Supply Chain Analyst: Lighting Controls: London

Supply Chain Analyst: Lighting Controls: London

Our client is the world leader in the design and manufacture of lighting controls, lighting control systems and shading solutions for residential and commercial applications.

As a Supply Chain Analyst you will be responsible for helping our client grow through corporate improvement projects and helping ensure the successful launch of new products. In this role, you may:

• Gain an understanding of business systems and processes
• Work closely with engineering, customer service, supply chain, and manufacturing and distribution facilities to ensure timely order fulfilment throughout the product lifecycle
• Develop key relationships with business partners
• Monitor performance of business partners to ensure timely receipt of high quality, low cost material
• Drive both internal and external improvement projects to enable more effective communication and sharing of information
• Manage inventory levels to ensure high fill rate through a cost-effective approach
• Mitigate and manage supply chain risk
• Calculate current and future product costs based on plan design changes using new technologies.

Qualifications

Highly-qualified candidates will be able to demonstrate the following:

• Academic excellence in a relevant course of study - A bachelor's degree in Business, Logistics, or Supply Chain Management (or equivalent 4-year degree with related work experience), with at least a 3.0 GPA.
• Travel - Willingness to work on projects in any of our clients global locations. Travel to remote locations is likely and may be with short notice.
• Flexibility - Demonstrated ability to adapt to changing circumstances and priorities
• Initiative - Drive to proactively meet customer needs, both internal and external customers
• Determination - Perseverance to accomplish given goals in the time allotted regardless of obstacles
• Thoroughness - Follow-through to complete all critical tasks on projects to ensure success
• Creative Problem Solving - A passion to address complex needs, tasks or issues and develop creative solutions