Supply Chain Assistant - GM

Sainsbury's; Coventry; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading retailer as a Supply Chain Assistant, playing a vital role in ensuring stock flow from suppliers to depots. You'll contribute to seasonal events and promotions while delivering exceptional customer experiences within a supportive team. Embrace ownership and continuous improvement in a dynamic retail environment.

Benefits

Colleague Discount

Pension Scheme

Life Cover

Performance-Related Bonus

Annual Holiday Allowance

Cycle to Work Scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of supply chain operations.
• Excellent communication skills for stakeholder collaboration.
• Proactive problem-solving approach.

Responsibilities

• Order stock and track progress from suppliers to depots.
• Maintain accurate records of stock intake and output forecasts.
• Collaborate with replenishment teams for seasonal events.

Skills

Communication

Problem-Solving

Collaboration

Attention to Detail

Job description

We’d all like amazing work to do, and real work/life balance. That’s waiting for you right here. Supply Chain and Logistics are the engine room for getting thousands of products from farms and factories, through the business and to our millions of customers every day. We plan around events from barbecue weekends to Sunday roasts, and who wants oven-ready cauliflower cheese to those who prefer to make it from scratch. Insight and data are everything. But so is judgement — if there’s an issue or ambiguity anywhere, we’re the first to spot it. There’s a big transformation going on. That calls for people who champion change, bring others with them, collaborate and communicate. Because those people can go a very long way.

Why join us

Joining Sainsbury's as a Supply Chain Assistant offers you the opportunity to be a crucial part of a dynamic and fast-paced retail environment, ensuring the smooth flow of stock from suppliers to depots to meet stock and availability targets.

With a focus on collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement, you will contribute to the success of seasonal events and promotions while delivering exceptional customer experiences.

By embracing the values of ownership, continuous improvement, and empathy, you will have the chance to make a real impact in the supply chain process and build meaningful relationships within a supportive and forward-thinking team.

What You'll Do

You will play a crucial role in ordering stock and tracking the progress of orders into our depots from suppliers, ensuring effective stock flow to achieve stock and availability targets, and execute seasonal and promotional events.

You will be responsible for placing purchase orders, tracking orders, and communicating with suppliers, network planning, and logistics teams to facilitate a smooth flow of stock.

Additionally, you will maintain accurate records of stock intake and output forecasts, collaborate with replenishment teams for initial allocations, and execute planning for seasonal events and promotions, all while resolving store queries and supporting the achievement of milestones within the critical path to ensure on-time delivery and meet stock targets. Your role will be essential in contributing to the overall success of our supply chain operations and customer satisfaction.

Who You Are

A dedicated professional with a strong understanding of supply chain operations and a genuine passion for the retail industry. Your excellent communication skills enable you to effectively collaborate with various stakeholders and manage cross-functional relationships to ensure the smooth flow of stock from suppliers to depots.

With a diligent work ethic, attention to detail, and ability to prioritise workload in a fast-paced retail environment, you play a crucial role in achieving stock and availability targets while delivering exceptional customer outcomes.

Your proactive approach to problem-solving, willingness to embrace new approaches for continuous improvement, and commitment to building trusted relationships demonstrate your dedication to making a positive impact within the supply chain function.

We are committed to being a truly inclusive retailer so you’ll be welcomed whoever you are and wherever you work. Around here, there’s always the chance to try something new — whether that’s as part of an evolving team or somewhere else across the business - and we take development seriously and promise to support you. We also recognise and celebrate colleagues when they go the extra mile and, where possible, offer flexible working. When you join our team, we’ll also offer you an amazing range of benefits. Here are some of them:

Starting off with colleague discount, you'll be able to save 10% on your shopping online and in-store at Sainsbury's, Argos, TU and Habitat, and we regularly increase the discount to 15% at points during the year. We've also got you covered for your future with our pensions scheme and life cover. You'll also be able to share in our success as you may be eligible for a performance-related bonus of up to 5% of salary, depending on how we perform.

Your wellbeing is important to us too. You'll receive an annual holiday allowance and you can buy up to an additional week's holiday. We also offer other benefits that will help your money go further such as season ticket loans, cycle to work scheme, health cash plans, salary advance (where you can access some of your pay before payday) as well as access to a great range of discounts from hundreds of other retailers. And if you ever need it there is also an employee assistance programme.

Moments that matter are as important to us as they are to you which is why we give up to 26 weeks’ pay for maternity or adoption leave and up to 4 weeks’ pay for paternity leave.

Please see www.sainsburys.jobs for a range of our benefits (note, length of service and eligibility criteria may apply).