Fortune brands innovations
Fortune Brands Innovations are a US based company, listed on the New York Stock Exchange, that owns and develops a dynamic portfolio of brands for homes worldwide.
Our specialist kitchen and bathroom division, Fortune Brands Water Innovations, is made up of a collection of leading luxury UK brands: Shaws of Darwen, Perrin & Rowe, and Victoria & Albert Baths, which we market under the umbrella brand, House of Rohl.
In addition, Aqualisa completes our portfolio with its market leading digital showering technology.
All of our brands are united by a belief in design, innovation and craftmanship, leading to beautiful and high-quality products.
With manufacturing sites throughout the UK, and a House of Rohl showroom at the Design Centre in London, we currently employ over 600 people who are dedicated to delivering excellent products and service throughout our supply chain. A new multi-million-pound state-of-the-art facility at the i54 Business Park in Wolverhampton will be completed later this year, generating exciting new opportunities across the business as we continue to grow.
Our people are what make our business, and we truly care about creating a Home for All where employees are empowered to make a difference, and able to bring their authentic selves to work. We are passionate about rewarding excellence and helping people to grow, both personally and professionally, during their time with us.
If you are looking for opportunities within a progressive, innovative, and nurturing organisation; and have the energy, passion, and commitment to deliver excellence, we would love to hear from you.
We currently have an exciting opportunity to join us as a Buyer within our growing Supply Chain Team.
In a nutshell, you will be responsible for:
Managing the supply of components and finished goods to support service levels of 96% whilst ensuring our inventory level remains in line with business targets. Provide analytical support to mitigate risk and support business cost-saving initiatives.
What you are already great at:
Manage Purchase Orders and the supply of components to achieve the agreed service level.
Ensure purchase orders are released promptly as per the order cycle/MRP.
Ensure that all purchase orders have an accurate delivery date and are not overdue.
Expedite purchase orders with suppliers in line with MRP requirements, review exception messages in MRP and act accordingly.
Monitor demand plan changes and make adjustments as necessary, manage supplier order books to ensure alignment of data.
Take action to address late deliveries and shortages, report and action any material availability issues which could impact the manufacturing schedule.
Analyse lead times, order cycles, MOQs, and lot sizes, and make proposals for rationalisation to reduce and optimise inventory.
Provide analytical support to the Supply chain team/management to include but not limited to; Delivery Performance, Stock Outs, Shortages, Supplier Spend, Inventory Levels and What If Scenario s.
Attending daily production meetings, liaising with other internal stakeholders throughout the business on any supply shortages with contingency where required
Champion & communicate any quality issue with components while liaising with Supplier Quality Department
For this role we would need you to demonstrate:
Minimum 3 years supply chain experience ideally within purchasing with commodity experience.
Experience of working with an ERP / MRP systems.
Excellent admin skills.
Good analytical skills required, ability to interpret numerical data using Excel and other tools.
Good verbal and written communication skills.
What your colleagues say about you:
An ideas and solutions-focused person
An excellent and engaging communicator with the confidence to communicate at all levels
Very organised and methodical
Able to communicate ideas both verbally and in writing.
Very high level of attention to detail
Our Values:
Aligned in our work together
Agile in the face of challenge
Accountable to our promises
Action with integrity and transparency
Why work for us:
We reward our employees not just for the big headline results we reward our teams for how you have positively contributed to the business and that isn t always defined by hitting a financial target.
We have a pay for performance culture and reward annually on results. In an ever-changing environment its key that you are a curious and nimble learner. We succeed as a team so the ability to collaborate is essential. And to continue to grow and continually challenge you need to ensure you are able to both plan and align so we are all pulling in the same direction.
The benefits bit:
33 days holiday (inclusive of Bank Holidays)
Employee Assistance Programme
Annual Incentive Plan Bonus Structure
Life Assurance
Health & Wellbeing Programme, including health cash plan and employee assistance