Supply Chain Analyst

We move the planet forward by creating innovative food solutions for the health and well-being of people everywhere.

About us

Puratos has been developing innovative products for the bakery industry since 1919. The Group’s annual turnover now exceeds €2 billion. At Puratos we turn experiences and technologies from food cultures worldwide into new opportunities to help customers be more successful with their businesses. We strive to be our customers’ “reliable partners in innovation”.

Puratos UK has been designing, manufacturing and distributing ingredients for the bakery, patisserie and chocolate sectors for almost 40 years.

Supply Chain Analyst

The Supply Chain Analyst is part of the operations team, accountable for the maintenance and accuracy of the Sales and Operational planning process for our site near Liverpool.

This role will:

• Enhance and support the administrative processes within the Supply Chain function
• Drive key performance and leading indicators (KPIs) inventory turns (stock control with regards to obsoletes and order processes), inefficiencies (with regards to production planning function) , working capital (Working stock days) and budget (S&OP process)
• Facilitate a LEAN flow of materials to domestic and international customers at an affordable cost across multiple locations.
• Define and continuously improve supply chain processes, logistics coordination, materials flow and inventory management to maximise customer service while minimizing working capital.
• Use the Forecast/Demand data (through IBP/Forecasting and consultation to assess risk of obsolescence and supply to determine MOQ and stock turn deliverables.
• Ensure management of obsolescence risk due to Raw Material supply/demand and stock holding through data analysis and reporting to drive decision making in a proactive manner.
• Enable stock management and sku rationalisation through the analysis and reporting of product life cycle in conjunction with Marketing and CRM at point of Go/No go for any new products, raising any specific management of MTO items through key accounts. Ensuring a risk management approach to unique raw materials and or new raw materials into the business across all UK sites.
• Comply with the Company’s Quality systems and adherence to Company HACCP and TACCP procedures.
• Promote a safety conscious workplace, ensuring compliance with the Company’s Health & Safety policy and adherence to current H&S legislation
• Adhere to the Company’s Environmental Policy

We’re looking for someone who displays

• Exceptional written & verbal communication skills.
• Proven team player, able to work collaboratively at all levels and builds partnerships with cross-functional teams.
• Excellent interpersonal and influencing skills at all levels of the organization.
• Comfortable with executing and balancing strategic planning, critical thinking and managing performance and business ambiguity.
• Excellent organizational, planning, influence, presentation and follow-up skills.
• Self-motivated and must be persuasive in presenting ideas and managing their implementation.

A great candidate will have:

• Degree in Supply Chain/Materials/Logistics management or equivalent experience.
• 2-3 years supply chain, material logistics and warehousing management experience.
• Demonstrated use of Continuous Improvement, TQM and/or Lean tools including six sigma, value stream mapping, 5S, root cause / corrective action, kaizen events and kanban workflows.
• Must have knowledge of S&OP, MRP, MPS, warehouse management systems, replenishment methodology and industrial engineering methods/techniques including bills of materials and routings, inventory control techniques, materials logistics and flow - FIFO and traffic management.
• Expert knowledge of master scheduling practices and capacity analysis.
• Proficient in spreadsheet, database and presentation including Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint and Visio.
• Ideally experienced in implementing and working with SAP and APO.

Benefits

 Competitive salary and package

We invite people of all different backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives to apply