The company and opportunity:
My client is a collaboration between two businesses focused on delivering nutritional products to dairy farmers. You would be based at their offices in Henderson, and the team culture is excellent plus staff retention is high. They offer internal growth for their staff, and they have a social club to be envious of!
They're looking for someone to step into this role to ensure the right products get to the right place on time, in full. The successful candidate in this role will be the critical link between customers, the sales team, 3PLs, the ops team and planners.
They ensure forecasts are up to date, that production orders are placed in a timely manner to meet forecasts, that raw materials are available to make products, and that stock levels of finished products are adequate to meet demand.
In this role the supply chain is complex, operating through third party logistics providers, delivering on farm and to feed manufacturers in both north and south islands.
As Planner Coordinator, some of your key areas of responsibility will include:
- Receive and process orders and enter them into the system
- Answering pricing and stock queries and address any issues related to delivery of product to customers
- Maintain correct pricing of finished product
- Provide sales and purchasing data to the accounts team for preparation of monthly P&Ls
- Ensure history in forecast sheet is up to date and forecast from sales team reflects current best estimate of future use
- Organise meetings to communicate forecasted raw material usage to the purchasing team
- Liaise with planning team to ensure raw materials are delivered on time
- Co-ordinate manufacturing requests and maintain overview of production status
To be successful in this role:
- Minimum of five years’ experience in a simialr planning/logistics role
- Experienced in the use of ERP software such as SAP
- The successful candidate should be comfortable using the full suite of MS Office products including Word, PowerPoint and Excel
- Experience in organizing deliveries through 3PLs would be seen as an advantage
- NZ permanent residency or NZ citizenship
What's in it for you?
There are many benefits to this role, including location, and a great company to work for who are growing fast. They can provide you with strong job security and a competitive salary is also on offer.
You'll be joining a fantastic team who will feel like family! If the above is ticking all of your boxes, please apply now to find out more!
Pay: $80,000 to $95,000
