Retail Replenishment Planner

Vacancy Information

We have a fantastic opportunity to join the Replenishment team at Greggs as a Retail Replenishment Planner

We can offer you:

• 21 days (4.2 weeks) annual leave, pro-rated, increasing with service, plus bank holidays and 1 additional floating day
• Colleague discount, up to 50% off our own-produced products
• Paid breaks
• Free hot drinks while on a shift break
• Profit share: We want everyone to share in the success of the business, so we distribute 10% of our profits to all our colleagues who have at least 6-month service, or more, each year
• Share save schemes that let you buy discounted Greggs shares, by saving a set amount of money over a fixed time, to have an even bigger share of our profits
• Career progression and learning and development
• Employee Assistance Programme; A free, confidential helpline, offering advice and support with financial, relationship, work-related and wellbeing issues, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Including a mobile app providing a range of wellness content on physical, mental, social, and financial wellbeing
• Perks and savings, such as digital gift card discounts, online cashback, in-store and online coupons and lifestyle offers
• A company who cares about our communities; the environment and being a better business! Click here to read about The Greggs Pledge
• Colleague Networks – internal groups where colleagues and their allies can share their own experiences, offer feedback on the way we do things at Greggs, and provide support to one another

What you'll do

As a Retail Replenishment planner you’ll:

• Support with the analysis of the creation of orders based on sales forecast and replenishment factors within the SAP replenishment system ensuring orders are sent to the correct supply centre for production or picking on time
• Flag any articles where orders appear too high or too low to the forecasting team especially during periods of seasonal change, new launches and activity and lines which are being discontinued
• Support the management of the new shop process, including refits, re-sites and closures, working cross functionally with the relevant teams to ensure shops are supported throughout the process
• Support the Hygiene order cycle between shops, retail, procurement and supply sites
• Dealing with shop queries and ensuring that issues are resolved following the most appropriate course of action
• Support the stock count process for new shops, offline shops ad hoc counts and season counts in shops
• Keep up to date with future NPD, discontinuations, activity plans and forecast changes
• Manage the allocation of product for seasonal lines, NPD or stock shortage
• Manage the offline shop order process, ensuring any relevant shops get a good shop order
• Support the analysis of what articles are being amended in shops and what impact that is having on availability and waste
• Audit the delivery cycle maintenance in the replenishment system, flagging issues for resolution with the forecasting team or MDM where appropriate
• Support the process to flag weather forecasts to the forecasting team, highlighting significant changes which may impact the short-term sales forecast

About you

You will fit right into this role if you can demonstrate:

• You are a strong team player, able to build good working relationships at all levels

• A proven ability to provide excellence in customer service

• High levels of accuracy and attention to detail

• Experience of, and the ability to multi-task and work with multiple priorities calmly and at pace

• Strong skills in planning, prioritising, and organising

• Multi-tasking and working with multiple priorities at pace, delivering results within tight timescales

• IT skills including Microsoft 365; SharePoint, Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Teams

• You are self-motivated with the ability to work under pressure and using own initiative

• Enjoy being part of a hard-working team, sharing the same end goal, and celebrating results together

• Are supportive of an inclusive culture – recognising and valuing that difference is good

• Want to develop and are ready to work alongside some great people and have lots of fun on your Greggs journey!

About Greggs

Here at Greggs, we love what we do, and we have fun! What makes Greggs so special is our culture – the way we are, the way we behave and the way we support each other. We're hard-working, but above all else we're family; and it doesn't matter who you are, where you're from or what your favourite bake is, we’d love you to join us! We want everyone to feel welcome at Greggs and our colleagues to be able to be themselves at work, whatever their background, preferences, or views.