Supply Chain Analytics Manager

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Business Unit : Customer Retail & Technology

Division : RT DS Developer Services

Base: Finham

Post end date : 02/06/2022

Salary Range : £40,000.00 to £50,000.00

Role Type : Full Time Contract

LET’S CUT STRAIGHT TO IT

Want to do the best work of your life? Playing your part in making a big difference to the environment and communities we serve. Our people make Severn Trent a truly exciting and inclusive place to work – a place where you can be yourself and let your skills shine.

Our purpose is taking care of life’s essentials, but we’re also big on making a difference, not just because we should but because we care.

Severn Trent Water has radically transformed its supply chain into an industry-leading entity by creating a new fit for purpose supply chain framework including warehousing, technology, self-service stores, standardised materials and Imprest supplier-managed stock. Key to this is analysing and interpreting a wide range of data to report on performance, carrying out root cause analysis to identify and role out improvement initiatives for both Severn Trent and our framework suppliers, whilst also ensuring we are holding the correct stocking levels across multiple sites through demand analysis and customer forecasting.

For this role as Supply Chain Analytics Manager we require somebody who has excellent leadership skills and who has previous experience in an analytically focused role, and is performance driven to lead the Supply Chain Analytics team. They will use their skills and data to help drive our long-term strategy.

Our ideal candidate will have overall end-to-end supply chain experience with an analytical and forward thinking mindset. We want you to be a strategic thinker and someone with confidence to manage and drive performance from our suppliers. You’ll be an expert communicator with a proven track record of influencing people at all levels of an organisation as well as possessing strong team leadership and management skills. We’d expect you to have a strong understanding of materials management systems and our ideal candidate would have experience of SAP.

The base with be our site in Finham, Coventry where the rest of the team are based.

The long-term view is to in-source more of the materials that do not currently pass through our own supply chain. We currently spend £30m internally and £150m externally. This role is pivotal to making this change happen and ensuring it is done effectively and maximises the overall savings and operational benefits to Severn Trent.

Does this sound like you? Then read on...

LET’S TELL YOU MORE

Your key accountabilities in helping us on our journey will be:

You’ll lead a team accountable for our internal and suppliers’ performance, including ownership of all materials across all warehouse locations within Severn Trent.

You’ll lead and direct analytical workstreams within our supply chain to drive meaningful conclusions and drive improvement initiatives. As well as effectively improve a wide span of metrics such as customer (internal) compliance; Operational expenditure; supplier performance; carbon emissions; stock turn. You’ll instigate and drive root cause analysis projects related to poor performance metrics and implement improvement change programs.

Oversee the end-to-end materials replenishment process/inventory management across ST including setting min/max levels, MRP, increasing imprest stock and liaising with stakeholders to ensure optimal stocking of critical spares.

Help shape new tender requirements, working closely with a variety of procurement Category Managers. After award, continue working closely to improve supplier performance. Work as part of cross departmental contract mobilisation teams on newly awarded tenders.

Build effective relationships with key stakeholders within the operational teams to understand future projects, ensuring no risk in supply of materials. Provide regular updates to the operations lead, communicating progress against workstreams and risks in an effective manner.

Lead monthly performance reviews to senior management and develop a smarter forecast methodology that allows <3% variance to forecast.

Seek opportunities to insource more material through this function and increase the span of the analytics team to include activities within the wider supply chain department.

Still you? Wonderful.

What We’re Looking For

Of course, it’s important that we attract the right skill sets, and those with the right experience but we value character, positivity and a caring attitude in equal weight.

We want people who show up and roll their sleeves up. Restless spirits who are ready to be part of something bigger, who care, who really care... because when you really care, you’ll go above and beyond. When you really care you don’t just talk about it, you do more.

We welcome people from all walks of life and celebrate individuality as we know diverse minds, experiences and backgrounds help us to learn and better serve our communities. We employ thousands of people from across our community who really care about what they do. Because that is how we do what we do.

And when it comes to inclusion, we’re making sure we keep up the progress with our wonderful working groups – LGBTQ+, Women in Operations & STEM, Disability and Ethnicity; who help us do just that.

We do more, because we care.

HOW WE’LL REWARD AND CARE FOR YOU IN RETURN

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It’s not just a job you’ll get here, you’ll get a career too. We have a range of benefits that reward and recognise great work and award-winning training to ensure you reach your potential. And we’ll also help you play your part in looking after the environment and the community in which we live.

• 28 days holiday + bank holidays (and the ability to buy/ sell up to 5 days per year)
• Annual bonus scheme (of up to £2250 per annum based on company performance) subject to T&C’s
• Leading pension scheme – we will double your contribution (up to 15% when you contribute 7.5%)
• Sharesave – the chance to buy Severn Trent Plc shares at a discounted rate
• Dedicated training and development with our ‘Academy’
• Electric vehicle scheme and retail offers
• Family friendly policies
• Two volunteering days per year
  

LET’S GO

Apply now to build an amazing career and be part of a brilliant team. We can’t wait to hear from you.

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