Supply Chain Specialist - Fresh Operations

Morrisons; Bradford; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading supermarket chain based in Bradford is seeking a Supply Chain Specialist to enhance product availability and manage supplier relationships. This role involves end-to-end ownership of product flow, maintaining stock levels, and minimizing waste. Candidates should have a solid understanding of supply chain principles, excellent data management skills, and experience in stakeholder engagement. The company offers hybrid working options, a variety of benefits, and a fast-paced work environment.

Benefits

15% colleague discount

Annual bonus scheme

Generous holiday entitlement

Company pension contributions

Private healthcare

Perks with over 850 retailers

Free parking onsite

Qualifications

• Understanding of supply chain principles including stock and availability.
• Experience in stakeholder management and data management.
• Advanced working knowledge of Excel or Google tools.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end product and performance for designated categories.
• Lead category availability and manage supplier negotiations.
• Review promotional performance and stock targets weekly.

Skills

Understanding of retail business

Supply Chain principles

Advanced Excel / Google knowledge

Stakeholder management

Data management experience

Project delivery

Job description

We're looking for Supply Chain Specialists to join our Fresh Operations team. You'll take ownership for outstanding availability to our customers in designated product categories, whilst delivering against stock and waste targets to minimise cash impacts to the business. The successful candidate will actively participate in running and improving the business team. Together, we tackle business challenges, enhance our performance and unlock the true potential of our data to drive forward the supply chain function.

This role is fast paced and you'll be at the heart of decision making, using data and influence to make improvement and change!

Some of your responsibilities will include:

• Owning end to end product, data and performance for their categories and customers
• Owning the escalations at the right time where opportunities/risks arise in regards to product flow
• Leading the category availability of product flow measures within the business team
• Developing strong collaborative relationships with the full Business Team who work on the category to agree the optimum levels of products to meet customer demand
• Actively managing supplier base and negotiating with suppliers on service performance
• Improving availability all the way through the end to end supply chain from supplier to shelf edge (group)
• Reviewing promotional performance and stock targets on a weekly basis and agree actions with trading to limit impact to inventory levels or wastage at store

This role will be based at our fantastic head office in Bradford. Boasting an on-site restaurant, coffee shop, convenience and sample store, prayer room, free parking and regular company-wide events and promotions. Additionally, we're embracing hybrid working, providing the flexibility of up to two days working from home.

About you

We’ve built an incredibly diverse business, and we’re working hard to make sure we truly represent the communities we serve. One of the best things about working with so many different people is having the opportunity to listen, learn and connect with lots of different views, perspectives and beliefs. We're looking for people who are enthusiastic and ready to make a difference and for someone who has the following:

• An understanding of retail business, processes and consumer demand
• Understanding of Supply Chain principles (Stock, availability, Waste & Markdown, Seasonality and promotional impacts
• Advanced level working knowledge of Excel / Google
• Excellent stakeholder management ability
• Experience of data management, management forecasting and interpreting trends
• Proven delivery of projects to a schedule

About us

About The Team

Feeding the Nation and making sure people can get the food they need wouldn't be possible without our incredible supply chain.

It's where we make sure our shelves are full and looking great without creating waste. It means keeping our depot teams closely linked with our suppliers. It's about growing our online business, including our partnership with Ocado. And it involves building our wholesale function as we work with Amazon to supply external businesses rather than just our stores.

What makes our supply chain unique is that we don't just sell food - we make it too, which means we work alongside our own manufacturing teams as well as suppliers.

And with a day to day workload that includes merchandising, development, data science, and more, it's busy, it's fast-moving, it's ambitious, and it's an incredible place to work, right at the heart of Morrisons.

About The Company

Our modern Head Office on the edge of Bradford is home to our different support teams from tech, marketing and finance to HR, trading and supply chain. Alive with activity, this is where decisions are made and our corporate teams make sure everything runs smoothly. Here, you’ll find comfy breakout areas, a coffee shop, newsagents and subsidised restaurant all within commuting distance of Leeds, Manchester and the Yorkshire Dales - always with free parking. We host regular seasonal events and you’ll often find our suppliers on site sharing details of their latest product. We’re also committed to fundraising for our current charity partner. Our business is fast paced and ever changing, as such we’ve lots of opportunities for you to play your part in our success. We’d love to meet you…

Some of the benefits you can expect as follows;

• 15% colleague discount in our stores and online, plus an additional 10% card for a friend or family member
• Annual bonus scheme
• Generous holiday entitlement
• Company pension contributions
• Private healthcare
• Perks with over 850 retailers
• Free parking onsite