Supply Chain Data Analyst
Kettering
Hours - Monday to Friday 37.5 hrs
Salary - £35k plus benefits
Our established, and well known company, are recruiting a Supply Chain Data Analyst on a permanent basis to improve the efficiency of supply chain operations through data collection and analysis. The position requires excellent attention to detail, in-depth understanding of the delivery process and exceptional analytics skills.
Main duties and responsibilities:-
- Collect data on supply chain operations.
- Analyse data to identify areas of supply chain operations to improve efficiency.
- Develop periodic performance reports and distribute them to stakeholders .
- Establish and maintain relationships with shippers and suppliers.
- Investigate issues, find root causes, and develop and implement solutions .
- Measure supplier performance and report to management.
- Provide excellent communication throughout the business at all levels .
- Maintaining professional relationships with suppliers, acting as representatives of the company to promote a positive image.
- Establish and maintain relationship with internal departments.
- Enter and/or edit the product item master data in the system.
- Build relationships and proactively updates progress to stakeholders for product launch/discontinuations/issues.
- Develop a production schedule detailing all tasks and when they should be completed by to meet predicted completion date.
- Maintain accuracy of all data entry and updates
- Proactively communicate with suppliers or other stakeholders to collect timely data.
- Maintain and analyse supplier pricing, compare trends to previous periods, determine the cause for decrease or increase and report data to decision-makers.
About you ...
- Implementation and change management
- Manufacturing and inventory demand planning
- RP system - super user (i.e SAP etc)
- In-depth knowledge of ERP applications, BI, data structures and processes relating to the supply chain
- Able to create KPI's and dashboards to measure and control key processes
- Demonstrate a fundamental understanding of supply chain processes and their impact on the wider business
- Good commercial acumen with customer service experience
- Ability to communicate internally with peers and managers through email and presentations
- Experience of managing overseas suppliers and commercial processes (Asia & USA)
- Advanced Microsoft user, in particular Excel (essential)
- Experience in export/import documentation (preferable but not essential)
You will possess a customer centric approach, be a proactive individual and be an excellent communicator at all levels. Experience within a supply chain function and handling large amounts of data are essential.
If interested, please apply here or call Kim in our Kettering team to discuss further.