Supply Planning Assistant

Generous Discounts + Pet friendly workplace
- Richmond location
- Discounts on an exciting mixture of iconic, heritage and fashion forward brands

**About Brand Collective**:
Leading apparel and footwear companies, Brand Collective and PAS Group have recently combined forces, leading to a portfolio of 27 brands, 15 character licences and 300 retail stores across Australia and New Zealand. Trading under the Brand Collective Banner, our portfolio of brands includes Clarks, Hush Puppies, Shoes & Sox, Reebok, Superdry, Replay, Review, Elka Collective, Black Pepper, Yarra Trail, Everlast, Lonsdale, Julius Marlow, Grosby, Mossimo, Marco Polo, Volley and many more

Our people ask questions. They think outside the box. They ask how we can continue to do things better. They make no apologies for cutting through red-tape and they believe in the greatness of the rewards that can be reaped from working together. These are the kinds of people that we look for when we bring new talent into our business.

**The opportunity**:
We are on the lookout for an Supply Planning Assistant to join our dynamic team Reporting directly to the Demand Planner, the role is responsible for providing support in all aspects of the brands supply chain and Brand Support function. This high paced environment will suit an enthusiastic and organized person; especially focused on a global supply chain and import logistics career.

**The kind of people we look for**:
We are a friendly, dynamic and fun organisation and we are after a particular type of person:

- You are results-focused and motivated by achieving and exceeding your set goals.
- You revel and thrive in a people-focused role and enjoy building strong relationships.
- You are meticulously organised and place a strong focus on attention to detail.
- You are fun, enthusiastic, have high energy and love to work in a fast-paced environment.
- You are tech savvy and comfortable with learning new systems and software quickly.
- You have exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
- You are comfortable with admin tasks and understands that these are a critical part of the role.
- You are down for a LAUGH As cliché as it sounds, we are definitely a “work hard, play hard” team.

**Key duties and responsibilities**:

- Provide a high level of communication with global suppliers and China Office to ensure PO Delivery & shipment compliance.
- Work closely with our Product / Sales / Marketing / Logistics teams to develop seasonal supply strategies.
- Proactive communication with factories to ensure production timelines and targets are optimised.
- Assist in raising purchase orders for finished goods in alignment with Brand’s requirements and market demand.
- Ensure PO Delivery Tracking is updated with the latest supplier and ex-factory information.
- Maintain and manage supplier WIP documentation.
- Trouble shoot and assist in resolving any inventory and logistics issues.
- Provide accurate delivery reporting to both internal and external stakeholders.
- Keying, maintaining and confirming Customers orders
- Weekly reporting of order status to Sales and Business Managers
- Complete and maintain Major customer delivery schedules
- Set up product and ranges in AP21 system seasonally and follow through to ensure all data required is updated
- Maintain carry over styles pricing and season updates in line with new season cut over
- Maintain and add product to our customers order system Salesnet with accurate images for customers to place orders
- Generate and test seasonal order forms for customers to utilise when placing orders and Customer service to upload
- Maintain and confirm all pricing is accurately set up in all internal systems ensuring accurate invoicing
- Provide APN/EAN, Pricing and confirmed quantities to customers to ensure orders are raised accurately

**The skills and experience you offer us**:

- An understanding or interest in supply planning, global shipping and logistics, and customer service
- Confident in managing effective relationships with numerous external suppliers and China office staff.
- A strong ability to manage and develop internal relationships across multiple departments.
- Solid organisational skills and ability to effectively manage multiple priorities.
- Aptitude to problem solve and resolve supplier issues independently; and to communicate effective options to the brand stakeholders.
- Strong analytical and numeric skills.
- Intermediate Excel skills, accurate data entry skills along with great attention to detail
- A working knowledge of Apparel21 (AP21) would be advantageous or experience working with similar Oracle based software programs.
- EDI Customer order experience, and maintaining bulk orders accordingly
- Ability to work well under pressure during seasonal peak periods
- General computer skills with this role largely being a data and system driven role

**The perks we offer you**:
Some of our awesome benefits include:

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