Supply Planner

NB This is a fixed term contract for a minimum period of 12 months., We are seeking a Supply Planner to join our vibrant Supply Planning team in the Tech & Ops Division on a 12 months' fixed term contract basis. Working as part of the Inventory Centre of Excellence team, this role is responsible for the effective and timely coordination of a global supply plan and its delivery across the global supply network. Key measures of success will be availability of product in the right place, at the right time, and at the right cost against the demand forecast. Reporting to the Supply Planning Manager, the Supply Planner will work collaboratively with colleagues in Sales, Publishing, Content Operations, Supply Chain, and Manufacturing to understand the key upstream and downstream supply drivers within the end to end value chain. The Supply Planner is required to translate the forecast, requirements, and constraints into a supply plan out to nine months. The plan will inform the capacity plan for Supply Chain and Manufacturing colleagues to ensure appropriate levels of resource and capacity are in place to support the planned requirements and product availability. In coordinating and executing the supply plan, the Supply Planner will identify, manage, and mitigate any supply risks and issues, and provide the relevant inputs into the monthly Supply Review Meetings for the appropriate level of governance and oversight by senior management stakeholders. Key responsibilities in this role will include:

• Review forward requisitions with a view to the right quantity, location and schedule.
• Make replenishment and print decisions, and end of life recommendations based on analysis of the available data and input from stakeholders.
• Monitor stock dates through the printing and freight process to ensure risks and issues are identified, managed, and mitigated for on-time delivery and availability of product.
• Issue instructions for assembly of composite products (packs), stock re-working, and monitor for on-time delivery.
• Work closely with colleagues in Manufacturing and Supply Chain to communicate the supply plan requirements and determine any constraints to the plan that could affect execution or availability.
• Provide inputs for Product Review Meetings and take action on outputs as agreed and facilitate changes in product lifecycle status.
• Collaborate with Sales colleagues and Demand Planning on market and customer specific product to agree quantities, timing, and most appropriate delivery method to minimize inventory, freight and warehouse costs while ensuring customer requirements are met.
  
  We are looking for a candidate who can demonstrate strong decision-making ability and good attention to detail. You will be a strong communicator to all levels and a proven problem solver. You will be looking to continuously improve and can demonstrate ability to deal with ambiguity and remain calm under pressure. To be successful in this role, you will ideally have/be:
• Strong interpersonal skills, to effectively interact with all functional teams.
• Able to demonstrate proficiency in analysis, forecasting and forecasting methodologies with an understanding of their financial and operational impacts.
• Experience working cross functionally to deliver results within an end to end value chain.
• Working knowledge and experience of S&OP methodologies (desirable).
• Experienced at presenting at cross functional meetings.
• Have working knowledge of supply planning software, with recent knowledge of SAP APO and / or IBP advantageous (desirable).
• Strong IT/systems use, particularly Microsoft Excel skills.
  
  We are the world's largest university press. We have both a worldwide reach and a personal understanding of local needs, partnering on the ground to adapt publications and resources to meet the individual needs of communities, societies, and countries. We partner with researchers, educators, and technology partners to stay ahead of the changing ways people around the world are accessing and sharing knowledge. With a presence in more than 50 countries and millions of customers around the world, an idea launched at OUP can have global impact.
  
  We care about work/life balance here at OUP. With this in mind we offer 25 days' holiday that rises with service, plus bank holidays and Christmas closure (3-days) and a 35-hour working week. We are open to discussing flexibility in respect to working patterns, dependent on role. We also have a great variety of active employee networks and societies.
We help make your money go further by contributing to your pension up to 12%, offering loans and savings schemes through our partnership with Salary Finance, in addition to travel to work schemes and access to a wide range of local discounts.