Supply Chain Analyst- Cork
Job Overview
My client, a Global Manufacturing organization is looking for a Supply Chain Analyst to join its Cork team.
This is a leading company which has had unprecedented growth in the past few years and this is a new role for this Organization. This is a fantastic opportunity to join and grow on your career with fantastic salary and benefits.
The Supply Chain Analyst is a key supply chain role providing analytical support, problem solves system issues, master data and identifies areas of improvement.
A key function of this role is producing data-based reports and information, efficient planning of tasks and organisation.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Have excellent understanding of Supply Chain planning signals - inventory, procurement, demand, in transits, stock transfers
- Liaise with the Supply Chain Management team to issue forecasts to factories in a timely manner, taking into account lead times on various raw materials.
- Assist the Supply Chain Management in chasing for delays in raw materials and working on solutions to resolve
- Maintain accurate master and transactional data in relative systems.
- Manage and maintain stock profiles in line with typical customer usages and the company's standard lead times. Update stock profiles on a regular basis created on customer forecasts and usages.
- Ensure ERP Parameters and indicators are effectively set/ managed, through collaboration with key customers.
- Be able to understand business impact with technical issues and hence assign appropriate level of urgency to issue
- Be able to drive the resolution of issues and ensure root cause is well documented
- Be able to drive weekly/monthly metrics to assess the volume of issues and drive improvement plans for repeat issues
- Prepare reports on a weekly basis for Senior Management and present stocking profiles and stocking forecasts in order for the Group Financial Controller to model cashflows
- Ensure adequate capacity for stock holding at stock locations and ensuring that appropriate contracts are in place with Senior Management
- Ensure cycle counts are completed in a timely manner and managing the company's own warehouse and 3rd party logistics providers to ensure stock levels are complete / accurate
- Liaising with other departments such as Sales and Warehousing
- Other business requirements as required by management
The requirements for the desired Supply Chain Analyst include but are not limited to:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent
- Previous experience in a Supply Chain Analyst role
- MRP systems experience required- Oracle is desired but not essential
- Data mining / reporting skills
- Previous inventory forecasting experience
- Previous experience with Excel or other data visualization tools
- Strong communication skills both oral and written
- Highly organized with a strong attention to detail
- Ability to work cross functionally as part of a team
- Hard working and reliable
If you feel that you fulfil the above qualifications please apply today with your CV. If you have any further queries please contact Rachael Pando of FRS Recruitment
Key Contact
Rachael Pando
+353 86 043 5692Rachael has been working in the Recruitment industry for a number of years and joined FRS Recruitment in 2016. She is a Senior Recruitment Consultant looking after Supply Chain and Logistics roles nationally.