Job Description
- Allocating stock to retail outlets using our in house planning system to maximise availability and sales efficiency
- Analysing sales trends and running supply scenarios to inform national supply recommendations
- Managing title supply commitments and closures in line with production and distribution timelines
- Supporting trade marketing activity, promotions, and wholesale development opportunities
- Tracking print volumes and investigating variances between recommended and final commitments
- Conducting robust performance reviews, producing performance packs and contributing to Marketing reviews
- Support sales forecasting and print planning with cross functional teams
- Drive continuous improvement to maximise commercial performance
- Experience within media distribution, logistics, FMCG, or a similar commercial environment
- Exposure to demand planning, inventory management, production planning, or supply chain (desirable but not essential)
- Strong analytical and numerical skills, with confidence working with data
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, capable of using spreadsheets to analyse, organise, and present information.
- Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities accurately
- A proactive, positive, and solution focused mindset, with a commitment to continuous improvement
- Confidence to challenge constructively and influence decisions
- Clear and effective written and verbal communication skills
Even if you don’t meet every requirement, we’d still love to hear from you. If you’re excited about the role and believe you could be a great fit, we encourage you to apply.
Do you thrive on solving complex problems and want to see the results of your decisions in real time?
Join us as an Inventory Planning Assistant on a 12 month fixed term contract, where analytical thinking, commercial insight, and smart planning come together to drive performance.
In this fast paced position, you will help publishers maximise profitability through sound commercial decision making and effective planning. Working closely with key stakeholders across the business, you will play a vital role in ensuring stock is allocated efficiently, forecasts are accurate, and titles perform strongly in retail.
Internally known as Commercial Copy Planner.
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