Job Description
Job Title: Planning Assistant
Location: Central London (Fully onsite)
Contract Length: 16/02/2026 to 29/05/2026
Payrate: £111 to £125 PAYE OR £150 to £169 UMBRELLA - depending on experience
Hours: 37.5/week
RESPONSIBILITIES
Replenishment Operational Management
They will be responsible for:
*Assessing the Global Replenishment forecasts for their Division/Areas, and creating a culture of accountability for forecast accuracy
*Maintaining the Global board line cards for Replenishment items and ensuring adherence to the Replenishment monthly critical path
*Collaborating with a designated Region to identify and maximize opportunities in Replenishment products
*Determining long range forecasting to support some key vendor strategies
*Assisting in the Global Single Pool of Inventory, including forecasting future procurement by size and weekly Single Pool Stock allocations to regional contracts
*Accountable for communication to the Regions on weekly allocation and stock drops
*Partnering with Region to define optimal A&R parameters, driving global alignment, championing a unique relationship with an assigned Region whilst covering their product areas for all.
*Alongside Planner, responsible for assessing the Global Replenishment line cards and ensuring adherence to global Weeks of Cover targets for both store and hub
*Alongside Planner, responsible for driving the Global Replenishment Buy process across all lines actualising against seasonal plans
*Assists in preparation of insightful commercial analyses to highlight missed opportunities and hindsight for future collection guidance / development particularly with respect for regional ranging
*Assist other Replenishment Planners on coordinating regular free stock drops to optimize replenishment inventory
*Assisting in forecasting and planning Replenishment margin for Input into the Seasonal Plans
Global Line Card Management
*Responsible for maintaining parameters within Global Line Card across all Replenishment options, including addition and removals, seasonal set-up, link line management.
*Responsible to reviewing Replenishment sized procurement, drive SPI allocation to Regions
*Responsible for building and maintaining any necessary line card functionality to ensure optimum process and changes in business process.
*Responsible for reviewing trading and buy summaries across the line card which flag anomalies versus centrally defined Hub WOC, Mins and Maxes
*Responsible for updating Training documentation and driving ongoing training on Line cards across the regions.
*Responsible for maintain good working relationship with IT to ensure data inputs into the Replenishment Line Cards are sustainable and fit for
Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.