Job Description
Join the team behind iconic spirits brands – your next adventure starts here!
You'll effectively manage finished goods inventory to agreed targets, ensuring a high level of availability for customers whilst controlling working capital. You'll also influence stakeholders to achieve targets and improve Supply Chain performance.
Main Responsibility
• Ensure efficient and effective inventory holding by performing inventory coverage calculation as per the standard procedure and maintaining critical inventory parameters
• Ensure that inventory level best matches the anticipated consumer demand by reviewing and adjusting long-term volume plans, closely engaging with the customer relations team and the Head of Supply Chain
• Manage the inventory replenishment effectively, by validating purchase orders and resolve any upcoming conflicts
• Monitor NPD minor changes and manage dry goods to minimise obsolescence
• Monitor slow moving stock (both dry and finished goods) and find solutions to reduce the numbers
• Support the introduction of new products to consignment sites through liaison with Demand Planning, Customer Relations, Commercial, Planning and NDP teams
• Monitor line status and proactively engage with the Customer Relations Team, Global Demand and Supply, and Bottling to solve supply issues
• Monitor Strip stamp receipts in line with planned production
• Review demand from customer orders and manage appropriate supply with the sub-contract planner within agreed lead-times
• Prepare monthly allocation summary reports, track allocations by market and highlight major risks and opportunities.
• Raise change requests for all new spirit types
Our Ideal Candidate
* Educated to degree level, with experience in business operations, logistics, or a related field
* Strong analytical, organisational and communication skills
* Proven track record of inventory/product lifecycle management within a multi-site FMCG environment.
* Comprehensive understanding of supply chain processes and procedures
* Advanced skills in Microsoft applications (Excel & Word)
What we can offer you
* We offer a competitive salary and benefits which are designed to promote our employees financial wellbeing. Employees are also eligible to participate in a bonus plan.
* Our employees enjoy a generous holiday entitlement and an opportunity to ‘buy’ or ‘sell’ some holiday entitlement.
* Private Healthcare and Doctor@Hand (remote GP service).
* Our employees can join a defined contribution pension plan. Employees contribute either 4% or 5% of salary, the company contributes 8% or 10% depending on the employee contribution. Employee contributions can be made through salary sacrifice.
* Our Employee Assistance Programme offers practical, impartial support on everyday matters ranging from medical, financial and legal to home and family issues.
* Our Life Assurance cover is a multiple of eight times your annual basic salary.
* Product allocation so that you can enjoy our fantastic portfolio of brands.
* Our Cycle to Work scheme allows you to hire a bike for an agreed length of time, and then snap it up for a fraction of its original value. All while making savings (at least 25%) and spreading the cost.
* Every employee has the opportunity to claim up to £1,000 per year for a charity or charities for which they have raised money, volunteered their time or personally donated.
* Learning resources to help you be your best self.
About Quality Spirits International
As a wholly owned subsidiary of the largest independent Scotch whisky company and the No. 1 private label Scotch supplier, excellence is a part of who we are at QSI.
From the heart of Scotland, we offer a wide range of affordable, quality Scotch whisky brands to retailers and distributors in over 70 countries. In addition to Scotch Blends and Single Malts, our portfolio also includes Irish Whiskey, Gin and Bourbon.
We have over 30 years’ experience in providing bespoke private label services to our network of global customers.