Supply Chain Analyst

Supply Chain Analyst - Birchwood/ Hybrid working

Initial 6 month contract - high potential to be extended

37 hours a week - 8.30am - 5pm Monday to Friday

An exciting opportunity to work as part of the Aftermarket Inbound Supply Team who are responsible for managing supplier schedules and performance whilst helping drive customer availability and profitable growth for the business.

This role is essential in ensuring that lead time supplier schedules are acknowledged and managed into the business on time, in full and compliantly, as well as ensuring that all supplier arrears and customer backorders have relevant and up-to-date promise dates or robust action plans in place to recover. This role also requires timely action, responding to escalated customer requirements, managing internal and external expectations and challenging supplier performance.

The success of this role is achieved through a tenacious work ethic and belief in delivering best in class customer service.

Job Responsibilities & Duties of the Supply Chain Analyst

• Ensure that all customer backorders have a relevant and up to date recovery/availability date
• Manage communication to the Customer Services group where a recovery date is not provided
• Report supplier adherence to processes surrounding order acknowledgements and deliverables
• Manage output from the forecasting system, communicating firm requirements and negotiating schedule changes with the supplier
• Arrange collection transportation where appropriate
• Weekly & monthly analysis across the desk to identify and report on Supplier Performance failure
• Use Tableau reporting to highlight account adherence to schedules by Suppliers
• Use output of Built In Quality process to drill down and provide root cause fix to reasons behind instances causing business grief on physical and invoice receipt
• Using Plan-Do-Check-Act method to formulate action plan / next steps for suppliers of focus

Skills and Experience required of the Supply Chain Analyst

• Previous work experience within a Supply Chain function
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications
• Previous work experience and knowledge of SAP systems
• Previous work experience and good knowledge of EDI (Electronic Date Interchange)
• Knowledge of Lean methodology and 8 Wastes
• Ability to identify a problem, articulate it clearly, progress it to a solution involving others as appropriate
• Strong team ethic with the ability the work on own initiative
• Proven ability to maintain react and think quickly to fast moving fluid situations and deadlines
• A collaborator, building strong working relationships with all levels of all functions, always working towards a win/win result across all relationships
• Demonstrate meticulous levels of attention to detail.
• Ability to Prioritise according to discipline of Business Goals whilst remaining flexible and adaptable to customer specific requirements

Competitive Hourly Rate - Umbrella OR PAYE

To apply, please submit a copy of your up to date CV clearly indicating your relevant experience. Applicants must have an existing right to work in the UK and evidence of eligibility will be required. Suitable candidates will be contacted.

The above represents a summary of the contract assignment.  A full description of this contract assignment is available. A full explanation of this rate and all deductions will be explained in a key information document (KID) supplied to registered candidates.