REQ ID: 114250
JOB TITLE: Supply Chain Senior Project Analyst
SALARY: Competitive
POSTING END DATE: 09/06/2023
LOCATION: Gaydon
Beyond Property, Purchasing, HR and IT, more than being part of our Finance or Marketing teams, beyond even Sales and Service, every role in every business area offers unique opportunities to make an impact on the future of mobility and the automotive industry.
WHAT TO EXPECT
Jaguar Land Rover is revolutionising the way it plans and manages its end-to-end Supply Chain, working to improve lead times and offer increased flexibility to customers. Right at the heart of this are the Operations & Logistics teams, responsible for the execution of the core Supply Chain & Logistics processes and systems that ensure efficient, on time delivery of parts to our plants right through to delivery of finished vehicles to our retailers and customers.
Working as a Senior Project Analyst within the Supply Chain Operations Development team, you will be fundamental to the digital transformation, delivering products and services that drive competitive advantage and efficiency by reducing costs, improving delivery performance, creating value and driving profitable growth for the teams.
WHAT YOU WILL NEED
You will lead on the end-to-end implementation of data analytics and digital tools within Jaguar Land Rover Logistics Operations, using data to deliver business improvements and create value. Embracing technology-enabled change, you will need to draw on and develop your Supply Chain & Logistics domain knowledge and data & analytics expertise. A Creators’ Code mindset is paramount, and you will always ensure that the products you deliver are tailored to the needs of your stakeholders.
Key Accountabilities & Responsibilities:
Requirements gathering across the operations – analysing pain points within existing processes and systems, identifying improvement opportunities and project scoping
Project prioritisation – maintain catalogue of functional projects, ensuring they are prioritised for delivery based on latest data.
Build the roadmap for the Operations & Logistics digital transformation – identifying and developing talent within the function, drawing on your own technical expertise and experience.
Day-to-day project management – running workshops with operational and technical stakeholders.
Translate business requirements into technical solutions, working with Digital team on delivery.
Undertake any other work as directed by their line manager in connection with their job as may be requested from time to time.
Supervise and provide mentorship to junior colleagues.
Essential:
Experience working as a business analyst / project engineer in the Supply Chain / Logistics sector.
Knowledge of Supply Chain Systems such as ERP/MRP, Control Tower/Connected Supply Chain Systems
Working knowledge and experience of Logistics systems including MRP / ERP, warehouse management, data management and simulation
Understand automotive or other supply chains and material flow principles.
Experience in use of lean and agile business improvement
Able to conduct detailed business process mapping / analysis and identify improvement opportunities, supported by data.
Experience of working with complex databases and confident working with disparate data sources (structured and unstructured)
Track record of performing structured analysis of data and presenting outcomes to both technical and non-technical audiences
Strong across the Office 365 technology stack (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
Ability to plan and prioritise varying workload and demands.
Educated to degree level (STEM subjects preferred) or equivalent experience.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Desirable:
Experience of Automotive Logistics / Manufacturing.
Familiarity with SAP data structures.
Previous experience of one or more cloud platform (Google Cloud Platform preferred)
Data exploration / visualisation with Tableau (preferred), Looker, Power BI etc.
Proficient in SQL and a programming language (Python preferred)
Awareness / experience of Agile project management techniques and tools (Atlassian toolkit: Jira, Confluence etc)
SO WHY US?
Bring all this to the home of premium innovation, and you’ll find the opportunities to further your career with a world-class team, a discounted car purchase and lease scheme for you and your family, membership of a competitive pension plan and performance related bonus scheme. All this and more makes Jaguar Land Rover the perfect place to continue your journey.
This role may offer the opportunity for hybrid working where you can split your time between working from home and in the office. At Jaguar Land Rover, hybrid working is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement providing employees with more choice and flexibility around how, when and where they work, if suitable for their role. Further details can be discussed with the Hiring Manager at interview stage.
Please be aware that we may close this vacancy for applications before the stated deadline if we receive a high volume of interest. We strongly advise you to submit your application as early as possible.
Jaguar Land Rover is committed to equal opportunity for all.