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Supply Chain Practitioner Apprentice

Finning UK Ltd
Pay: £11,000.00 - £12,000.00 Text
Location: Staffordshire Cannock United Kingdom
Category: Entry Level
Available from: Sep 2018
Finishes on: Ongoing Position
Type of work: Full Time, Indoor & Outdoor
Job reference: E02570420
Retail 2017-12-07 2018-02-01

Job Description

Accountabilities or “What you have to do”




  • Expedite parts from Suppliers to provide emergency back order support.

  • Provide logistical and operational support to ensure emergency parts are delivered on time and to the right destination.

  • Order and maintain control of inventories to ensure the right parts are in the right place at the right time.

  • Ensure that company parts availability targets are met through pro-active stock management.

  • Manage and monitor supplier performance and relationship, maintaining purchasing requests.

  • Work with suppliers systems and processes where appropriate.

  • Maintain suggested daily stock orders from suppliers to maintain correct stock levels for all branches.

  • Ensure all stock received is receipted and maintain daily and weekly reports to chase outstanding orders.

  • Responsible for specific commodity availability, critical parts and NPI (New Product Introduction) stocking.

  • Maintain parts and pricing records to ensure accuracy of parts information.

  • Support all operations with parts information and queries being a key contact with named areas.

  • Provide monthly reports to support key performance indicators. 

  • Manage inventories using ABCD classifications and Poisson calculations to control min/max, surplus and parts being returned to suppliers.

  • Maintain and control supplier warranty and order discrepancy processes to ensure that Finning UK recovers its costs.

  • Provide support for all CIC functions as required

  • Work on a rotation to cover the operational hours to meet the business requirements and provide out of hours cover for emergency parts.

  • Lead supply chain projects and initiatives to support business targets.

  • Carry out all administration to support stock control processes.


Personal Qualities :

  • Safe working: ensures safety of self and others, challenges safety issues

  • Responsiveness to change: demonstrates and encourages curiosity to foster new ways of thinking and working to ensure economic benefits are maximised

  • Pride in work: aims for excellence, time management, adherence to deadlines

  • Have courage/conviction in their decisions and demonstrates ownership of work

  • Acts in alignment with the business vision and values, desire to learn about the FMCG industry, acts as an ambassador

  • Builds good relationships with others, works collaboratively, contributes ideas and challenges appropriately, leads by example

  • Tenacious approach to problem-solving by working to identify and ensure root causes are resolved to ensure supply chains remain flexible and agile

  • Highly effective communicator at all levels and with a variety of stakeholders: always acting with integrity and respect



Skills Required :

  • Supply chain expertise, knowledge

  • Ordering, inventory control and supplier management experience

  • Analytical skills

  • Purchasing & negotiation skills

  • Customer service skills

  • Problem-solving skills

  • Excellent communication and teamwork skills

  • Independence, self-motivation and initiative

  • Enthusiasm and drive to achieve

  • Time management and organizational skills

  • IT skills – MS Excel, Word, & Outlook

  • Knowledge of business systems

  • Training and presentation skills.

  • Flexibility and adaptability to different types of work, projects, teams and environments 

  • Organisational awareness



Future Prospects : This is a beginning of a career with Finning UK that has the potential for further career progression in product support, sales, supervisory and management roles.

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