Sales and Operations Planner Location: Cannock, West Midlands Salary: Up to 32.5k Hours: Mon-Fri Grafton recruiting are working on behalf of a successful, leading manufacturing business in the Cannock area who are looking for an experienced Operations Planner to join their team.Duties and responsibilities:Play a key role in development and implementation of SandOP rules through understanding business and customer requirementsAssist in development of ERP system to improve forecast accuracy and SandOP process efficiencyWork closely with the sales teams to understand customers ordering behaviours and collaborate to drive order accuracy improvementReview sales demand, understand the assumptions / trends / constraints and opportunities to generate and communicate the supply plan to key stakeholdersAnalyse sales trends and identify the key drivers of sales for key productsIdentify abnormal demand to prevent downstream issuesWork closely with the factories to ensure adherence to the build plans and understand any reason for deviation and potential impact to stock and service levelsProvide scenario plans to evaluate management of constraints and opportunities, show agility in evaluating the impact of change in demand and / or supply and make recommendationsMonitor and challenge adherence to the sales and production plansPublish stock availability dataDevelop and publish score card of the business performanceLiaise and build strong communication channels with all departmentsThe ..... full job details .....