UK Merchandise Planner

UK Merchandise Planner 
Birmingham, West Midlands 

Are you a stock planning professional looking for more? Want to expand your career in the high-end FMCG sector? If so, read on. 

About Us: 

Operating on a worldwide scale, we are International Luxury Group, a global supplier of high-quality watches and accessories. 

Over the course of the last decade, we have built an enviable reputation of designing, manufacturing and distributing a large portfolio of leading global licenses on watches within the fashion, lifestyle and luxury sector. 

Due to ongoing growth, we are now looking for a UK Merchandise Planner to join our team in Birmingham. 

Your Rewards: 

- A competitive salary 
- A great opportunity to grow professionally 
- Strong benefits and increments 

This is an amazing time to be joining us as our business goes from strength-to-strength and our portfolio of brands expands to include even more exclusive names. 

You’ll find we are ambitious, innovative and driven to do more. Our teams are packed with talented individuals who will support you while you find your feet and ensure you remain engaged and productive. 

What’s more, you’ll discover great rewards and benefits meaning our packages are highly competitive and will certainly meet expectations. 

Your Role: 

As a UK Merchandise Planner, you will take on a hybrid role where you will be involved in both demand planning and inventory stock planning for the UK and international brands. 

Working closely with Sales Teams, the Warehouse, Manufacturing and Finance Departments, you will seek to grow revenue and profitability through enhanced supply chain planning and effective forecasting. 

Your role will involve: 

- Ensuring orders are received, shipped on time and accurately reported 
- Delivering maximum product availability within inventory targets 
- Managing the end-to-end supply chain 
- Taking responsibility for placing orders with supplies and stock management 
- Managing the stock flow from the Far East to the UK 
- Reducing the overstock inventory and highlighting slow selling products 
- Ensuring clean exits for discontinued lines 
- Providing regular trend analysis 

About You: 

To be considered as a UK Merchandise Planner, you will need: 

- Previous experience in stock planning, ideally working with multiple categories 
- A strong level of IT literacy including experience with MS Office, and very strong technical analytical abilities and advanced Excel skills, including pivot tables/charts, VLOOKUP and experience handling multiple large data sets 
- A high level of numerical comprehension 
- Strong analytical and communication skills 
- The ability to work independently and within a team 
- Capable of working under pressure and to deadlines 
- Excellent organisation and time management skills 

Other organisations may call this role UK Merchandise Planner, Merchandise Planner, Supply Chain Planner, Stock Controller, Demand Planner, Supply Chain Co-ordinator, or Purchasing Analyst. 

Webrecruit and International Luxury Group are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be. 

So, if you are looking for an exciting challenge as a UK Merchandise Planner, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.