Inventory Planning Coordinator

The Inventory Planning Co-Ordinator enables seamless planning execution by coordinating processes, data, and cross-functional alignment across demand, replenishment, and inventory optimisation functions.

Minimum Requirements…

Essential:

• Diploma in Supply Chain, Commerce, or related field or 2 years’ experience in planning, coordination, or supply chain roles.
• Experience in retail, pharmacy or FMCG environments preferred

Responsibilities

Inventory Coordination

• Coordinate planning cycles, ensuring alignment of demand, supply, and inventory plans.
• Consolidate planning inputs and outputs to provide a consistent view of stock and performance.
• Support execution of planning routines and ensure timely delivery of planning outputs.
• Enable visibility of key planning metrics and performance indicators
• Coordinate planning inputs and timelines for imported and private label products, ensuring alignment between demand forecasts, replenishment cycles, and supply constraints
• Maintain visibility of key milestones including production timelines, shipment schedules, and delivery windows to support effective planning and execution

Stakeholder Engagement

• Facilitate alignment between Demand Planning, Replenishment, and Inventory Optimisation teams.
• Support collaboration between CRO and CCO teams by ensuring consistent planning inputs and outputs.
• Track actions, decisions, and follow-ups across planning forums.
• Provide support to stakeholders across planning processes.
• Support and co-ordinate inventory, forecast and replen related projects.
• Facilitate alignment between planning, replenishment, supply chain, and commercial teams for imported and private label stock. Support coordination with logistics, suppliers, and internal stakeholders to ensure smooth execution of import and production cycles

Governance and risk

• Ensure adherence to planning timelines, processes, and governance standards.
• Maintain accuracy and completeness of planning data.
• Identify and escalate risks related to planning execution and alignment.
• Support governance of planning frameworks and routines
• Track and highlight risks related to import delays, production constraints, and planning misalignment, ensuring timely escalation. Ensure completeness and accuracy of planning data related to import shipments, production schedules, and inventory positioning
• Identify and escalate risks impacting stock productivity, availability, and financial performance
• Monitor risks related to excess, obsolete, and slow-moving imported and private label stock, considering extended supply cycles

Key Skills

• Strong organisational and coordination capability.
• Understanding of planning processes and retail operations.
• Attention to detail and data accuracy.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication

Key Performance Indicators

• Stock on-shelf availability
• Planning cycle adherence
• Data accuracy and completeness
• Timeliness of planning outputs
• Stakeholder alignment effectiveness