AI-Driven Supply Chain Systems Lead – Optimisation

BOOTS; City Of London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading pharmacy retail chain is seeking a Supply Chain Systems Manager to manage and optimise their Forecasting and Replenishment systems. You will collaborate across teams to ensure smooth operations and system improvements, requiring technical knowledge of Azure and coding. The ideal candidate will have strong management and stakeholder engagement skills, and the role offers comprehensive benefits including a retirement savings plan and employee discounts.

Benefits

Boots Retirement Savings Plan

Discretionary annual bonus

Generous employee discounts

Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay

Flexible benefits scheme

Access to free counseling and support

Qualifications

• Ability to manage, coordinate, and deliver technical development.
• Capacity to influence IT proposals for optimal outcomes.
• Senior stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage improvements for Forecasting and Replenishment system.
• System optimisation and workflow streamlining.
• Collaborate with IT on change delivery.

Skills

Management of systems & change management

Understanding of IT proposals

Technical knowledge of Azure cloud

Deep technical coding knowledge (Python, SQL, Py.spark)

Understanding of AI/ML methodologies

Stakeholder management

Job description

A leading pharmacy retail chain is seeking a Supply Chain Systems Manager to manage and optimise their Forecasting and Replenishment systems. You will collaborate across teams to ensure smooth operations and system improvements, requiring technical knowledge of Azure and coding. The ideal candidate will have strong management and stakeholder engagement skills, and the role offers comprehensive benefits including a retirement savings plan and employee discounts.