnerships. Their products are designed locally with input from tradespeople and distributed nationwide, supported by a collaborative and values-driven culture.
About the role: You’ll play a key role in managing demand and inventory planning, working closely with Sales, Category, and Product teams to keep the supply chain running smoothly. This includes:
- Driving the monthly S&OP; cycle, ensuring key actions are escalated to the right stakeholders.
- Supporting product lifecycle management, keeping product status accurate across all SKUs to enable procurement and on-time customer deliveries.
- Coordinating with Sales and Category teams on new product launches and range reviews, minimising write-offs and ensuring procurement teams are across impacts.
- Maintaining rolling 12-month inventory projections to balance stock targets with cashflow needs.
- Developing and validating demand and stock plans with the Planning Manager, across different time horizons.
- Reconciling open purchase orders against MRP recommendations, promotional events, and supplier shutdowns.
- Preparing KPI reports and analysis, including out-of-stock performance, lead-time trends, and forecast accuracy.
- Providing timely stock updates to stakeholders and supporting demand planning when team resources are reduced.
- Assisting with other inventory and reporting tasks as directed.
- Skills & Experience
- Degree in Business, Supply Chain, Analytics, or a related field preferred.
- 2–5 years’ experience in FMCG or fast-moving inventory environments.
- Strong interpersonal skills, able to influence and collaborate across Sales, Customer Service, Operations, IT, and Finance teams.
- Confident in communicating with overseas suppliers and stakeholders.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with a proactive approach to challenging assumptions and driving process improvements.
- Effective verbal and written communication, including negotiation and stakeholder engagement.
- High numeracy and data analysis capabilities.
- Advanced Excel skills are essential.
- Experience with MRP/DRP systems or forecasting software, or equivalent planning tools.
How to Apply: Click on the APPLY button or contact Tiernan O’Brien on [emailprotected] for a confidential discussion
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