I am currently recruiting for Supply Chain Analysts to join a rail organisation on a permanent basis in either London or Birmingham.

**Please note, salary on advert is for London, Birmingham salary will be £30,150 - £ <phone number removed> % flex fund**

The client is looking for analysts to support the development and implementation of the supply chain risk monitoring and management, and systems and reporting activities across all stages of the procurement lifecycle.

The role involves working with suppliers and colleagues within the Supply Chain Management function to maintain and enhance approaches to measuring supplier capacity utilisation and financial health across 2000+ critical.

Main duties of the role will include: 

• Leading the maintenance of sources of supply chain data and tools, including daily monitoring of key indicators, and analysing, interpreting and presenting data insights, utilising Microsoft Access, Power BI and Power Apps.
• Leading the timely and accurate production of supply chain reporting to update key stakeholder groups, in accordance with SCM programme governance.
• Assisting with the development of the SCM database and migration to a new platform (e.g. Microsoft Dataverse).
• Working with Supply Chain Managers to engage with appointed Joint Venture Contractors in identifying supply chain risks and opportunities and develop suitable mitigation plans
• Developing supply chain models and maps to identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and risks in the marketplace
• Providing support to the wider supplier management and Procurement & Supply Chain functions where cross-working is needed, including: Corporate Procurement, Contract Management, Construction Procurement and Railway Systems teams.

Skills required:

• Analytical skills including the ability to deliver consistently accurate data analysis and insights.
• Technical skills technical skills to maximise use of Microsoft applications and visualisation tools e.g. Power BI, Access, Excel, PowerPoint.
• Research skills including the ability to research the market, new ideas and trends.
• Prioritisation & organisational skills including managing competing priorities to agreed deadlines.
• Ability to produce and present documents and reports to a variety of audiences.
• Stakeholder management skills including the ability to maintain effective working relationships with teams across the organisation.

Types of experience required: 

• Experience of systems and reporting applications including procurement and commercial tools.
• Experience of gathering and analysing information from multiple stakeholders and sources.
• Experience of conducting objective analysis of supply chain data (including performance, risk and opportunities).

If you are interested in this role and have the relevant skills and experience, please apply for immediate consideration.