Supply Chain Assistant - GM

Sainsbury's; London; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading retail company as a Supply Chain Assistant, playing a vital role in ensuring efficient stock flow and contributing to customer satisfaction. Your proactive problem-solving and communication skills will be essential in collaborating with suppliers and internal teams to meet stock and availability targets.

Benefits

Colleague Discount

Pensions Scheme

Life Cover

Performance-related Bonus

Annual Holiday Allowance

Health Cash Plans

Employee Assistance Program

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of supply chain operations.
• Excellent communication skills for collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Ordering stock and tracking orders from suppliers.
• Maintaining accurate records of stock intake and output forecasts.
• Collaborating with replenishment teams for allocations.

Skills

Communication

Problem-Solving

Attention to Detail

Job description

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.

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Qualifications

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, with periodic increases to 15%.
• We provide pensions scheme and life cover for your future security.
• You may be eligible for a performance-related bonus of up to 5% of salary.
• Additional benefits include annual holiday allowance, options to buy extra holidays, season ticket loans, cycle to work scheme, health cash plans, salary advance, and discounts from hundreds of retailers.
• We offer generous maternity, paternity, and adoption leave pay.

For more details, visit www.sainsburys.jobs.

Responsibilities

We value work/life balance and aim to be the engine room for getting products from farms and factories to customers. Your role involves planning around various retail events, analyzing data, and exercising judgment to resolve issues or ambiguities. We are undergoing significant transformation, requiring individuals who champion change, collaborate, and communicate effectively to drive success.