Inventory Planner

• Work for the world’s leading imaging organisation
• Great learning opportunity within a highly collaborative and supportive team
• Flexible work from home options

About us

Canon is the world's leading imaging organisation. As a Fortune 500 Company, we actively inspire people with imaginative ideas that enable you to connect, communicate and achieve more than you thought possible. When you join Canon Australia, you’ll find a rewarding culture that values you. You’re empowered to focus on your career progression and turn your goals into reality. You’ll be an integral part of the group’s success.

About the Role

The purpose of the Product Planning department is to ensure continued supply of Canon merchandise, parts and consumables across Oceania whilst maintaining optimal inventory levels in line with Canon Australia’s stock strategies. It oversees procurement of Canon merchandise, parts, and consumables, and requires substantial liaison with Canon Inc. This department is also responsible for product set ups, managing stock allocations, reducing slow moving inventory, and coordinating with various internal departments to have right inventory across Oceania.

The role involves planning, forecasting, reviewing stock levels for product lines & follow up reporting. This is a Macquarie Park based role with work from home options. It reports to the Senior Manager – Product Planning.

Main Duties

• Monitor and maintain correct stock levels across Oceania
• Maintain product profile in ERP as required
• Analyse and forecast demand of CINC and local products based on sales history, stock situation, inventory targets and place orders per stipulated process
• Learn and maintain capability within CINC and vendor systems as applicable
• Minimise backorders and supply ETA for awaiting items to all parties involved
• Process Inventory related transactions as required
• Projects as assigned

About You

You are someone with excellent organisation skills with minimum 2 years experience in product planning/inventory management in medium to large organisations. Your ability to work effectively with various stakeholders within a sales business is key and you thrive in a deadline driven environment. Your working knowledge of Microsoft D365 and advanced excel skills will be viewed advantageously. Key skills include:

• Ability to identifying inventory-related issues and developing effective solutions to minimise customer impact
• Strong analytical and decision making abilities
• High level of accuracy and attention to detail
• Capability to prioritise tasks to meet deadlines
• Excellent verbal communication and written communication skills
• Advanced Microsoft Excel knowledge including macro skills
• Ability to work in a highly dynamic environment with growth mindset

In return we offer a supportive team environment where collaboration and support from your leaders and peers is the norm. We’ll invest in your development and long-term future and we can promise you a variety and enough challenge to keep things interesting across the wide variety of customer we support.

If this sounds like you, apply today!

We believe in the power of an inclusive and diverse workforce. We trust you will bring your authentic self to work and we will focus on making sure that together, we make a strong contribution to the broader community in which we operate. Where possible, flexible working arrangements are the norm, as we know a better work-life balance can improve your motivation, performance, and productivity.

Some benefits include

• Free onsite parking at Canon’s Macquarie Park office
• Bonus Leave including:
  • Birthday leave, to celebrate, relax or do something special
  • Canon Day, an extra day of leave during the Christmas holidays
  • Kyosei Day, or volunteer leave to take a paid day off to do good in your community
• Flexible working arrangements, where possible
• Training and development opportunities to help you bring your goals to life
• Wellbeing benefits, including everything from discounted health insurance to flu vaccines to confidential counselling
• Performance Recognition, in the form of quarterly and annual awards programs for high-performers
• Milestone recognition on your work anniversaries in the form of carbon credits, merchandise, or retirement fund rewards
• Discounted Canon products offered at discounted rates
• Education assistance to support the cost of any external training that gives you new skills for your job

As an equal opportunity employer focused on strengthening our inclusive culture, all applicants will be considered and we welcome applications from people of all ages, cultures including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, abilities, religious beliefs, national origin, sexual orientation and gender identities. Benefits/perks may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Canon Group and the country where you work. All applicants must be eligible to work in the country they are applying to at the time of application.

Looking to join this diverse team? Apply online now.

Successful applicants will be notified of next steps.

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