Supply & Inventory Analyst

We are hiring a Supply & Inventory Analyst, for our client CRC Evans, a leader in coating and welding services.

Position to be based in Burnley, UK

Job Profile:

• Working within the Supply Chain / Warehouse functions supporting the development of robust systems for inventory control and efficient processing (sales orders, work orders, cycle counts, etc)
• Building strong relationships with the wider supply chain & project teams, in order to maximize efficiency of stock movements within the warehouse area and to feed global project sites.
• Maintenance of all SKU related master data
• Working closely with the Engineering Dept, creating, maintaining, updating bills of materials.
• Supporting the NPI process (New Product Introduction)
• Sharing & supporting best practice for Warehouse transformation
• Supporting the Directional Flow of the organization's materials and products
• Reporting Opportunity / Risk, E&O, Working Capital Turns, Trends etc to key stakeholders
• Demand planning – responsible for executing the demand planning process.
• Analysing trends, reviewing forecast exceptions and being accountable for creating a robust demand plan to maximise service and minimise cost.
• Understanding and becoming an expert on stocking policy and product life cycle management.
• Ensuring inventory exceptions are reviewed routinely and appropriate action taken to maximize stock outs and obsolete stock.
• Accountable for executing the monthly stock and pallet forecast.
• Analysing inventory changes and providing recommendations to achieve stock targets, reduce overstocks and improve inventory days.
• Leading projects for continuous improvements and support the Supply Chain Manager on other projects providing key data for input to formal improvement projects.
• Identifying improvement opportunities and driving process changes.
• Identifying and resolving gaps within the ERP and forecasting system and run periodic audits.
• Monthly reporting across the supply chain developing reports/dashboards for the department.

Requirements:

• Good general education including GCSE in Math’s & English grade A-C
• Demonstrable experience of working in similar stock/material control and/or inventory management role/s
• Excellent problem solving/decision making skills; ability to make timely, effective, fact-based decisions.
• Good communicator
• Capable of working unsupervised
• Extensive knowledge of SAP
• Supply Chain Accreditation (APICS) – not essential
• Numeracy skills and experience with Microsoft outlook, excel & word
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, able to develop collaborative relationships across multiple functions within an organization