Supply Chain Analyst

Are you analytical, detail-focused, and passionate about optimising supply chain performance to drive commercial success?

If you’re looking for a role where you can collaborate across functions, manage supply forecasts, and maintain strong supplier relationships while ensuring product availability, this could be the opportunity for you.

As a Supply Chain Analyst, you’ll play a vital role in ensuring optimum product availability and stock levels to maximise sales opportunities, while working within stock budgets. You’ll work cross-functionally with teams such as buying, marketing, warehouses, and branch operations, and build strong supplier relationships to support the smooth running of the supply chain.

Hybrid working schedule with 2-3 days within our offices in Northampton. This would also include supplier and branch meetings. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage inbound supply of all products to meet agreed stock budgets, availability targets, and timelines.

• Lead the forecast replenishment process and handle exceptions to maximise availability within stock budgets.

• Investigate deviations from forecasts (e.g., demand spikes, contract wins, sales growth) to optimise systems for availability and stock management.

• Plan inbound supply in line with warehouse capacity and collaborate closely with warehouse teams to highlight and manage risks.

• Ensure purchase orders are placed within agreed lead times, validated, and overdue orders are updated to maintain data accuracy.

• Build and maintain effective relationships with suppliers through regular communication and collaborative planning to ensure ongoing product supply.

• Monitor and work with the supply base to ensure compliance with KPIs and agreed targets.

• Communicate effectively with stakeholders on supply matters through accurate reporting, trackers, and updates.

You’ll also have:

• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in supply planning and managing successful cross-functional relationships.

• Excellent communication and analytical skills.

• Advanced Excel skills.

• Ability to present accurate information with clear recommendations.

• Knowledge of end-to-end planning processes and basic distribution operations.

• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to persuasively support your position with analysis and facts.

• Experience in retail, DIY, or FMCG environments is preferred.

• Project management skills are desirable.

What’s in it for you?

We’ll equip you with a benefits package that grows as you grow with the company:

• Save-as-you-earn scheme

• Buy-as-you-earn scheme

• Contributory pension scheme

• Colleague discounts across a variety of Group businesses including with special discounts across our Trade Merchanting businesses, 20% off at Toolstation.

• Support on various areas such as health and wellbeing

• MyPerks discounts across shop retailers and restaurants

About Travis Perkins

As the largest distributor of building materials in the UK, Travis Perkins has been helping to build Britain for over 200 years.

With over 5 businesses, 19,000 colleagues and more than 1,200 branches, stores and sites around the UK we believe we have the best people and the best place to work. Everyone works hard together to deliver results, but most importantly, have some fun along the way!

You be you, it makes us, us!