With over 50.000 employees and more than 1.700 stores, Action is growing extremely fast as we are expanding our market share but also penetrating new markets. With more intake on inventory and more DC’s each year, we are called to manage a more complex network. Working at Action means working at a dynamic and fast paced company where you continuously learn and grow.

As a Junior Supply Planner you will be part of the Supply Chain Planning department and report to the Unit Planning Manager. The Junior Supply Planner is in close contact with the Category Planning Lead Category Demand Planner, Category Buyer and Individual suppliers.

The main focus of the Junior Supply Planner lies in ensuring optimal inventory levels and availability for our stores and DC’s. You are the main point of contact for the supplier to ensure optimal delivery and solve any delivery issues.

Your daily Actions
You will monitor inbound deliveries in the portal on a daily basis. Moreover, you will communicate and cooperate with stakeholders such as buying, commercial and logistics in order to achieve (common) goals. You will maintain promotions in order to ensure in time and in full availability of promo items, maintain contacts with suppliers in order to follow up on issues and take mitigating actions to prevent issues with suppliers. You will be responsible for managing your planning parameters and you maintain forecasts in the replenishment system. You will be carrying out administrative tasks such as maintaining logistic and order management data, and you will maintain forecasts in the replenishment system. You will validate order proposals per DC provided by the replenishment system, and you will monitor and maintain KPI's on a daily basis. Additionally, you will follow up on in time and in full delivery of supplier for domestic and direct import suppliers, and you will follow up on delivery issues on a daily basis.