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Demand Planner

Pet Circle

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Operations

Sydney, NSW, Australia

Posted on Tuesday, April 2, 2024

At Pet Circle, we want to create a world where pets and their families are healthy, happy and spend more time together. The pet industry is booming (it’s a $15 billion dollar industry!) and pets are holding bigger spaces in our hearts and homes than ever before. Online penetration of the pet industry is going to grow exponentially in the next 5 years. This is a unique opportunity in your career to be part of our exceptional growth story!Founded and headquartered in Sydney, our team is now over 700 people strong and are based across Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines.

The Opportunity

Reporting to our Planning Manager, you will work as part of our Supply Chain team focusing on inventory and supply planning across all of our different pet categories. You will work cross-functionally with our fulfilment, commercial and business management teams and will learn how different parts of our business interact with each other to achieve our common company goal: going above and beyond for our customers.

What You'll be Doing

Develop and implement demand strategies.
Make critical decisions regarding inventory investments, allocation, and risk mitigation, including ensuring purchase orders are placed with suppliers. Manage workflow processes, timing and ensure replenishment activities are efficient.
Ensure all inventory and stock management systems are maintained accurately, within the agreed parameters and in real-time.
Analyse and improve inventory-related processes to increase efficiency, reduce costs, and enhance overall supply chain performance - including optimisation of inventory across multiple locations.
Provide and implement recommendations and actions to ensure we address OOS causes via monitoring and evaluation of the OOS Report. Owning the performance and relationship management and development of suppliers, creation and completion of supplier plans related to improving performance from a supply chain perspective.
Fostering partnerships with all external and internal stakeholders to promote trust within the end to end planning process and increase awareness of the value proposition of a well run demand and inventory function.

What Success Looks Like

Demonstrating a strong ability to develop and implement demand strategies that align with organisational goals, leading to increased demand forecasting accuracy and improved customer satisfaction.
Ensuring optimal inventory levels across multiple locations are maintained to meet customer demand while minimising stockouts and/or excess inventory costs.
Effectively managing workflow processes and timing to ensure replenishment activities are efficient.
Implementing strategies to reduce instances of stockouts and improve product availability.
Developing and executing supplier plans aimed at improving supply chain performance.
Fostering partnerships with external and internal stakeholders.

Your Key Skills and Experience

Highly motivated, action-oriented individual who is ready to take on responsibility and make independent decisions.
Willingness to roll up your sleeves and be hands on to achieve outcomes.
Demonstrated ability to work closely with others, both internally (cross-functionally within a Supply Chain or Merchandising team) as well as externally with partners.
Exceptional Excel expertise and communication skills.
Previous experience in inventory management, supply planning and replenishment ordering within a high SKU environment.
High level attention to detail, planning, organisational and administrative skills with demonstrated effectiveness in developing systems, processes and procedures to prioritise tasks and ensure achievement of goals and meet deadlines.
Financial modelling and forecasting experience is desirable.
End to end project management including goal setting, scoping, setting timelines, and execution to the plan.
Experience in using data driven analysis to identify and solve problems, build business cases, and negotiate.
Experience using Just Enough, Anaplan, or similar systems.
Experience working with external stakeholders, e.g. in a client facing or B2B role.

Role Location

At Pet Circle we believe that collaboration and team connection is key for success. This role will be based in Sydney with a blended working arrangement of up to 4 days per week in our pet friendly offices (including 1 day per week working from our Eastern Creek fulfilment centre) and the remainder working from home (or the office, if you prefer!) Our working arrangements and your required office day are subject to change in line with business requirements.

Belong at Pet Circle

Our unique expertise unites us to achieve our goal of helping pet parents, pet better. We value diversity in all forms and perspectives, always. No matter your background, please apply if our roles ignite an excitement in you to bring your full self to work each day.