Network Deployment Analyst
Date: 29 Oct 2024
Location: Lutterworth, GB, LE17 4XW
Company: Britvic
At Britvic, we make, market and sell great-tasting soft drinks, offering refreshments to billions of consumers worldwide. We're constantly refreshing and reimagining our business, ensuring it's innovative and evolving while staying true to our vision – to be the most dynamic soft drinks company, creating a better tomorrow. We've been home to iconic brands for over 100 years, and our relevance is anchored in an authentic heritage. Delivering our vision is down to the passion of our people, and we create conditions for everyone to thrive and grow. From our international supply chain and network of partners, we export to over 100 countries, offering opportunities for our people and businesses to grow.
Job Overview
As a Deployment Analyst, you will play a key role in managing the stocks held within the GB network. You will have day-to-day ownership of the stocks held at each Britvic site, ensuring the right stocks are held in our factories to support the best cost-to-serve opportunities while meeting production demands. This is a central role with key links into the warehouse, transport, and customer teams, ensuring we can manage network demand at the lowest cost while delivering excellent customer service.
Key Responsibilities
- Management of stock movements around the network
- Accurately maintain system data
- Validate the deployment system and manage exceptions, ensuring stock movements are achieved at the right time and cost
- Ownership of site/role (defined by the Team Leader)
- Own the drive site forecast to support holding the correct stocks at each site
- Management of the site stock holding rules (days cover vs space)
- Management of the order-sourcing model
- Support operational constraints through regular communication and stakeholder engagement
- Cost reduction - proactively manage short-dated stock run-out and reduce stock movements across the network
- Support the management of operational exceptions, including day-to-day deployment system maintenance
- Support the development of the deployment process in line with changes to the Britvic network
Requirements
- MS Excel skills are essential
- Good analytical skills
- Experience with demand & supply planning tools (e.g., SAP) is preferred but not essential
- FMCG industry experience is desirable
Key Behaviors
- Works effectively with a diverse range of people across the business
- Ability to work effectively individually or as part of a team
- Takes personal responsibility to ensure results are delivered
Qualifications
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5 GCSEs or equivalent
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Experience of end to end supply chain processes
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12 months + experience in planning systems in a customer-facing role.