We're looking for a Supply Chain Specialist to join our team in Templemars, responsible for ensuring efficient and cost-effective supply chain operations.
**Job Summary** We're seeking a Supply Chain Specialist to drive change, influence across cultures, and disrupt traditional practices to achieve outstanding results.As a Supply Chain Specialist, you will be responsible for ensuring that Kingfisher's supply chain operations are efficient, cost-effective, and aligned with the company's strategic objectives.
**Key Responsibilities** * Ensure supply chain requirements are integrated into product decisions to maximise customer availability and minimise costs. * Identify and implement opportunities for continuous improvement in supply chain efficiency and effectiveness. * Manage global relationships and collaborate with vendors, manufacturers, buying teams and our retail banners. * Influence across cultures to address operational issues and ensure stakeholder engagement throughout the supply chain. * Disrupt traditional practices and find innovative solutions to meet and exceed changing customer demand. * Deliver change through owning end-to-end projects supported with contingency plans to mitigate disruptions. * Use your expertise and influence on all aspects of supply chain management and become a trusted partner across our businesses. **Requirements** * Analytical Skills: Ability to analyse data to create meaningful insights, perform cost analysis, and provide data-driven insights for decision-making. * Communication: Strong communication skills to represent the supply chain in cross-functional teams, manage vendor relationships, and influence across all levels and cultures. * Project Management: Effective in conceiving and managing projects from conception to launch, including contingency planning and post-implementation review. * Vendor Management: Experience in end-to-end vendor management from onboarding, capability assessment, forecasting, and materials & capacity planning. * Continuous Improvement: A proactive approach to identifying and implementing supply chain improvements. **Our Values** * **Be Customer Focused**: Listen to customers, use available data to help make decisions. * **Be Human**: Do the right thing, be respectful. * **Be Curious**: Build and share new ideas, try new things and share learnings. * **Be Agile**: Have courage to be creative, aim for 80/20. * **Be Inclusive**: Embrace allyship, have self-awareness and a desire to learn. * **Be Accountable**: Own your actions, understand the Kingfisher plan and how it relates to your role.We value the perspectives that any new team members bring, and we want to hear from you.
We offer an inclusive environment, where what you can achieve is limited only by your imagination. We encourage new ideas, actively support experimentation, and strive to build an environment where everyone can be their best self.
We also offer a competitive benefits package and plenty of opportunities to stretch and grow your career.