Retail Supply Chain Analyst - FTC 12 months
Posted 6 days ago by Pharmacy2U Ltd
Negotiable
Fixed-Term
Hybrid
Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The Retail Supply Chain Analyst role is a fixed-term contract for 12 months, based in Leeds, focusing on ensuring optimal stock availability for a leading online pharmacy. The position involves managing supplier relationships, stock levels, and forecasting to enhance service delivery to patients. The role requires extensive experience in supply chain or commercial buying, with a strong emphasis on data analysis and process improvement. The position offers a competitive salary and a range of employee benefits, including hybrid working after training.
Key Responsibilities:
- Placing orders with manufacturers and suppliers.
- Proactively following up on purchase orders with suppliers/manufacturers.
- Leading the investigation of stock-related complaints and implementing action plans.
- Reviewing stockholding and implementing min/max stock levels.
- Driving improvement plans to enhance availability and service.
- Collaborating with wholesalers and manufacturers on availability issues.
- Working with clinical and customer service teams to suggest alternatives for out-of-stock medicines.
Key Skills:
- Extensive experience in a commercial buying or supply chain role.
- Educated to degree level or equivalent.
- Numerate and IT literate, with proficiency in MS Office, especially Excel.
- Experience working with complex data and systems.
- Proven ability to analyze data for reporting and decision-making.
- Experience in planning and implementing supply optimization projects.
- Ability to work in a pressured environment with tight deadlines.
- Experience in FMCG preferred.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Leeds
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: fixed-term
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Role: Retail Supply Chain Analyst - FTC 12 months
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Location: Leeds, LS15 8GB (with hybrid working after completion of training)
Salary: Competitive Salary DOE, plus extensive benefits
Contract type: Fixed Term Contract, 12 months
Employment type: Full time
Working hours: 37.5 hours p/w (Monday – Friday 08:30 – 17:00)
Do you want to work for the nation’s largest online pharmacy ensuring excellence for all our patients? We’re a market leader in the pharmacy world, with 25 years’ experience, helping over 1.4 million patients in England manage their NHS prescriptions from request through to delivery.
The Supply Chain Analyst plays a key role to deliver class leading availability to the patient. By having the right stock in the right place at the right time (consequently reducing ‘owings’), managing supplier quota levels, managing stockholding and accurately forecasting with suppliers.
What’s in it for you?
- Occupational sick pay
- Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
- Contributory pension
- Discounted insurance (Aviva)
- Employee discount site
- Discounted gyms (via our blue light card and benefits schemes)
- Employee assistance programme
- In-house mental health support
- Free onsite parking
- Health and wellbeing initiatives
- Social events throughout the year
- Cycle to work scheme
- Green car scheme*(subject to minimum earnings)
- Registration fees paid (GPhC, NMC, CIPD etc)
- Long service bonus
- Refer a friend bonus
- Blue light card
- Hybrid working
- Commitment to CPD/training
- 25 days annual leave increasing with service
- Annual leave buy and sell scheme
- Discounts & Exclusive offers at The Springs, Leeds
- 25% Discount & health & beauty purchases
- 25% Discount on Pharmacy2U Private Online Doctor Services
What you’ll be doing?
- Placing orders with manufacturers and suppliers
- Proactively follow up on purchase orders with suppliers/manufacturers
- Taking the lead for the investigation of any stock related complaints, putting in place a clear, measurable and deliverable action plan to prevent repeat issues, and improve service to our patients
- Leading the regular process of reviewing stockholding in our facilities through accurate implementation of min/max stock levels and regular reviews of non-moving or slow-moving stock
- Implementing and drive improvement plans through to completion, that improve availability and service, improve team routines and ways of working and reduce stock holding
- Working with wholesalers and manufacturers to understand availability issues, likely restock dates and duration of supply issues
- Working with clinical and customer service to assess and suggest alternative to out-of-stock medicines
Who are we looking for?
- Extensive experience in a commercial buying or supply chain role, either in retail or in the supplier base
- Educated to degree level or equivalent
- Numerate and IT literate (used It systems and is quick to learn)
- Ability to use MS Office suite including Excel at intermediate level
- Proven experience of working with complex data and systems to improve the end-to-end supply chain process across multiple systems
- Proven experience of analysing data to generate reports and provide insight to drive informed decision making
- Proven experience of planning and implementing supply optimisation projects
- Experience of working in a pressured environment, delivering against tight deadlines
- Experience In FMCG Preferred
What happens next?
Please click apply and if we think you are a good match, we will be in touch to arrange an interview.
Applicants must prove they have the right to live in the UK.
All successful applicants will be required to undergo a DBS check.
Unsolicited agency applications will be treated as a gift.
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