Supply Chain Executive

Looking for an opportunity that’s fun, fast paced, customer focused and commercial with fantastic development opportunities? Then look no further!

Our Supply Chain teams are at the ‘heart' of our business and front and centre of all we do. By working collaboratively with a range of teams including our Buying, Modular Planning and logistics teams, our operational supply teams cover at least one element of demand, supply planning or new store opening roles. All of these focus on delivering excellent availability for our customers and cost savings to the business.

From the fast, reactive world of fresh food supply right through to planning imported goods and vital store projects there are many areas of opportunity. A career in Supply isn’t about ‘pressing buttons', it’s also about collaboration, communication and influencing to land initiatives which will impact our stores and our customers in an effective and reliable way.

Joining our supply chain is the chance to work with stakeholders right across the supply chain and to see the results of your hard work each time you step into a store.

Examples Of Things You Could Be Responsible For:

• Take ownership of shelf availability across your specific product area(s) or store projects and initiatives.
• Constantly review performance, building on wins and seeking areas for improvements and ideas to drive performance forward.
• Collaboration of forecasts with stakeholders across the supply chain to ensure ongoing forecast accuracy.
• Work cross functionally & collaborate with multiple central teams prioritising your workload whilst managing expectations and escalating issues when appropriate.
• Day to day management of critical timescales to deliver individual projects.

You might be a recent graduate (any discipline), or you have gained experience in either a Retail store, Head office or Planning environment. You’ll be motivated by a fast-paced role which requires strong communication and team working skills to achieve results.

Desired Skills:

• Strong communication skills.
• The ability to develop and maintain collaborative internal and external relationships.
• Keen focus on Forecast Accuracy with strong initiative and actions to improve the number.
• Demand Planning skills, focusing on analysis of historic data to identify patterns and future impacts to forecasts.
• Communicate, manage and own a collaborative forecast for the relevant department.
• A team player with a natural ability to seek solutions and solve problems.
• Strong influencing skills.
• A keen eye for detail, excellent organisational skills and the ability to prioritise effectively.
• Your attitude to achieve and learn in a changing environment will be vital.
• Excellent PC skills, to include strong Office Skills – e.g. Outlook / Excel/ Word.
• You’ll be numerate & analytical.
• You’ll demonstrate commercial thinking and be capable of collating and evaluating data to support fact-based recommendations.
• You’ll have experience of or enjoy analysing large amounts of data.

To ensure we balance moments where we know we need to collaborate together and the need for flexibility, Asda has a hybrid way of working with a minimum 3 days a week in one of our Home Offices. Over and above this, each area of Asda may have additional requirements which may require spending more days in the office, visiting suppliers, stores or depots.

You Will Also Get An Excellent Benefits Package Including:

• Discretionary company bonus.
• Company pension up to 7% matched.
• 15% colleague discount in store and online.
• Free access to wellbeing services such as Wagestream, 24/7 virtual GP, counselling, health and dental cash plans and a 24/7 employee assistance helpline, alongside discounts across a range of services and activities, from airport parking, enhanced to theme parks and cinemas.
• Asda Allies Inclusion Networks – helping colleagues to make sure everybody is included and that our differences are recognised and celebrated.
• Excellent parental leave policies, including maternity & adoption leave, paternity leave, shared parental leave, neonatal care leave, and support for those doing fertility treatments.

We want all colleagues to be able to bring their best and true selves to work, every day. Simply put, we want our colleagues to be Proud to be Asda and proud to be themselves.