Inbound Supply Co-ordinator in Crawley

Business Area: Nestle UK&I - Coffee

Location: Tutbury

Salary up circa £28,000 depending on experience.

Some of our other fantastic benefits:

• Potential, discretionary annual bonus
• Generous pension scheme – up to 12% contribution from Nestle
• 12 flexible days on top of 25-day holiday entitlement
• A focus on personal development and growth

We have a fantastic opportunity for an Inbound Supply Co-ordinator working with our Tutbury Coffee factory colleagues. The main purpose of this role is to ensure the availability of materials to fulfil the requirements of the supply stream production plans by utilising defined cost and stock policy boundaries. Driving continuous improvements in MRP processes within our end to end supply stream by building on the strong relationships with Suppliers, Planners and our factory colleagues to ensure a best-in-class operation.

The Tutbury operation employs roughly 600 colleagues, this location is a supply chain hub and houses roughly 30 Supply chain professionals. The offices are situated on the manufacturing site, recently renovated with meeting rooms and recreational areas. The team you will work in reports to Inbound Supply Lead and there are 2 other coordinators, the wider team spans roughly 10 colleagues.

Your impact:

Reporting into the ISC Lead, you will be responsible for the ordering of stock from suppliers into both the factory and third party warehouse.

Key responsibilities:

• Active member of the Tutbury Supply Planning team.
• Create an optimised replenishment plan for raw and packaging materials over an 18 month horizon to ensure supply of material to production whilst meeting working capital targets and stock cover policies.
• Manage exceptions with suppliers.
• Follow up delivery shortfalls and quality issues with suppliers agreeing plans to minimise impact on customer service levels or working capital.
• Monitor supplier performance ensuring plans are developed with the supplier, procurement business support and the supply stream to close gaps as necessary.
• Work with suppliers and procurement business support and the supply stream to identify and exploit improvement opportunities to drive TDC, service improvements or working capital reductions.
• Manage supplier relationship locally within the supply stream.
• Involve suppliers in supply stream improvement exercises which will create shared value for Nestle and their suppliers.
• Driving connectivity between planning processes, procurement and factory assets and teams.

Your ingredients for success:

To be successful in this role you will ideally come from a Supply Chain background.

Other key attributes:

• Proven ability to manage stakeholder expectations and responsiveness to a high standard.
• Proven track record for delivering best practice and driving a customer service mindset both individually and within the team.
• Have a logical and collaborative approach with an eye for detail and not be afraid to challenge constructively.

What you need to know:

We will be considering candidates as they apply and we will occasionally close job advertisements early in the event we receive sufficient applicants, so please don’t delay in submitting your application.

At Nestlé, our values are rooted in respect and we believe that embracing diversity and fostering an inclusive environment allows everyone to reach their full potential and drives innovative thinking. We strongly encourage applications from individuals of all gender identities, ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities, parents, carers and members of the LGBT+ community. Please let us know if we can provide accommodations to ensure your full participation in the application process.