Superdrug
Supply Chain Planner – Beauty & Personal Care
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Supply Chain Procurement & Planning Buyer (Branded Hair & International Beauty) – East Croydon
📍 Location: East Croydon 🕒 Hours: 37.5 (9:00 AM – 5:30 PM) | Hybrid Working
- 2 days working from home
- 3 days in a stylish, modern, collaborative office near East Croydon Station 💷 Salary: Competitive
Why Superdrug?
Passionate about Beauty and Health? Love being part of an innovative, trend-setting retailer?
Our vibrant Head Office near East Croydon Station is a fantastic environment filled with hundreds of brilliant personalities. We put our customers and teams at the heart of everything—aiming to be the best in accessible health & beauty, loved for:
- Value
- Choice
- Friendly advice & service
- Fun
Our success? People matter. We’re about personality, fun, hard work, and delivering That Superdrug Feeling!
The Supply Chain team ensures superb Distribution Centre and in-store availability across 800+ stores, organised into sub-teams supporting key Commercial departments.
What A Typical Day Involves
✅ Alignment & Demand Management
- Protect on-shelf availability for branded Hair, Skin, and Personal Care products
- Achieve 95% Distribution Centre availability by ordering stock at the right time, anticipating sales peaks and troughs
✅ Operational Excellence
- Place and control purchase orders with suppliers
- Manage stock levels within business budgets
- Ensure streamlined flow from supplier → warehouse → store → customer
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✅ Promotions & Forecasting
- Launch promotional events with accurate stock v/s sales forecasts
- Maintain a collaborative demand forecast with Buying and suppliers
✅ Supplier Engagement
- Liaise regularly with suppliers to meet service standards
- Resolve delivery issues & align on future opportunities and risks
✅ Cross-Team Collaboration
- Report on availability, stock levels & supplier performance
- Work closely with Buying & Merchandising for strong promotional availabilities
- Drive stock turnover to reduce slow-moving inventory
✅ Customer-Centric Leadership
- Be the voice of customers, ensuring the brand purpose is embedded at every touchpoint
- Inspire a customer-first culture across both online and offline platforms
What You’ll Need to Succeed
Experience & Skills
✔ Minimum 3 years in Supply Chain, Merchandising, or related roles ✔ Strong numerical & analytical skills for Distribution Centre & in-store availability ✔ Confident in stakeholder communication (internal: Buying, Merchandising, Stores, Warehouse; external: suppliers) ✔ Proficient in Excel (V-lookups, pivot tables) and Retek (or similar IT systems)
Key Attributes
🔹 Demand planning and supplier management experience 🔹 Data-driven decision-making using supply chain data to optimise stock flows 🔹 Customer-first mindset—delight customers through service excellence 🔹 Collaborative & adaptable—brings a team-first approach 🔹 Feedback & continuous improvement—seeks growth, challenges processes, encourages innovation
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Future-Orienated Mindset
🔬 AI literacy & curiosity—explores how AI can enhance operations 🤝 Balances AI efficiency with human touch—prioritises collaboration and empathy 🌟 Growth mindset—actively develops AI skills and critical thinking
What’s in It for You?
Work & Flexibility
🕒 33–38 days holiday (rising with tenure, inclusive of bank holidays) 💶 Staff discounts (2 codes: self + family/friend) 💄 30% off Superdrug Own Brand products (online & in-store) 🏢 Hybrid work option (supported by a modern, collaborative office) 💼 Pension matching & performance bonus
Competitive Benefits
📱 Stream app – access a share of pay via earnings 🎨 Part of a larger group – aligned with Savers, The Perfume Shop, and Three UK under A.S. Watson Group 🌍 World's largest health & beauty retailer (15,700+ stores, 25 markets)
Career & Well-being
📚 Unrivalled Learning & Development programmes � emperor Enhanced leave policies – maternity, shared parental, adoption, and company sick pay & support for pregnancy loss
Come join us and be part of something special! 🌟
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