Supply Chain Specialist

Waste Team Project Specialist

We're looking for someone to join our Waste Team here in Supply Chain, as a Project Specialist.

We’re looking for Supply Chain Specialists to join our Fresh Operations team. You’ll take ownership for outstanding availability to our customers in designated product categories, whilst delivering against stock and waste targets to minimise cash impacts to the business. The successful candidate will actively participate in running and improving the business team.

• Owning end‑to‑end product, data and performance for their categories and customers
• Owning the escalations at the right time where opportunities/risks arise in regards to product flow
• Leading the category availability of product flow measures within the business team
• Developing strong collaborative relationships with the full Business Team who work on the category to agree the optimum levels of products to meet customer demand
• Actively managing supplier base and negotiating with suppliers on service performance
• Improving availability all the way through the end‑to‑end supply chain from supplier to shelf edge (group)
• Reviewing promotional performance and stock targets on a weekly basis and agree actions with trading to limit impact to inventory levels or wastage at store

• An understanding of retail business, processes and consumer demand
• Understanding of Supply Chain principles (Stock, availability, Waste & Markdown, Seasonality and promotional impacts)
• Advanced level working knowledge of Excel / Google
• Excellent stakeholder management ability
• Experience of data management, management forecasting and interpreting trends
• Proven delivery of projects to a schedule

• 15 % colleague discount in our stores and online, plus an additional 10 % card for a friend or family member
• Annual bonus scheme
• Generous holiday entitlement
• Company pension contributions
• Private healthcare
• Perks with over 850 retailers
• Free parking onsite

This role will be based at our head office in Bradford. We offer hybrid working with up to two days working from home, and onsite facilities such as a restaurant, coffee shop, convenience and sample store, prayer room, and regular company‑wide events and promotions.

Feeding the Nation and making sure people can get the food they need wouldn’t be possible without our incredible supply chain. It’s where we make sure our shelves are full and looking great without creating waste. It means keeping our depot teams closely linked with our suppliers. It’s about growing our online business, including our partnership with Ocado, and building our wholesale function as we work with Amazon to supply external businesses rather than just our stores.

Our modern Head Office on the edge of Bradford is home to teams from tech, marketing and finance to HR, trading and supply chain. It’s the hub where decisions are made and our corporate teams make sure everything runs smoothly. We host seasonal events and our suppliers often visit to share details of their latest product. We’re also committed to fundraising for our current charity partner.

£33,000 – 34,000 per year