External Supply Planner

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The Local Supply Planner supports daily, medium-and-long-term supply planning and execution for both externally sourced and internally supplied finished goods across the UK and Ireland markets.

Reporting to the UK & Ireland Supply Planning Manager, the role acts as a key local interface between Central Supply Planning and UK&I stakeholders, ensuring effective communication, alignment and execution of agreed plans.

The role contributes to S&OE and IBP cycles, supports New Product Development (NPD) and portfolio activity, and plays an important part in maintaining service levels while balancing cost, inventory and risk in a dynamic environment.

Supply Chain Planning & Execution

• Support daily execution, mid-term planning and long-term supply horizon visibility for internal and external supply portfolios.
• Work closely with Central Supply Planning to execute agreed supply plans, and manage constraints, assumptions and scenarios.
• Support the management of planned and unplanned supply events, including demand changes, supply constraints, quality status changes and new product introductions.
• Provide local market insight and feedback into central planning processes to support feasible and aligned plans.
• Support supply readiness for NPD, lifecycle changes and portfolio updates by identifying risks and required actions early.

Risk, Opportunity & Information Flow Management

• Identify and track supply risks and opportunities across short, mid-and-long-term horizons.
• Support consolidation and communication of weekly supply risks, mitigation options and business implications for S&OE discussions.
• Actively manage the flow, interpretation and clarity of information between Central Planning and UK&I teams, particularly where inputs are incomplete, unclear or changing.
• Challenge assumptions, highlight gaps or inconsistencies and elevate issues with clear context and potential business impact.

Stakeholder Communication & Engagement

• Act as a key local supply planning contact for UK&I stakeholders on operational, tactical and longer-range supply matters.
• Support UK&I business decision-making by clearly outlining options, trade-offs and potential impacts based on supply planning scenarios.
• Build strong relationships with Customer Supply, Commercial, Quality, Finance, Logistics and other operational teams.
• Participate in and present at supply, IBP and cross-functional forums, translating complex planning topics into clear, decision-ready summaries.
• Confidently support and navigate difficult conversations relating to service impact, prioritisation, constraints and changes to outlook, maintaining trust and credibility.

Order, Inventory & Systems Management

• Support the execution and prioritisation of purchase orders in line with agreed supply plans.
• Reconcile inventory positions across SAP and 3PL partners, identifying discrepancies and coordinating resolution.
• Identify and support resolution of IDoc and data issues impacting planning accuracy, execution and…