Supply Chain Planner

**Supply Chain Planner**

**About**
**Optimas**:
Optimas is a global distributor of integrated supply chain solutions, and engineering support focused on delivering fasteners, components, industrial and safety supplies to our diverse customers around the world. Our local, on-the-ground teams understand the nuances of every community we serve. This allows us to adapt with our customers and partners as needs evolve, leveraging our footprint to remain at your side while providing a highly personalized level of service and support no matter where you find yourself around the globe.

**Position overview**:
Optimas is looking for an enthusiastic and driven Supply chain planner, to provide best-in-class service to our customers in a multi-location global distribution environment. Outstanding collaboration with other members of sales, supply chain and operations support teams is critical to achieving objectives.

**Principal Activities***:

- Support core supply chain planning activities with UK planning team
- Maintain strong supplier relationships
- Adhere and perform to the supply chain support planner key performance indicator
- Adhere to and embrace the THREAD values of Optimas

**Key responsibilities**:

- Communicate effectively with Multiple Stake Holders to ensure timely communication of part supply.
- Collaborate with Supply Chain Planners and Demand Planning to continuously improve forecast and order portfolios to the supplier.
- Maintain strong supplier relationships.
- Placing purchase orders as necessary, ensuring they’ve ordered the right supplies for the job and maintaining optimal inventory levels.
- Review and Challenge Supplier’s PO acknowledgement.
- Make sure POs are being delivered on time without any expediting charges.
- Responsible for all system transactions to execute purchasing transactions: order requirement, scheduling and placement.
- Coordinate inventory management efforts, work cross-functionally to optimize inventory levels to support on time delivery.
- Utilized Daily, Weekly, and Monthly reporting to optimize inventory investment
- Meet or exceed Supply Chain Planner Key Performance Indicators.
- Other tasks and duties as assigned

**Key Competencies***:

- Strategic Vision.
- Building organizational capacity.
- Results driven.
- Embrace change.
- Collaboration and Influence.
- Customer value and Market focus.

**Skills and Qualifications**:

- In-depth understanding of Materials Procurement.
- Excellent computer skills and proficiency with Microsoft Office Excel and Word.
- Demonstrable analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to comply with company procedures and policies.
- Excellent Communication skills - verbal and written.
- Interpersonal Skills.
- Excellent organizational skills
- Excellent time management
- Excellent Team working

This is an exciting opportunity for career development within a growing, global company. If you are ambitious and positive with good customer service, communication and administration skills, this is the role for you

Optimas OE Solutions provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Optimas OE Solutions complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

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