Inventory Planner

**Introduction**:
About us
At PharmaCare, we inspire people to be the best, healthiest and happiest they can be. As an Australian born and built success story we are proud of our heritage and remain a 100% Australian owned and family operated business. We are home to some of Australia’s most well-known and trusted brands including Nature’s Way, Bioglan, Sambucol, Norsca, Brut, Skin Doctors, Naturopathica, KP24, Aquasun, Promensil, BioMedica, Medlab and many more.
Our success comes from our performance led culture, and we want our people to succeed. We encourage ownership and integrity with an entrepreneurial flair. Based on the Northern Beaches we live the life we promote.
We are family owned with a global reach, our products are found in pharmacies, supermarkets, department and variety stores all over the world.
Extras we know you’ll love
- On site 3 level gym with dedicated personal trainers and daily classes
- Full time barista with free coffee and free smoothies
- Generous monthly product allowance to support your health and wellbeing
- Paid parental leave, subsidised health and salary continuance insurance
- Flexible working hours
- Secure onsite parking
- Employee assistance/wellbeing initiatives
- Ongoing training and development programs
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**Description**:
About the role
Bring your planning skills to Australia's No.1 supplier of natural health products. As a planner in our busy team you will be assigned a product portfolio to manage, ensuring adequate supply of product to service customer needs whilst minimising working inventory investment by assessing demand activity.
You will play a critical role in project managing products in your portfolio from launch approval to first release to customers.

**Responsibilities**:
Ensure you are across all the supply requirements in your portfolio including:

- Maintaining a summary of each items stock and supply position
- Maintain information accurately on our supply chain systems
- Flagging and solutionising any supply issues as early as possible
- Reviewing the supply plan for each product, placing purchasing orders, expediting or deferring orders as required
- Invoice processing
- Problem solving inbound stock issues

Establish good relationships and encourage open communication with each of your suppliers to ensure best cost and service outcomes, and get ahead of any potential supply issues. Related tasks include:

- Provide suppliers with a rolling purchase forecast
- Ensure suppliers are meeting the terms of their contracts, i.e. lead times, minimum component holding
- Dual Source fully finished products from Approved Suppliers
- Negotiate improved cost of goods with suppliers

**Skills and Experiences**:
About you
- Minimum 2 years’ experience in a similar role
- Intermediate - advanced excel skills
- Ability to thrive in a fast paced environment
- Strong time management and organisation skills
- Excellent stakeholder management and relationship building skills