Supply Chain Team Leader
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Job Role: Supply Chain Team Leader, 26-32k
Early Excellence is a professional company with a fantastic 23-year history of supporting schools to achieve outstanding teaching and learning.
We are looking for a highly capable Supply Chain Team Leader to manage inventory and purchase products based on our company’s needs. As a Supply Chain Team Leader, you will play a crucial role by ensuring the efficient and effective flow of goods and services throughout the supply chain process, including tracking shipments, and maintaining reports of purchases, despatches, and pricing.
The role is a key part of what we do, providing the crucial ‘bridge’ between our customers and our internal sales, finance, and logistics teams. To be successful in this role, you should be familiar with supply chain procedures and have excellent communication, IT, and analytical skills. In addition, building successful relationships and having managerial qualities is essential.
Role Overview:
To take responsibility for the end-to-end supply of the complete product range of over 3,000 SKUs. Forecasting supply and demand to prevent overstocking and running out of stock. To support the buying team with the souring of new & substitute products, liaising closely with the warehouse team to oversee quality control.
Your responsibilities:
Your responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Calculating, raising, and submitting purchase orders with suppliers and ensuring POs are up to date – checking for price and quantity.
- Managing the critical path process from order placement, identifying production and supply chain issues, and dealing with any problems/ delays as they arise
- Monitoring and analysing stock holdings
- Managing the departments administrative activities, ensuring a smooth and uninterrupted flow of goods and services.
- Coordinating stock control operations with the warehouse staff.
- Maintaining supplier records, including supplier audits to ensure high ethical standards across our supply base.
- Collaborating with other staff members in the sales, finance, warehouse, and logistics teams, to ensure smooth coordination and communication throughout the supply chain.
- Continually reviewing the quality of products received and escalating any concerns regarding
- Setting up and maintaining bill of materials and working closely with the buying team to manage agreed product substitutions.
- Assessing samples for suitability of quality, price and sustainability
- Reporting on supplier issues, shipping costs and price increases
Experiences & Skills:
Early Excellence aims to foster a culture where all people feel valued and respected within a professional environment, ensuring the highest possible standards at all times.
We are inviting applications from highly skilled candidates with extensive knowledge of inventory management and experience in a related industry. An accomplished Supply Chain Team Leader will be someone whose expertise translates into optimally maintained stock levels.
Core Competencies:
- Proven experience in supply chain coordination in a fast paced, high-end ecommerce / retail business.
- Extensive experience in supply chain data analysis.
- Great analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to identify inefficiencies and propose solutions.
- Superb negotiation, collaboration, and communication abilities – A positive can-do attitude.
- Exceptional organisational and time management skills.
- Ability to work to deadlines and manage conflicting priorities.
- Supportive of colleagues and a team player
- Commitment to the delivery of customer service excellence
- Proven management skills with the ability to optimise team performance and development.
- An understanding of duty deferment and customs declaration services
Contract Type: Full Time: 8.30am – 5.00pm
Salary: 26-32k
Contract Term: Permanent
Location: Elland (Halifax)
What we offer:
- Competitive salary
- Highly professional, great team atmosphere
- 25 days annual leave (rising to 27 days with service) plus all public/bank holidays and an extra day off for your birthday.
- On-site free parking
- Hybrid working options available, must be able to travel to Elland at least 4 times a week.
- Modern office facilities
- 25% Staff discount
If you are interested in applying for this position, please email a covering letter and CV to recruitment@earlyexcellence.com