Business Process Partner

J Barbour & Sons Ltd; United States; Híbrido; USD 66.000 - 93.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Discretionary Company bonus scheme

Staff Discount

Staff Shop

Healthcare Cash Plan

25 days holiday as standard increasing

Access to training and development

Free onsite parking

Subsidised canteen

Hybrid & flexible working

4pm finish on a Friday

Wellbeing support

Descripción de la vacante

J Barbour & Sons Ltd in South Shields is seeking a Business Process Partner (Planning, Supply Chain & Operations) to lead the design, governance and continuous improvement of end-to-end planning, supply chain and operation processes. This role will bring together different functions to improve visibility, decision-making and operational performance.

You will build trusted relationships with departmental heads, map opportunities, define future-state processes and drive measurable business value

Formación

• Relevant experience in planning, supply chain, operations, procurement, logistics, or business process improvement.
• Experience in retail, wholesale, apparel, consumer products or a comparable multi-channel organisation is desirable.
• Experience of ERP, planning, supply-chain or analytics platforms is desirable.
• A relevant process-improvement, supply-chain, business-analysis or change-management qualification is desirable.
• Strong end-to-end process analysis, facilitation and future-state design capability.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills across different levels of stakeholders.

Responsabilidades

• Lead design, governance and continuous improvement of end-to-end Planning, Supply Chain and Operation processes.
• Build trusted relationships with Departmental Heads and operational leaders to understand growth priorities, service expectations and planning challenges.
• Translate business challenges into clearly defined process opportunities with accountable ownership, outcomes, scope, dependencies, risks and measures.
• Facilitate decisions and resolve cross-functional ownership, information-flow and handover issues.
• Define practical future-state processes, roles, decision rights, controls, handovers and performance measures.
• Maintain clear, accessible process documentation and support Business and Process Owners to govern performance.
• Develop and maintain process improvement roadmaps aligned to business priorities.

Descripción del empleo

We have an exciting opportunity for a Business Process Partner (Planning, Supply Chain & Operations) to join our Business Process team here at our Head Office in South Shields. This role will be key to leading the design, governance and continuous improvement of end-to-end Planning, Supply Chain and Operation processes. This role will bring together different functions to improve visibility, decision-making, process ownership and operational performance. The successful candidate will shape improvement opportunities, define scalable ways of working and ensure process and technology change delivers measurable business value.

• The role is based at our Head Office in South Shields and the expectation is 4 days in the office and 1 day of home-working., Build trusted relationships with Departmental Heads and operational leaders to understand growth priorities, service expectations, planning challenges and operational constraints.
• Translate business challenges into clearly defined process opportunities with accountable ownership, outcomes, scope, dependencies, risks and measures.
• Facilitate decisions and resolve cross-functional ownership, information-flow and handover issues.
• Lead discovery, mapping and analysis across forecasting to buy, demand and supply planning, inventory, capacity, raw materials, purchase-order management, order fulfilment and operational performance management.
• Define practical future-state processes, roles, decision rights, controls, handovers and performance measures.
• Maintain clear, accessible process documentation and support Business and Process Owners to govern performance.
• Develop and maintain process improvement roadmaps aligned to business priorities.
• Build evidence-based recommendations and support business cases for process, data, organisation or technology improvements.
• Work with Project Managers to translate approved priorities into clear scope, milestones, sponsorship, resources, adoption and benefits plans.
• Coordinate business input into requirements, design, testing, training, communications, readiness and post-implementation review.
• Define and monitor measures covering forecast accuracy, availability, inventory, cycle time, service, cost, adherence, exceptions and adoption.
• Use data, process evidence and stakeholder insight to identify root causes and prioritise improvements. Embed a practical continuous-improvement rhythm with accountable actions and benefits tracking.
• Relevant experience in planning, supply chain, operations, procurement, logistics, or business process improvement.
• Experience in retail, wholesale, apparel, consumer products or a comparable multi-channel organisation is desirable.
• Experience of ERP, planning, supply-chain or analytics platforms is desirable.
• A relevant process-improvement, supply-chain, business-analysis or change-management qualification is desirable.
• Strong end-to-end process analysis, facilitation and future-state design capability.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills across different levels of stakeholders.
• Good commercial and operational understanding, with the ability to balance service, inventory, cost, capacity and risk.
• Analytical problem-solving, root-cause analysis and performance-measurement skills.
• Ability to lead through influence, manage ambiguity and create clarity without direct authority.
• Working knowledge of requirements, testing, adoption, benefits realisation and continuous improvement.
• Discretionary Company bonus scheme
• Staff Discount
• Staff Shop
• Healthcare Cash Plan
• 25 days holiday as standard increasing with length of service plus bank holidays
• Access to training and development activities to support your career development
• Free onsite parking
• Subsidised canteen
• Operate hybrid & flexible working
• 4pm finish on a Friday
• Wellbeing support