We're recruiting for a small, fun and growing team within an international business that distribute well-known products/brands mainly across the UK and Europe.

We are specifically looking for a Stock & Sales Planner to join their team on a temp to perm basis in their Milton Keynes based office.

Chances in this company don't arise too often and this one is now live because this team has seen a huge growth in revenue over the past 3-4 years and the introduction of new brands into the existing portfolio. This new member would take responsibility for planning and developing these new brands. As the brands are new to the organisation, it gives the candidate the opportunity to have immediate impact and make your mark with the business.

This small team are seen as the "hub" of the office and get involved in all departments from finance and ecomm, to marketing and international orders.

Day-to-day you'd be dealing with all sorts too from ranging, forecasting, stock management, pricing, stock/sales analysis and so much more!

This role is going to be ideal for someone that's touched on some form of Merchandising, Buying or even more of an analytical type of role.

The plan for this person to work with some of their "small and growing" brands to work with as each of them will teach you different parts of the business, making this a really exciting opportunity.

On top of the above, ideally you'll need to be skilled on Excel, nothing too advanced, but the ability to work on sheets, databases and use vlookups, pivot tables and more would be very useful in this role.

There is a very positive atmosphere in this team and company, with fantastic benefits including hybrid working, free coffee machine, healthy snacks, themed lunch events, fitness incentives as well as free seasonal stock for staff multiple times a year.

The company's offices are based in central Milton Keynes, there is subsidised parking on site at a cheaper rate for employees - Although the company do operate on a hybrid basis, meaning you'd only need to be on-site 2 days a week and will be working 3 days remotely per week, working Monday to Friday.

You'd be working a standard Monday to Friday and 9am to 5pm in this role too.

This is a temporary position to start, with the role expected to go permanent after 5 months.

The permanent role will be paying a salary of up to £26k to £30k plus the numerous benefits on offer and whilst temping you'll be earning the hourly equivalent to this, on a weekly basis.

What to expect day-to-day:

Reporting: Create, maintain, review and publish regular/ad hoc reports to the wider business. Forecasting: Assist in creating and maintaining the seasonal sales forecasts with a view to owning the forecasts for 3x brands. Stock Management: Review our stock levels, highlighting any gaps and suggest stock transfers where necessary to ensure the right stock is in the right place at the right time. Stock Transfers: Create internal stock transfer orders between EU warehouses as well as from the US and Asia. Price Lists: Create, maintain and publish price lists to ensure customers have the latest product and pricing information. Perform ad-hoc tasks: Assist the Sales Planning Manager with ad-hoc planning tasks as required.What do we need from you:

Prior experience in a relevant role is desired - Merchandising, Buying, Analytics Confident on MS Excel, capable of working on spreadsheets. Great internal and external level communication skills are going to be essential. The ability to get to Milton Keynes at least twice a week is a must.Please do not hesitate to call and speak to Bobby on (phone number removed), we are recruiting for this position immediately and looking to book in interviews with a view to starting with this company right away.

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