Inventory Planner at Pharmacy Heart

Why you should work with us, Anna Ek, Head of Forecast-based Inventory Refill, explains:

At Forecast-based Inventory Refill, we are responsible for optimizing the daily inventory refill to our pharmacies and our E-commerce warehouse. We utilize the RELEX system to ensure that we have the right goods in the right place in the right quantity.

We are now looking for an Inventory Planner to join the team. You will be part of a solution-oriented team where everyone is driven by the desire to learn new things and constantly improve and simplify. At Pharmacy Heart, we work every day with the goal of making everyday life easier for our pharmacies, our two warehouses, and our customers, and to succeed in our mission, I think it is important that we are curious, committed, and responsible. In the team, we support each other, we have fun together, and we strive for a good balance between work and private life.

This is how an Inventory Planner works at Heart!In the role of Inventory Planner, your overall responsibility will be to optimize the daily flow of goods from suppliers and our central warehouse to our pharmacies and our E-commerce warehouse. This means ensuring that all our units receive the right amount of goods at the right time. To achieve this, you will work on analyzing outcomes, identifying deviations, and planning for future events. You will have the support of the RELEX system and knowledgeable and committed colleagues.

These are your overall responsibilities:

• be responsible for the daily inventory refill for a number of categories and/or suppliers where availability and turnover rate are the most important KPIs
• plan inventory refill for campaigns, assortment revisions, seasons, and other events
• have daily contact with pharmacies, suppliers, and our E-commerce warehouse
• work cross-functionally with other departments to ensure an optimal replenishment process
• work deviation-based to constantly optimize our forecasts
• support other departments with analysis and insights

This is you!

We are looking for someone with a relevant university degree in economics or logistics or equivalent post-secondary education from a vocational college. You have at least 1-3 years of experience in inventory planning and/or forecasting, preferably in retail or the pharmacy industry. You have very good knowledge of MS Office, especially Excel. We value your experience working with forecast-based inventory replenishment systems, such as RELEX. Since our corporate language is Swedish, it is important that you are fluent in Swedish, both spoken and written.

To succeed in this role, you need to be independent, curious, and driven. You are analytically minded while also having the ability to prioritize and see the big picture. Structure and accuracy are also qualities that describe you. In the role of Inventory Planner, you have many touchpoints within Pharmacy Heart, so it is important that you are social and assertive.

Do you want to contribute to better health and greater well-being every day with us?

We offer you an exciting job in a company that is growing and evolving. Despite having close to 400 pharmacies, we are at Heart like a small company. For us, it is important to value our employees' knowledge and thoughts, and our location in the ICA Group provides great opportunities for both personal and professional development. At Pharmacy Heart, we are careful about how we create results, and we build our success on Heart's values - commitment, entrepreneurship, and simplicity.

Here you can read more about what it is like to work at Pharmacy Heart and the ICA group. We at Heart strive for a balanced gender distribution and see diversity as a strength. Therefore, we welcome applicants from different backgrounds!

What happens next?

The position is a permanent position as an Inventory Planner and is full-time or as agreed. The position will be filled by agreement. The application deadline is 06-12-2024. We will continuously review the applications, and the position may therefore be filled before the application deadline. As part of competency-based recruitment, we use psychometric tests. If you have any questions about the position and the recruitment process, contact Head of Forecast-based Inventory Refill Anna Ek 072-515 62 30 / [email protected].

Welcome to a pharmacy with a big Heart!