Supply Chain Project Specialist

4 weeks ago


Rugby, United Kingdom CDW Full time

**Description**

**ABOUT CDW**

CDW is a leading multi-brand provider of information technology solutions to business, government, education and healthcare customers in the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada. A Fortune 500 company and member of the S&P 500 Index, CDW was founded in 1984 and employs approximately 14,600 coworkers.

CDW prides itself on being 'People Who Get IT' and 'People who get People'. Our relationships are fueled by our deep expertise and are grounded in the CDW Way. Our empowering leadership makes things happen and inspires their teams to do the same. From the teammates beside us to the leaders who guide us, we move forward together.

At CDW, you'll work with people who inspire you. People with positive, success-driven attitudes whom you will learn and forge strong relationships with. Bring your best true self-and your best ideas-to CDW. Because diverse perspectives bring forth better problem solving-and better solutions for our customers in a rapidly evolving technology landscape.

**JOB SUMMARY**

This is an exciting new role to work within the supply chain at CDW's national distribution center in Rugby as a supply chain project lead.

You will be responsible for the onboarding and management of all types of projects & BAU activity for some of CDW's largest customers.

This will be a crucial role in bringing together stakeholders across all areas of the business and externally and being the voice of the supply chain.

**KEY RESPONSIBILITIES**
- Planning projects and actively managing its progress, resolving issues and initiating appropriate corrective action (seeking advice or guidance as appropriate).
- Working with the supply chain, project management team and customer to satisfy the project roles and schedule.
- Ensuring the delivery of new products or services from projects is to the appropriate level of quality, on time and correctly costed, in accordance with the project plan and project governance arrangements
- Managing communications with stakeholders (internally and externally), reporting the progress of projects and BAU activity at regular intervals
- Managing stock to ensure demand is met and capacity levels are at a minimum
- Liaising with suppliers & partners to ensure conformance and reporting on performance
- Responsible for training, coaching and performance monitoring any future direct reports
- Creation and maintenance of processes, conducting route cause analysis on failures where required
- Managing Risks, Assumptions, Issues & Dependencies to a successful outcome
- Managing the project scope, through effective change management throughout the project lifecycle, escalating to relevant parties for resolution as necessary.
- Engage with Account/Sales Managers & Directors and supply chain leadership to support in the planning of the implementation and delivery of client projects and proposals.
- Ability to present business, technical and implementation solutions to internal and external clients (if required)
- Adhering to CDW's delivery framework

**QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS, AND EXPERIENCE**
- Prince 2 & AGILE Practitioner or equivalent (e.g. APMQ, PMP, SCRUM Master)
- Experience of working in a professional and structured manner in a commercial environment
- A demonstrable track record of leading and mentoring individuals within their area of responsibility.
- A demonstrable track record of managing and delivering large complex projects or small Programmes within a commercial environment.
- Experience of leading effective cross-functional teams.
Skilled at building relationships with internal and external stakeholders to respond effectively to business opportunities.
- Client facing, with demonstrable commercial experience.
- Experience of working with sales and technical resources to capture requirements.
- Solid understanding of the procurement management including negotiation, contracting with and management of third parties.

**ESSENTIAL ATTRIBUTES**
- Highly ambitious, credible, motivated, and accountable individual with an appreciation for building meaningful and lasting relationships, combined with a desire and ability to "win hearts and minds" - Confident yet humble in their approach
- Detail-oriented with strong time management skills combined with the capacity to work on multiple initiatives, as well as dynamically prioritise and pivot based on changing business needs
- Outstanding communications skills, with the ability to clearly and concisely present concepts and recommendations in verbal, written, and presentation formats to senior leaders, and cross-functional audiences
- Ability to allocate time to undertake personal development activities such as attending training, achieving certifications, and focusing on soft-skill development - always seeking to personally develop as an individual

**CUSTOMER FOCUS AND WAYS OF WORKING**
- Each coworker is accountable for their actions and is required to exercise good judgment in everything they do. Part



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