Promotional Inventory Planner - Rowville, Australia - GPC Asia Pacific

GPC Asia Pacific

Verified Company

Rowville, Australia

3 weeks ago

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Olivia Brown

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Full time

Description

An exciting opportunity has arisen to appoint a
Promotional Inventory Planning specialist within our Supply Chain Planning team at Rowville.

Reporting to the Supply Planning Program Manager, this role will own the delivery of promotional inventory to support the Merchandise strategies for our Repco Retail promotional plans.

This role will be based at either our National Support Office in Rowville (Victoria), or
other location depending on applicants' location.

About the role:

Promotional Planning for Retail Catalogues & Retail sales events are what we do & flawless execution is our goal
You will be working with a high performing and professional Supply Chain & Logistics team, delivering excellence in Retail Inventory management & execution for the all the Retail events we deploy every year Easter catalogue's, Father's Day, Mother's Day, Xmas and many more exciting retail catalogues and tactical events
The daytoday functions are highly collaborative in nature, and you must be able to flex style, communication, and processes to accommodate working closely with stakeholders in the Merchandise, Supply Chain, Logistics & Marketing teams. We work together, plan together, execute together and win together
With over 400 Repco stores across Australia & New Zealand, execution through Inventory & forecast analysis, purchasing from suppliers and the final step of deploying the allocation of Inventory across this large store network. You will be supported by a foundation of data literacy through a suite of technology tools, including Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access, COGNOS, and Mainframe ERP all designed to help deliver meaningful planning, predictive analytics and plan outputs
End to End supply chain for promotional inventory planning requires a strong capability and understanding of all aspects of the chain from demand planning, supply chain planning and domestic and International Logistics. Satisfying our customers is first and foremost and you can achieve this by always thinking of ways to best optimise the product flow from our suppliers all the way to our 400+ Repco store network

About YOU:

Strong communication skills at all levels of business combined with exceptional stakeholder management skills
Be an efficient influencer who is intelligent with numbers, organised, proactive and a true team player that can work under pressure and juggle priorities in a dynamic, customer driven, retail environment
Have a solid track record in retail supply chain planning and principles
Be a superstar always looking for process improvement and optimisation opportunities within supply chain
Exceptional data analytical, evaluation and interpretation skills
A minimum Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Excel. Access Database knowledge will be favourably considered as will experience with COGNOS and Mainframe ERP systems
Be customercentric and always focused on delivering the best outcomes to internal and external customers.
Proactive in providing insights and recommendations to key stakeholders
Ability to keep yourself and crossfunctional team members focused on timeline deliverables
Possess not only analytical but commonsense approaches to problems
Passionate about what you do

Some of the reasons we love working at GPC:

Part of a global organisation, yet you feel part of a family
Flexible working arrangements
Successful, stable, growing business
Support iconic and emerging Australian brands: Repco, NAPA, AMX, Sparesbox and more
Attractive product discounts across all GPC AP businesses
Strong rewards & recognition programs
Access to GPC's exciting employee platform MOVE, unlocking amazing discounts at top retailers, business announcements, ecards and our employee recognition program, plus so much more
A supportive team environment, where we work with supremely talented people
Employee Assistance Program for team members and their families
Career development prospects
Strong valuesbased foundations
Innovation and forward moving are a reality

About Us

With 100 years operational experience, and over 6000 employees GPC Asia Pacific is the largest automotive aftermarket parts supplier in Australia and New Zealand, supported by Genuine Parts Company in North America.

GPC Asia Pacific is the parent company to brands such as Repco, NAPA, McLeod Accessories and AMX, amongst others.