Supply Planner

Supply Planner

ParagonCare – Auckland, New Zealand

Job Overview

The Supply Planner plays a critical role in anticipating and maintaining inventory levels and actively managing the flow of product to ensure customer requirements can be delivered upon, in a responsive and cost-effective manner.

This role involves the development of tools, reports, and data-based planning to achieve optimal demand and supply planning performance, ensuring inventory management, placement of purchase orders, and oversight of deliveries to support the business within the S&OP process.

Key Responsibilities

Supply Planning

Manage the development of a Supply Plan to meet the demand plan each month / week.

Negotiate and manage planning parameters with suppliers to ensure timely delivery of product to our warehouse to support our customers.

Monitor inventory regularly and report potential out-of-stock situations to the commercial business in a timely manner; provide an overview of supply situation and availability.

Develop and maintain supplier forecasts and liaise with vendors in negotiation and confirmation of forecasts.

Ensure each supplier has a clearly defined inventory policy that sets the minimum service level for each item.

Participate in relevant demand planning processes and meetings, aligning monthly / weekly requirements based on business needs.

Manage SKU phase-out / phase-in processes to ensure stock availability and limit product write-offs.

Develop a weekly / monthly process to review actual inventory vs. inventory policy, meeting or exceeding fill-rate performance, demand forecast accuracy and supplier delivery performance, providing the business confidence in ongoing supply and service levels, and prioritising suppliers on any expediting PO or shipment priorities.

Monitor supplier performance and delivery timelines to assess ability to meet quality and delivery requirements.

Lead and attend meetings with internal teams (Sales, Demand Planner, Warehouse, Customer Services) and external key suppliers to ensure delivery of service, inventory, and cost targets, maintaining an escalation and communication process to handle exceptions.

Provide visibility to the business and sales teams of all slow-moving and obsolete inventory; work with Demand Planners and Sales to agree actions to clear slow-moving stock.

Maintain an escalation and communication process to handle exceptions.

Freight and Logistics Control

Manage inbound logistics (cost and delivery performance) for all purchase orders.

Accurately price all inbound freight and manage delivery dates to maintain an accurate ETA in the MRP system.

Sourcing and procurement of all goods and products in a dedicated buying portfolio cost-effectively, timely and professionally.

Ensure inbound freight and logistics decisions support full / on-time delivery and are cost-efficient.

Relationship Management and Teamwork

Positive contributions to the Paragon culture and team environment through effective communication, teamwork, and productive working relationships.

Promote information sharing, collaboration, and teamwork among staff throughout the organization.

Align behaviours with Paragon's core values.

Key Relationships

Demand Planners

Warehouse / Logistics Teams

Supply Chain Teams

Customer Service Team

Sales Teams

Finance Team

Specific Job Skills

MS Office Suite

MRP / ERP Systems

Communication

Policies and Procedures

S&OP

Qualifications and Experience

2-3 years of production or supply planning experience with complex products.

Specific experience in purchasing, scheduling or supply planning roles.

Experience using MRP / planning systems.

Experience in the Sales and Operations Planning process and continuous improvement.

Experience in the health sector.

Seniority Level

Associate

Employment Type

Full-time

Job Function

Supply Chain

Industries

Hospitals and Health Care; Wholesale Import and Export

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