About The Role

 We're recruiting for a Supply Chain Specialist - Produce to join our agile Supply Chain team. The Supply Chain Specialist is responsible for leading projects to deliver against a large strategic change programme. At any time, this may include multiple in-flight projects or complex initiatives; which can span multiple subject areas and involve large cross-functional project teams.

You’ll be responsible for:

• Working with the business team to ensure systems data is input in a timely manner to ensure no impact to availability at a Group level  
• Owning end to end product, data and performance for their categories and customers
• Owning the escalations at the right time where opportunities/risks arise in regards to product flow
• Leading the category availability of product flow measures within the business team
• Working with business teams on strategic improvements for their categories such as: case size optimising, lead time optimisation, waste improvement, end to end productivity, lowest cost to serve, exception management 
• Develop strong collaborative relationships with the full Business Team who work on the category to agree the optimum levels of products to meet customer demand 
• Actively managing supplier base and negotiating with suppliers on service performance 
• Reporting accurately on KPI performance and communicate supply chain category performance out to the wider business in a clear, concise way to drive decision making and action  
• Working with suppliers and provide accurate information to plan stock levels effectively to maximise sales
• Identifying opportunities for improvement across, stock, availability and waste
• Analysing and understanding complex data and present recommendations in a clear and concise way to different stakeholders
• Actively drive actions that will reduce forecasting variability for their categories, owning the sales alignment for categories
• Improving availability all the way through the end to end supply chain from supplier to shelf edge (group)
• Reviewing promotional performance and stock targets on a weekly basis and agree actions with trading to limit impact to inventory levels or wastage at store
• Giving suppliers accurate information to plan stock levels effectively to maximise sales 
• Influencing and working with the commercial teams to make decisions that improve availability and reduce waste

About You

So that you are set for success, we are looking for a self-starters, who are exceptional communicators with the ability to influence at all levels. You will work as part of a versatile team with a can-do culture, so it’s important that you are tenacious and strive for excellence. You will also have the following: 

• An understanding of retail business, processes and consumer demand 
  
• Understanding of Supply Chain principles (Stock, availability, Waste & Markdown, Seasonality and promotional impacts)
  
• Understanding of supply chain end to end solutions 
  
• Understanding of project methodology
  
• Advanced level knowledge of Excel with excellent stakeholder management ability 
  
• Previous experience of working with colleagues from all levels of the business.
  
• Experience of data management, management forecasting and interpreting trends
  
• Proven delivery of projects to a schedule

About The Company

Proud of our roots, we are a leading Yorkshire food retailer, serving 11 million customers across our 500 stores a week. We’re also the UK’s second largest food manufacturer. Together, we make millions of products a year in our 18 manufacturing sites, allowing us to focus on what our customers want: good quality, fresh food and great value.  

In return for looking after our customers, we look after our colleagues too:

• 25 days annual leave, plus statutory 8 days bank holidays & option to buy an additional 5 days annual leave

• 4 day working week + occasional Saturdays 

• Annual bonus plan

• Market leading staff discount scheme

• Competitive pension scheme & life assurance

• Private medical cover

• Onsite staff shop, barista bar, gym facilities, subsidised canteen

We pride ourselves on being a diverse and inclusive business and are committed to making Morrisons a brilliant place to work, harbouring an environment where our people can thrive. Treating all colleagues with respect and dignity is the Morrisons way - we celebrate individuality and love different perspectives. It’s what you bring to the table that matters.