Lords and Labradors is an extremely successful and fast growing luxury pet brand and online retailer.
Job Purpose: To assist Head of buying in the planning and administration of commercial accounts, sourcing and listing of products, stock management & replenishment best practice. Plan own manufacture production based in line with sales performance.
Reporting to: Head of Buying
Key Performance Indicators & Accountabilities:
· Liaising with Head of buying on stock issues/future requirements.
· Provide product information and analysis as requested by other departments.
· Assist in the setup of new suppliers and products.
· Providing the Ecom team with product information & images.
· Control and administer the NLF process.
· Proactively liaise with all departments to identify stock issues for stock planning purposes.
· Responsible for co-ordinating deliveries with the various warehouses.
· Forming supplier relationships and monitoring their performance.
· Co-ordination and reconciliation of stock take at various sites.
· Implementation of promotional activity.
· Forward stock planning / analysis of stock commitments.
· Raising purchase orders.
· Stock and Supplier file maintenance.
· Booking in of deliveries and stock adjustments.
· Creating weekly production plans.
· Coordinate production workflow for one or multiple products.
· supporting production teams with re-ordering of components.
· Assign workers and other staff to production operations.
· Determine manpower, equipment and raw materials needed to cover production demand
· Monitor jobs to ensure they will finish on time and within budget.
· Collaborate with quality control, warehouse, and other staff.
· Address issues when they arise aiming for minimum disruption.
· Any other reasonable duties as requested.
Preferred Skills & Experience
· Previous experience as production planner or retail buying background.
- Knowledge of production planning and quality control principles.
- Experience in MRP II (Manufacturing resource planning).
- Excellent working knowledge of MS Office & Excel and ERP systems.
- Strong organizational and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent communication Skills.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: £21,000.00-£24,000.00 per year
Benefits:
Schedule:
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Boston, PE22 8HQ: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Experience:
- Production Scheduling: 1 year (preferred)
- Production Management: 1 year (preferred)