Network Planning Analyst

As a Network Planning Analyst you will be working as part of a small team, part of the wider Waitrose Merchandising Operations team. The Network Planning Analyst will support the Network Planning Manager to support how key transformation and optimisation projects impact the flow of goods throughout the Waitrose network. You will be responsible for understanding how the efficient stock flow through across the Waitrose distribution network relates to these key transformation and optimisation projects. This will include working closely with the Waitrose Planners. You will refine across all the categories replenishment plans, responding to stakeholder and customer information, ensuring the most optimised service. Ensure changes to plans are in line with agreed capacity guardrails and constraints, ensuring the flow of goods through the network balancing the needs of distribution and the branch network., * Working with Planners to set up the replenishment system to optimise the flow of stock into and through the supply chain network

• Resolving capacity issues within agreed timelines and guardrails
• Planning and executing weekly pull forward of demand to maintain a smooth outbound of goods to shops and customers
• Planning and executing network changes in line with changes to supply chain plans
• Maintaining planning calendars to optimise the flow of stock through the internal network

Do you have experience in Supply chain?, * Experience in Supply Chain Reporting and data analysis in a complex, Grocery retailer

• An analytical approach and strong understanding of the logic behind Supply Chain Planning
• Proven track record of delivery and data-driven decision-making

Desirable skills/experience you may have

• Good understanding of BI and Data Warehouses

We want all of our Partners to have a good work-life balance and we support flexible working. This might mean flexible or compressed hours, job sharing or shorter hour contracts, where possible. Please discuss this further with the hiring manager during your interview.

We're the largest employee owned business in the UK and home of our cherished brands, John Lewis and Waitrose. We're not just employees, we're Partners, driven by our purpose to build a happier world. As we look to our future, there's never been a more exciting time to join us. We're ruthlessly focused on being brilliant at retail. We continue to innovate, adapt and diversify. Never Knowingly Undersold on price, quality and service in John Lewis and passionately serving food-lovers in Waitrose. As Partners we all share the responsibility of ownership and in its rewards. We use our voices to contribute to our success, working together through the good and challenging times, holding true to our behaviours and treating everyone with kindness and respect. We all own making the Partnership somewhere we belong. Embracing our differences and creating an environment where we're free to be ourselves and can THRIVE. Growing ourselves individually, and as a collective. As Partners, we make all the difference. And, we all own it.