We're looking for a confident and experienced Supply Chain Specialist to take ownership for outstanding availability at store, depot and item level in designated product categories, whilst delivering against stock and waste targets to minimise cash impacts to the business.
In this role, you'll work as part of our Business Team, with accountabilities including:
Customer
● Ensure systems data is input in a timely manner to ensure no impact to availability
● Owning end to end product, data and performance for your categories
● Own the escalations at the right time where opportunities/risks arise in regards to product flow
Colleague
● Work with business teams on strategic improvements for their categories such as:
○ Case size optimising
○ Lead time optimisation
○ Waste improvement
○ End to end productivity
○ Lowest cost to serve
○ Exception management
● Develop strong collaborative relationships with the full Business Team who work on the category to agree the optimum levels of products to meet sales demand
Operational
● Actively managing supplier base
● Negotiate with suppliers on service performance
● Report and communicate accurately on KPI performance
● Work with suppliers and provide accurate information to plan stock levels effectively to maximise sales
● Analyse large pieces of complex data
● Own the sales alignment for categories
Sales, Profit and Cash
● Review promotional performance and stock targets on a weekly basis
● Give suppliers accurate information to plan stock levels effectively to maximise sales
● Influence and work with the commercial teams to make decisions that improve availability and reduce waste