Band / Individual Contributor – Professional
Grade / P1 – Entry
Job Family / Supply Chain
Reporting To / Paul James-Dyke/Denzil Williams
Location / Wales – Oakdale
Date Written/Revised / 16th March 2018
Benchmark Job (For HR Use)
Position Objective
The successful candidate will be:
- Part of a Supply Chain Graduate development programme,which is designed to focus on the key non-Technical functions within the business. It will be to develop the next generation of business leaders for GDLS.
- Part of the GDLS graduate development programme, which will provide interpersonal and team working related training courses to develop skills that are fundamental to the Business.
Generic Level Description
General Accountabilities / Learns job/role requirements; begins to apply academic knowledge to job/role accountabilities
Supervision Required or Provided to Others / Works under close supervision, and requires significant direction on how assignments are to be executed
Complexity / Works on problems of limited scope. Follows standard practices and procedures in analyzing situations or data from which answers can be readily obtained.
Knowledge and Technical Expertise / Learns to apply company policies and procedures to resolve routine issues. Able to apply basic knowledge/skills to own work. Develops skills in basic theories, practices and procedures of the functional areas through formal training.
Problem Solving / Uses existing, clearly defined procedures to solve routine problems; applies limited judgment and discretion
Planning & Organizing / Organizes own time to deliver against tasks set by others, with a short term horizon
Project Management Accountabilities / Carries out assignments within well-defined practices, procedures and approaches
Decision Making and Autonomy / Limited decision-making authority and autonomy; predominantly takes direction from others
Client/Business Orientation / Is introduced to the basic needs of the internal and external client and responds to standard requests. Understands relationship between work processes and the business but horizons limited to own team. Is aware of costs related to own work.
Communication, Negotiation and Influencing / Asks questions, checks for understanding, provides explanation clearly and precisely.
Leadership Requirements / Establishes co-operative relationships to work effectively with colleagues; supports others and participates as a team member, carrying out duties as directed
Key Contacts / Deals directly with immediate supervisor, co-workers and team members; engages in routine exchanges of information; interactions with external contacts, if applicable, would be monitored
Physical Effort / Little chance of injury. Duties may involve sitting, standing, keyboarding with frequent flexible breaks.
Working Conditions / Standard Office Environment. May be required to travel and/or have overnight trips. Hours worked may exceed regular schedule.
Discipline Description
Summary of Supply Chain Graduate
/ The successful candidate will be integrated into a multi-disciplined team learning about the various projects and business units, carrying out research and presenting findings to the senior management teams of the business units.The successful candidate will be:
- Encouraged to obtain formal qualifications, appropriate to their substantive role to support career progression.
- Prioritise delivery of materials with suppliers to ensure sufficient supply is available
- Place PO’s for Strategic Operations team through MRP and Oracle Systems
- Work with SCM Strategic Operations and Strategic Sourcing team to help develop relationships with the suppliers over the long term
- Support the Demand and Inventory SCM team, to ensure accuracy of material flow and its availability.
- Support the SCM OPEX team to ensure appropriate process and procedures are in place, for all SCM employees to adhere to.
- Developed to take responsibility for the day-to-day responsibilities and tasks provided.
- Mentored and coached by SCM Leadership team to help develop understanding and increase skills sets within the SCM function.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Essential Skills
/- Self-motivated, ambitious and able to work as part of a multi-disciplined team.
- A professional attitude to work
- Good written and verbal communication skills,
- Good presentational skills
- Organised and able to prioritise work
- Flexible and pragmatic in their approach to work
- Able, willing and confident to organise / perform tasks using initiative and innovation.
Supply Chain / The successful candidate will be developed to understand the end to end supply chain along with the functional requirements of supply chain as a service to the business organisation, and to take responsibility for:
- Forecasting and Demand planning – ensuring supply matches the demand for the customers
- Procurement – negotiating and buying raw materials
- Subcontracts Management - consistency in managing subcontracts across functions, to mitigate risk to the increase profitably.
- Logistics – distribution and warehousing
- Defining expectations across procurement and program management personnel
Education & Experience
Required Education & Experience
/A minimum 2:1 honours degree in any subject.
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