Supply Planning Specialist

Who are we?

Hi, we’re Tails.com – we turn good days into great years for dogs and their humans.

We're working towards longer lives for millions of healthy, happy dogs by providing tailored nutrition that adapts to each dog’s unique needs. It all starts with a few simple questions about their age, breed, zoomie level and tastebuds. From there, owners can create a personalised meal plan that's delivered to their door every month. No guesswork, no overwhelm. Just exactly the right care for every dog, every day. It's pretty clever stuff.

As a certified B Corp, being a responsible business is built into how we work – upholding high social and environmental standards to create better walkies for generations to come.

Now, we’re cooking up big plans. Having created an entirely new category in dog food, we have the backing of Purina – one of the world’s largest pet food companies. You’ll join a bunch of smart people working towards these same goals (and a bunch of very smart office dogs, all working on their own thing).

Job Title

Supply Planning Specialist

Reporting of the role

This role reports to the Supply Team Lead

Overview of the job

We’re looking for a Planning Specialist to ensure we fulfil every customer order in the UK for our direct-to-consumer (DTC) business. We do this by ensuring we have the right stock availability at controlled cost, delivered through a simplified, scalable, and collaborative planning process. This role reports to the Supply Team Lead and is part of our Operations Team. Join, and you’ll be right at the heart of a direct-to-customer subscription business in the pursuit of longer lives for millions of healthy, happy dogs. Customers and their dogs are at the heart of Tails.com ; we want each and every dog and owner to love being a part of the tails.com pack.

3 best things about the job

• High-impact role, own key product categories and directly influence stock availability, cost and customer experience.

• Great cross-functional exposure, work closely with Supply, Operations, NPD, Finance and external suppliers across the business.

• Significant professional growth potential through category rotation and continuous skill expansion.

Measures of success – In the first few months, you would have:

• Mastered the Tails.com purpose built ERP system to effectively manage operational workflows.

• Assumed full accountability for assigned product categories, consistently maintaining inventory coverage within target parameters.

• Developed a comprehensive understanding of category-related projects and provided proactive cross-functional support.

• Demonstrated autonomous decision-making capability regarding daily operational impacts on inventory levels.

• Established strong collaborative relationships across internal operations teams and key external suppliers.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Maintain stock availability to ensure seamless customer order fulfilment while balancing warehouse racking capacity and cash flow constraints.

• Manage day-to-day supplier relationships, including leading weekly operational reviews.

• Support and contribute to the Demand and Operations (D&Op) planning process by tracking category performance and delivering accurate quarterly forecasts.

• Collaborate with the New Product Development (NPD) team on range renovations and new product launches.

• Oversee the end-to-end purchase order (PO) lifecycle, from initial creation through to invoice payment by Finance.

What you will need:

• Strong attention to detail, highly organised, and comfortable taking ownership of stock categories, with the ability to identify and respond effectively to shifting demand and inventory levels.

• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets, including strong competency with complex formulas and data analysis.

• A collaborative team player committed to supporting colleagues and contributing to broader business goals.

• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to provide clear updates on stock positions to internal stakeholders and work cross-functionally.

• Demonstrate a proactive and collaborative approach, maintaining a continuous-improvement mindset toward operational processes and forecast accuracy.

A few of our core benefits include:

• Private Healthcare through AXA

• A 9 day fortnight - our office is closed every other Friday!

• 25 days of Annual Leave and 8 additional remote working days

For more information on our benefits, perks and what makes us unique, please visit our website here

What’s next?

If this sounds like it matches your experience and what you’d love to do, we can’t wait to hear from you! If you’re unsure whether you fit our criteria exactly, please get in touch anyway. And because we believe that diverse teams perform better, we’d especially love to hear from you if you’re from an under-represented demographic.

Here’s a taster of how our recruitment process works:

1. Once you have applied your CV will be reviewed by the Talent Acquisition Team.

2. If selected, you will then have a call with the TA Team who will tell you more about us and the role, as well as learning more about your skills and experience.

3. Should you be successful, the next stage will be a video call with the hiring manager.

4. If successful, you will be invited to present a task back to a panel of interviewers.

Our Commitment

We’re proud to be an active equal opportunity employer. We want to give everyone a fair chance to join us in changing the world of pet food for good. We do this by conducting a structured recruitment process for all candidates, as well as actively promoting our roles to communities that are under-represented at Tails.com .

During your interview process you’ll meet some of our team with varying levels of responsibility and experience. We want to give every candidate a fair interview process and if you need any reasonable adjustments made, please let us know.