Vrp Metcash

Department: Procurement and Planning - ANZ- Location: North Strathfield, AU, 2137- Job Function: Supply Chain - ANZ- Employment Type: Full timeThe Arnott’s Group portfolio of brands such as Tim Tams, Campbell Soup, Shapes, V8 and Scotch Finger continues the 155-year legacy of the Arnott family, providing quality, great-tasting food. Our ambition is to be a regional powerhouse of consumer food brands and our purpose is simple: to create delicious moments. We foster equality, diversity and sustainability, high performance with integrity, balancing decisions from our head and heart and delighting our customers every time.

At The Arnott's Group, we are an iconic Australian powerhouse brand, recognised as pioneers in the FMCG market both locally and globally. Undergoing a period of extensive brand growth and strategic evolution, this is an exciting opportunity to help own and shape our iconic legacy.

We are currently looking for a Vendor Replenishment Planner to head up our Metcash account. You will manage and deliver service excellence, availability and performance across the Retail Customer Metcash and The Arnotts Group account from a supply management perspective.

You will develop and maintain strong relationships in Customer, The Arnotts Group, 3PLs and be the direct supply chain contact for the Customer account. You will ensure smooth and optimal management of stock required to Customer, whilst ensuring a factory to shelf mindset from The Arnotts Group.

**Key responsibilities include**:

- Efficiently manage events, promotions and new product launches and changeovers with the customer, managing post promotional stock levels, product discontinuations, short supply lines communications and obsolete lines
- Accurate and timely review of baseline and promoted demand forecasts for previous and future weeks. Managing the collaborative planning process, including data review for scanned sales trends and maintaining baselines, ensuring trends actioned and improve for Arnotts forecasts
- Drive internal and external KPI reporting including reason codes for failure, for all relevant targets for both customer and Arnotts
- Monitor end to end order to cash (O2C) process including correct order placement, automated Electronic Data Integration issues resolution, delayed/missing load issue resolution daily, claims credits refusals management and outstanding invoice resolution
- Develop customer insight to identify and drive initiatives, as well as areas of improvement, including fortnightly Business Collaboration planning with customer by category, and align value stream for both parties to excel
- Monitor and improve cost drivers across both businesses, ensuring awareness of exceptions and management of issues as they arise, including DC locations for products, pallet and Layer compliance, order profiles, delivery days, and transport requirement for effective utilisation
- Support and drive Process Improvement principles and practices and adopt Process Improvement mindset in day-to-day function, including problem solving, and identifying root cause to improve operations

**The ingredients to be successful**:

- Previous experience in a similar role for at least 5 years
- Good knowledge of the O2C systems within Arnotts and customers (e.g. SAP / EDI /BW/CUBE etc)
- Excellent knowledge of MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint etc).
- Attention to detail, reliable and proactive
- Strong aptitude in use of confidential information as well as awareness of competition laws and Grocery Supply Agreement
- Passion to serve the customer and enthusiasm to succeed
- Excellent communication skills both internally and externally
- Strong analytical, problem-solving and presentation skills
- Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of Inventory Management Systems
- FMCG knowledge

**Compensation & Benefits**

This is a unique opportunity to work with the best talent in the industry, reporting into highly respected leaders in a business that empowers their people. For your contribution to the business, you will be remunerated with a competitive package with an additional suite of benefits.
- The opportunity to be part of a Consumer Goods business with a huge growth and transformation agenda
- Staff discounts on product
- Development opportunities through company growth and participation in ANZ wide projects
- Hybrid working
- Novated leasing
- Private health insurance discounts through industry partner
- Amazing brands, extraordinary people
- Be a leader in our continuous improvement culture

So, if you're up for a challenge and ready for some real life, on the ground experience - this is the right opportunity for you

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