Supply Chain Specialist
7 months ago
Overview:
We’re Kingfisher, A team made up of over 78,000 passionate people who bring Kingfisher - and all our other brands: B&Q, Screwfix, Brico Depot, Castorama and Koctas - to life. That’s right, we’re big, but we have ambitions to become even bigger and even better. We want to become the leading home improvement company and grow the largest community of home improvers in the world. And that’s where you come in.
At Kingfisher our customers come from all walks of life, and so do we. We want to ensure that all colleagues, future colleagues, and applicants to Kingfisher are treated equally regardless of age, gender, marital or civil partnership status, colour, ethnic or national origin, culture, religious belief, philosophical belief, political opinion, disability, gender identity, gender expression or sexual orientation.
We are open to flexible and agile working, both of hours and location. Therefore, we offer colleagues a blend of working from home and our offices, located in London, Southampton & Yeovil. Talk to us about how we can best support you
Your role as a Supply Chain Specialist is to act as the supply expert for internal stakeholders and suppliers for range change and day-to-day operational queries related to a specific category. You will work with International and domestic suppliers to manage their supply chain performance in line with agreed targets.
What's the job?:
- Works within the Group Supply Chain team to create the supply plan for a specific category identifying and shaping operational requirements spanning range conception to launch; from agreeing buying conditions, analysing sales forecasts, providing cost analysis and providing data to support final vendor selections
- Represents the Supply Chain within the Buying Office & Product teams
- Looks for opportunities to continuously improve all aspects of the supply chain for the category to ensure robust availability balanced with strong cost control
- Conducts initial supply chain audits for new prospective vendors to ensure their capability and suitability to supply Kingfisher
- Delivers vendor onboarding ensuring vendors understand their delivery obligations in line with Kingfisher’s Vendor Manual
- Interacts with both domestic and international vendors, as well as international buying teams, to manage vendor performance, highlight and resolve operational issues and ensure high levels of delivery compliance and service
- Contributes to weekly range change project meetings and shares updates and propose contingency plans (where needed) to ensure new ranges launch in line with plan
What you'll bring:
- Intermediate level of E2E Supply Chain
- Intermediate level of Supply Chain Planning & Order Management, Inventory & Flow Management., Vendor Managementand Vendor Onboarding.
- Foundation level of Critical Data & Information Analysis skill & experience
**Be Customer Focused** - **constantly improving our customers’ experience**
- I listen to my customers
- I use available data to help make decisions
**Be Human - acting with humanity and care**
- I do the right thing
- I am respectful
**Be Curious - thrive on learning, thinking beyond the obvious**
- I build and share new ideas
- I try new things and share my learnings
***Be Agile - working with trust, pace and agility**
- I have courage to be creative
- Done is better than perfect, I aim for 80/20
**Be Inclusive - acting inclusively in diverse teams to work together**
- I embrace allyship
- I have self-awareness and a desire to learn
**Be Accountable - championing the plan to deliver results and growth**
- I own my actions
- I understand the Kingfisher plan and how it relates to my role
In return, we offer an inclusive environment, where what you can achieve is limited only by your imagination We encourage new ideas, actively support experimentation, and strive to build an environment where everyone can be their best self. Find out more about Diversity & Inclusion at Kingfisher here
We also offer a competitive benefits package and plenty of opportunities to stretch and grow your career.
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