Strategic Supply Chain Analyst

Funko; Coventry; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the collectible toys industry is seeking a Strategic Supply Chain Analyst based in Coventry. This role involves supporting operational planning in Distribution Centres across the UK and EU, delivering business reporting, and leading improvement initiatives in the supply chain. The ideal candidate will thrive in a fast-paced environment, demonstrating strong analytical and communication skills. This role offers the chance to work closely with multiple departments, ensuring successful delivery of customer orders.

Qualifications

• Detail oriented and able to perform in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience producing timely and accurate reports for stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Providing extensive reporting and analysis of the E2E supply chain.
• Preparing and sharing capacity plans and managing workloads.
• Identifying continuous improvement initiatives across the fulfilment process.

Skills

E2E supply chain experience

Analytical skills

Excellent professional communication skills

Self-directed

Tools

Microsoft Excel

ERP/MRP systems

Job description

Role Purpose

The Strategic Supply Chain Analyst is responsible for supporting the operational capability & capacity planning at the UK & EU Distribution Centres. The role will also provide key business reporting; identify and execute continuous improvement activities across the OTC process & measure performance against critical milestones to ensure initiatives & launches are a success. Supporting the Strategic Supply Chain Manager, cross functional collaboration with wider business units (Sales, Finance, Products & Planning) are essential to the success of this role.

What You’ll Do:

• Providing extensive reporting and analysis of the E2E supply chain, using system driven accurate data, to manage the supply chain, including orders, inventory, SLAs, & general “Health of Business” metrics.
• Supporting with the data collection and preparation of both the Chase and Glidepath reviews. Stepping in to lead the glidepath reviews in the absence of the Strategic Supply Chain Manager.
• Delivering fulfilment forecasts across DC’s, balancing capacity, capability & resource to level workloads.
• Preparing and sharing short & medium term capacity plans across sites, highlighting capacity crunches or significant swings to site leaders in time to react.
• Identifying CI initiatives throughout the E2E fulfilment process, partnering with multiple departments as needed to drive results.
• Focusing on removing non-value add / waste activities from the E2E supply chain.
• Actively participating in strategic projects focusing on longer term capacity and capability requirements for EMEA (i.e. Rhenus EDI).
• Extensive cross functional collaboration with Sales, Finance, Product & Planning and DC operations to optimise the seamless flow of clean customer orders through to delivery OTIF.
• Supporting the Strategic Supply Chain Manager.

What You’ll Bring:

• E2E supply chain experience.
• Self-directed, detail oriented, with the ability to perform in a fast-paced environment balancing multiple tasks whilst demonstrating a customer service mindset.
• Excellent professional communication skills (written and verbal).
• Proficient with Microsoft Windows, Excel, Work, Outlook, PowerPoint and ideally ERP/MRP systems.
• Analytical skills, with experience of producing timely and accurate reports to internal key stakeholders.

Funko is an equal opportunity employer. We know that every superhero has a unique origin story and the diversity of these stories enrich what we do. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin or disability status.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by this role holder. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required and all employees may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed.