THE ROLE

The role of the Production Planning Partner is to oversee the production planning of our UK supply base, working with factories predominately based in The Midlands and London. This role will be Midlands based with 1 to 2 days a week in London. This role will work closely with our Sourcing, Buying, Merchandising, Technical and Materials Sourcing functions.

The Production Planning Partner will be responsible for ensuring the smooth running and maximisation of our UK supply base to deliver its full potential, securing production capacity to deliver stock into the business to meet our speed to market targets. 

The candidate should have strong influencing and communication skills, along with a proven track record of working in the fashion industry dealing with multiple product types.

** Th​is role is based in primarily in Leicester with one day a week in the London office THE TEAM

ASOS is one of the UK’s top fashion and beauty destinations, expanding globally at a rapid pace. Our values are to be authentic, brave, creative and disciplined and we live and breathe these in everything we do.
 

What you’ll be doing… 

• Overseeing the Production Planning of our Key Suppliers

• Building strong partnerships with key suppliers to grow ASOS responsibly

• Working closely with Sourcing Partners, Buying, Merchandising and technical team to maximise opportunities

• Smooth running and maximise the potential of our available capacity to achieve speed to market.

• Optimising the balance, flow of our production – working with key teams to ensure we are developing product and driving product & efficiencies

• Supporting teams and ASOS achieve speed to market with our FWI framework

• Staying close to new initiatives, process and ways of working and engage peers and wider business with these opportunities

• Improving process and efficiencies within our supply base

Production Planning and Supplier Management of key growth regions/categories 

• Managing capacity responsibly across ASOS Design Brands ensuring that right product, right supplier.

• Maximising efficiency of our production by optimising the balance, flow and regularity of our development and orders

• Highlighting opportunity and minimise risk

• Supporting speed to market

• Supporting suppliers and teams with WOW, Engagement, and new opportunities

• Managing a consistent approach to production planning and supplier forecasts.

• Ensuring right product, right supplier with regular review of performance

• Building strong supplier relationships to support partnership approach

Support and embed new sourcing initiatives

• Stakeholder management - Opportunity and plan 

• Managing Critical path

• Creating roadmap and status reports – highlighting risk and opportunity

• Working with sourcing partner to manage roll out to wider business

Cross functional engagement

• Supporting the wider business and sourcing team to land strategic change

• Creating strong networks to ensure alignment & working towards the bigger picture

• Supporting sourcing team with financial reporting and collation of numbers to support sourcing strategy

• Engaging with Finance and Commercial teams to ensure financial data is aligned.

We’d love to meet someone with…

• A numerical/analytical background would a benefit

• Strong relationship management skills

• The ability to see the big picture and reprioritise as necessary

• The ability to break down problems into solutions

• Flexibility and agility to adapt to changing trading and production conditions

• A commercial aptitude, and Make commercial decisions 

• Balanced judgements between department priorities & requests

• Personal skills to build a trusted team network at ASOS and with the supply base

What's in it for you? 

• Competitive salary, bonus, and pension matching 

• Life insurance, free private medical care, cycle to work scheme + more 

• A bespoke flexible benefits scheme catered to you 

• Best in class Learning & Development schemes and career development programmes 

• 25 days holiday + never work on your birthday again! 

• Free modern onsite gym, plus personal training, and wellness rooms 

• A dynamic social environment, from company-wide sports days, charity days, ‘Give A Week Away’ opportunities to visit our charity partners in India & company-wide celebrations to name just a few 

• Huge staff discounts and sample sales