Supply Chain Analyst

Well; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working (3 days in office, 2 at

Part-time options

Job summary

Bestway Healthcare is seeking a Stock & Forecast Analyst to ensure accurate stock management in warehouse and branches. You will forecast demand, place daily purchase orders, and monitor on-shelf availability to support sales.

The role requires strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and proficiency with Excel and Power BI. Hybrid working includes 3 days in the office and 2 days from home each week.

Qualifications

• Highly analytical with the ability to interpret data and to take action.
• Strong attention to detail and organisational skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration abilities.
• Ability to multi-task and prioritise in a dynamic environment.

Responsibilities

• Manage category stock levels and raise daily purchase orders to ensure service levels and replenishment.
• Establish quality relationships with major suppliers and drive improvements in service levels.
• Provide collaborative forecasts to improve on-shelf availability for customers.
• Work with buying and space planning to track promotions and ensure full product availability.
• Analyse and escalate stock availability issues to minimise sales loss.
• Coordinate with warehousing teams to prioritise inbound stock and resolve discrepancies.
• Support range reviews and deliver with availability metrics.
• Provide weekly KPI reporting and respond to data requests accurately.
• Recommend supply route changes to drive efficiencies and meet KPIs.
• Collaborate with wholesale to maintain stock availability and drive sales.

Skills

Analytical

Attention to detail

Communication

Organisational skills

Excel

Power BI

Tools

Excel

Power BI

Job description

Overview of the role Responsible for ensuring the accurate management of stock in both HSC (warehouse) and in Branch, including product forecasting and ordering, depot replenishment and on-shelf availability. Utilising inventory analysis tools to best manage stock levels. We offer hybrid working with 3 days in the office and 2 days working from home each week.

Main Responsibility

• Responsible for managing category stock levels and raising daily purchase orders to ensure that service levels are achieved and that the stores can be replenished.
• Establish quality relationships with major suppliers, driving continuous improvement in service levels and resolving non-conformances.
• Provide collaborative forecasts to drive better on-shelf availability for our customers.
• Work closely with the buying and space planning team to understand category strategies, providing live promotional tracking and analysis, ensuring full product availability and avoiding over stocks.
• Analyse, communicate and escalation product availability issues accordingly to resolve quickly and to minimise sales loss.
• Interact effectively with the warehousing teams to prioritise intake at Goods In, resolve supplier discrepancies and assist with general stock queries.
• Challenge, plan and support range reviews, deliver with % availability and provide a clear stock exit of all de-ranged lines.
• Provide weekly reporting and analysis on KPIs and respond to data requests from other teams in an accurate and timely manner.
• Make recommendations on supply route to drive business efficiencies and ensuring KPIs are met.
• Work closely with the wholesale team to manage stock effectively, driving availability and sales.
• To assist the Senior Supply Chain Analyst and other team members as and when required.

The Ideal Candidate

• Highly analytical with the ability to interpret data and to take action.
• Strong attention to detail
• Excellent communication and organisational skills
• Ability to multi-task and to prioritise in an ever-changing environment
• Intermediate Excel skills, applied use of Power BI is helpful.

Bestway Healthcare is proud to be a diverse and inclusive employer. If you have any specific requirements, we'll do everything we can to support you. Whether it is to find a pharmacy that is accessible, or if it is a part time position you are looking for, we can help find the role that is right for you. If you need us to make any reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process, we will be happy to accommodate you.

Please be aware that due to the high number of applications we receive it may not be possible for us to provide an outcome to all applicants. If you are not contacted within 28 days of your submission unfortunately you will have been unsuccessful.