Supply Analyst

Teledyne FLIR; Fareham; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Teledyne FLIR is seeking a Supply Analyst/Planner in the United Kingdom to manage product supply from key suppliers through global distribution warehouses. You will forecast demand, manage safety stock, and maintain confirmation dates to ensure product availability.

The role emphasizes supplier relationship management, timely PO placement, weekly reviews, and proactive inventory control to maximise revenue and optimize working capital.

Qualifications

• Business degree or equivalent experience.
• HNC in inventory or supply chain.
• Supply chain and/or inventory planning experience.
• General knowledge of SAP would be an advantage.
• Understanding of inventory, logistics, finance and manufacturing.
• A positive attitude and good work ethic.

Responsibilities

• Manage supplier relationships for continuous material supply.
• Place purchase orders timely and circulate forecasts.
• Lead weekly supplier reviews for material requirements.
• Expedite or reschedule purchase orders to meet inventory targets.
• Monitor customer order backlog and prioritise production.
• Provide updates on material availability and supplier issues.
• Maintain SAP planning parameters and delivery data in MRP.
• Update purchase orders and supplier information records.

Skills

Business degree

Supply chain planning

Positive work ethic

Inventory knowledge

Logistics understanding

Education

Business degree or equivalent

HNC in inventory or supply chain

Tools

SAP

Job description

Be visionary Teledyne Technologies Incorporated provides enabling technologies for industrial growth markets that require advanced technology and high reliability. These markets include aerospace and defense, factory automation, air and water quality environmental monitoring, electronics design and development, oceanographic research, deepwater oil and gas exploration and production, medical imaging and pharmaceutical research. We are looking for individuals who thrive on making an impact and want the excitement of being on a team that wins.

Job Description Job Summary: As a Supply Analyst/Planner, you will join a small but mighty team to manage the product supply from key suppliers through to the global distribution warehouses, ensuring finished product availability globally through use of forecast demand, safety stock and target stock levels. You will also maintain product confirmation dates and produce weekly updates for the team.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities:

• Relationship management of key suppliers for continuous material supply.
• Timely placement of purchase orders, circulation of detailed forecasts, negotiation and agreement of committed delivery schedules.
• Develop plans and hold weekly supplier review meeting for material production requirements to ensure a controlled flow of product to meet customer demand for the Business, maximise revenue and optimise working capital turns.
• Expedite, reschedule, and cancel purchase order quantities with key suppliers to achieve business inventory targets while maintaining customer delivery performance requirements.
• Monitor customer order backlog, prioritise production to recover, supporting order services teams and maximizing revenue.
• Provide updates on material availability.
• Hold supplier component supply reviews, monitor and circulate relevant procurement issues for support and resolution
• Create and manage indirect purchase orders using e-procurement tool Teledyne Smart Source (TSS – Ivalua)
• Escalation of supply chain and forecasting issues to prevent excess/insufficient inventory.
• Identify relevant opportunities to destock inventory on hand through rework or alternative means.
• Measure key suppliers to maintain or improve supplier delivery performance.
• Maintain accuracy of all associated SAP planning parameters and delivery schedule data in MRP system (SAP).
• Perform and/or manage supplier pricing updates, update open purchase orders and supplier info records.

Job Qualifications:

• Business degree or equivalent experience
• HNC equivalent qualification in inventory or supply chain
• Supply chain and/or Inventory planning experience
• General knowledge of SAP would be an advantage
• Business understanding of Inventory, logistics, finance, manufacturing
• A positive attitude and good work ethic

Teledyne and all of our employees are committed to conducting business with the highest ethical standards. We require all employees to comply with all applicable laws, regulations, rules and regulatory orders. Our reputation for honesty, integrity and high ethics is as important to us as our reputation for making innovative sensing solutions. . You may not realize it, but Teledyne enables many of the products and services you use every day. Teledyne provides enabling technologies to sense, transmit and analyze information for industrial growth markets, including aerospace and defense, factory automation, air and water quality environmental monitoring, electronics design and development, oceanographic research, energy, medical imaging and pharmaceutical research.