This growing supplier of licenced and well-known branded textiles, soft furnishings, clothing, and toys is seeking a Merchandise & Stock Planner to join their growing Merchandising team.  This fun, rewarding business who promote extensively from within and have a great social element to the business are seeking someone from an import/export/product/fmcg background, to join the merchandising team. You will work closely with the B2C customers. The role will involve: -

• Very import biased, this role will be liaising with their UK and European factories as well as dealing with their online and Amazon customers
• Managing orders and stock levels and forecasting
• Ensuring that replenishment buys are recommended
• Analyse stock coming in and out ensuring stock purchase proposals are approved
• Working on their ERP system (Prima)
• Work with suppliers to ensure they meet all delivery requirements
• Create and progress purchase orders
• Ensure all factory paperwork is correct to avoid delays
• Work with the product team to plan all work and to avoid delays
• Responsible for the correct instructions being given to factories for bespoke customers packaging/delivery requirements
• Maintaining their ERP system (Prima) to enter new records
• Using MS Excel to look at stock data, and to manage it

Experience required:

• Stock planning, allocation and forecasting experience is essential
• Experience within import/export/products/textiles/fashion background de
• Experience of using an ERP system, for example Prima, SAP, or MS Navision
• Confident user of Excel, including pivot tables
• Able to get to Cheadle Hulme

What’s on offer:

• 35-hour week with a 3 pm finish on a Friday
• Work from home, Thursday, and Friday
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• Loads of fun nights out
• Career progression
• Free parking