Supply Chain Analyst Woking, England
Job description
WELCOME TO KFC AND YUM!
WHO ARE KFC?
Colonel Harland Sanders opened the first KFC in Corbin, Kentucky in 1938. He started with one restaurant, 11 herbs and spices, and an idea. From there our incredible brand and product grew to what it is today.
KFC first came to the UK in 1965 with our first restaurant in Preston, Lancashire. Today we are a billion-pound business with over 1000 restaurants run by our 28,000 restaurant team members. Our headquarters are based at the Restaurant Support Centre (RSC) in Woking, Surrey – a 24-minute train from Waterloo. Of the c.1000 restaurants in the UK, 95% are owned and operated by 34 franchise partners; the remaining 5% are company owned and run.
WHO ARE ‘YUM!’?
KFC is one of the 5 brands operated by our parent company Yum! along with Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, The Habit Burger Grill and recently added Heartstyles. We are the world’s largest restaurant group with over 52,000 restaurants across the globe.
Yum! isn’t your average Fortune 500 company. We like to do things a little differently. From our world-famous culture of fun and recognition to our focus on your career potential.
OUR CULTURE
BREAKTHROUGH RESULTS, TEAMWORK AND RECOGNITION
We believe that our success is driven by the power of our employees working in unison with a shared set of common goals and values. We are very proud that KFC UKI is recognised as a key market not only in terms of profit and innovation but also for the talent we grow and develop for Yum!.
We invest heavily in our people and helping them drive their personal development. As part of this we give each of our managers in the business the opportunity to go through Heartstyles. Heartstyles is a tool and strategy to measure and manage culture, building people’s self-awareness and helping them to transform their behaviours. This tool can then be used in coaching conversations you have with your team and line manager and to help build effective individual development plans.
We celebrate success every day and to us recognition is much more than just saying thank you- it is about really celebrating achievements, milestones and behaviours. One of the ways we do this is through our own personal recognition awards.
As a company we take our corporate social responsibility very seriously and encourage our employees to ‘give something back’ through companywide charity efforts.
As an equal opportunity employer, we embrace individuality and diversity. We employ irrespective of background, age, ethnicity, colour, gender, disability, sexual or religious orientation and marital status.
MORE ABOUT THE ROLE
We are looking for an action driving, enthusiastic, independent, supply chain superstar to join the KFC Supply chain team to deliver insight led change as a Supply Chain Analyst.
The Supply Chain team at KFC is a regional based team made up of Procurement, Product Integrity (QA) and Supply Chain Ops (Distribution). Collectively, we are responsible for sourcing and delivery of products to our restaurants across Pan EU.
Our wider supply chain team are located across UK and Europe and our dedicated Supply Chain Ops teams are predominantly based in individual markets.
You will closely work with the Pan EU supply chain team, internal and external partners helping to leverage data and insights to report, continuously optimise performance and support our supply chain ambitions.
The role reports into the Regional Head of Supply Chain, primarily responsible for the governance, monitoring and reporting of the supply chain fund. The role is also responsible for the management of the restaurant pricing process and expected to play a pivotal role in supporting the delivery and of key transformational supply chain projects.
KEY JOB FUNCTIONS INCLUDE:
- Lead the management and reporting of the Supply Chain Fund, offering insights and recommendations to senior stakeholders to ensure the fund is managed in line with policies.
- Drive accountability around setting restaurant product prices and provide insights into the impact to our F&P cost.
- Partner with our commercial finance team to provide input during our financial planning cycles.
- Provide ongoing visibility of the fund through quarterly Steerco meetings, which include preparing and delivering presentations to senior stakeholders.
- Working closely with our system data teams to ensure ERP systems are promptly updated to reflect the latest product pricing.
- Things are not perfect, from time to time, there’s a need to review and resolve invoice or pricing queries to ensure supplier payments are made within agreed terms.
- Work with the procurement teams to maintain an up-to-date position on cost of sales and highlight variances to plan
- Delivery of data, reporting and performance strategy for the function
- Represent supply chain interest when working cross functionally to deliver against business objectives.
WHAT WE WOULD LOVE FROM YOU:
A practical self-starter, the successful candidate will be used to delivering to tight deadlines and partnering effectively with internal customers and external stakeholders- Highly analytical and advanced knowledge of Excel
- Excellent oral and presentation skills
- The ability to communicate and engage with senior stakeholders
- The ability to bring people together and foster a one team mentality
- Proven experience in working on projects and driving value
ABOUT YOU:
- Commercially minded with an ability to spot opportunities and mitigate risk
- Strong attention to detail with an analytical and diligent approach
- Excellent interpersonal skills and able to effectively influence key stakeholders both internally and externally
- Good team focus – creating collaborative cross functional working relationships across the business
- Strong team player with a positive can-do attitude
- A self-starter who over-indexes on ownership and accountability
- Ability to develop productive working relationships
- Ability to use analysis to prioritize business value
WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU
REWARD, PROGRESSION AND LOTS OF RECOGNITION
A career with KFC offers much more than just fantastic earning potential. We reward achievement with amazing incentives and benefits, including;
- Company and performance related bonus
- Generous pension with up to 11% company contribution
- Private healthcare with the option to increase to include family cover and extra dental cover
- Annual holiday allowance starts at 25 days with the option to buy or sell up to 3 extra days per year
- After 5 years’ service, annual holiday allowance increases to 30 days
- Study support may be available for job-related qualifications
- Competitive maternity leave and flexible return to work options
- International career opportunities across Yum!
- Pick n Mix Benefits, options include gym membership, health screening and travel insurance
KFC is also a very sociable company and we strive to incorporate our company value of fun whenever we can. Our teams regularly enjoy nights out with their colleagues- including pay day drinks, weekly netball and football matches and each year we organise a big Christmas party to celebrate the successes of the year.
