DISTRIBUTION MANAGER - LAWN & GARDEN PRODUCTS - SUFFOLK STOWMARKET, SUFFOLK WHITE GOODS

Distribution Manager - Lawn & Garden Products -

Description

DISTRIBUTION MANAGER
LAWN AND GARDEN PRODUCTS
STOWMARKET, SUFFOLK
+ ASSISTANCE WITH RELOCATION

As Distribution Manager you will be expected to manage the supply chain between central and local warehouses, by forecasting the market needs of the business unit in cooperation with the sales and marketing organisations and to ensure that this market demand is fulfilled.

You will be required to ensure high service level availability of goods at optimal inventory levels, to cover all products of the business for several sales regions, to make decisions about replenishment strategies, to monitor replenishments and, in the case of exceptions, initiate activities to ensure availability on time and to plan product launches, manage phase out of discontinued products, and manage current promotions demands.

You will also be involved in controlling stock reservation (SAP contracts), maintenance of systems parameters, maintaining master data management, managing over stocks and distribution bottleneck management and to act as the contact with specific plant.

To fulfill the role of Distribution Manager, you will be educated to degree level or equivalent, or hold relevant logistics experience, as well as being IT literate and have a numeric aptitude. Ideally you will be experienced in sales and/or different logistic areas with customer orientation.

You should be an excellent communicator and a good team leader, able to demonstrate initiative and work independently with an entrepreneurial mind set and have a methodical, flexible and adaptable approach to work.

This is a first class opportunity for you to join this world leader in the design and manufacture of garden products. With a £100 million turnover in the UK and overseas, this company offers the chance to work with their highly qualified team of experts, with excellent career prospects. The site is situated in a very pleasant rural location within easy reach of the coast

Beechwood Recruitment Ltd