Strategic Supply Chain Analytics Lead

Takeaway; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Just Eat Takeaway.com in the United Kingdom seeks a Senior Supply Chain Analyst to provide the independent analytical layer behind major planning decisions. This is a strategic, project-focused role, not a typical operations slot, with dashboards in Anaplan and AI tools guiding forecasts, inventory, and spend across markets.

You will partner with Demand Planning, Finance, and country teams to explain forecasts, drive process improvements, and automate reporting.

Qualifications

• Degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Business, Finance, or related field.
• 3+ years in supply chain analytics, planning, or a closely related analytical role.
• Strong analytical rigour with the ability to interrogate large datasets and present findings clearly.
• Experience with supply chain planning systems (Anaplan preferred) and dashboards for senior stakeholders.
• Experience with AI tools (Claude, ChatGPT, or similar) for business analytics is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Validate critical forecasts, inventory plans, and major proposals before they reach the Planning Manager.
• Build and maintain AI-powered dashboards (Anaplan, Claude/Toqan) for planning and performance meetings, tracking forecast accuracy and inventory metrics.
• Collaborate with the Anaplan Model Builder to enhance planning environment and data views.
• Investigate performance drivers by product category and country; surface root causes of forecast misses and variances.
• Prepare monthly KPI reviews and an action-driving narrative for purchases meetings.
• Explain forecasts, supply plans, and inventory targets to Finance, Marketing, Operations and country teams.
• Lead initiatives to reduce manual workload and improve data quality across Anaplan and AI tool integration.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Stakeholder communication

Problem solving

Independent challenger

Storytelling

Education

Degree in Supply Chain/Logistics/Business/Finance

Tools

Anaplan

Claude

Toqan

Excel

ChatGPT

Job description

Just Eat Takeaway.com in the United Kingdom seeks a Senior Supply Chain Analyst to provide the independent analytical layer behind major planning decisions. This is a strategic, project-focused role, not a typical operations slot, with dashboards in Anaplan and AI tools guiding forecasts, inventory, and spend across markets.

You will partner with Demand Planning, Finance, and country teams to explain forecasts, drive process improvements, and automate reporting.