Supply Chain Assistant

Role: Supply Chain Assistant – FTC 12 months

Location: Leeds, LS15 8GB (with hybrid working after completion of training)

Salary: £Competitive DOE, plus up to a 10% annual discretionary bonus and extensive benefits

Contract type:     Fixed Term Contract

Employment type:  Full time

Working hours: 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 Assistant 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

· 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

· days annual leave increasing with service

· Annual leave buy and sell scheme

· Discounts & Exclusive offers at The Springs, Leeds

· % Discount & health & beauty purchases 

· % 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

· Lead 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

· Implement and drive improvement plans through to completion, that improve availability and service, improve team routines and ways of working and reduce stock holding

· Work with wholesalers and manufacturers to understand availability issues, likely restock dates and duration of supply issues

· Work with clinical and customer service to assess and suggest alternative to out-of-stock medicines

Who are we looking for?

· 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

· Extensive experience in a commercial buying or supply chain role, either in retail or in the supplier base

· 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.