ASOS Warehouse Jobs in Lichfield, UK – Supply Chain Development Manager

Company Description

We’re ASOS. We blend our flair for fashion with our love of cutting- edge technology, but more importantly were interested in how we can bring the best out of you.

We exist to give people the confidence to be whoever they want to be, and that goes for our people too. At ASOS, you’re free to be your true self without judgment, and channel your creativity into a platform used by millions.

Job Description

Supply Chain Development Manager

Location: Lichfield, West Midlands

Department: Supply Chain

Reports to: Director of Supply Chain Development

The Role

This role is a key function within the team; you will be supporting the implementation of our global strategy. We focus on establishing supply chain capabilities that meet the needs of our business through supporting the transformation of our supply chain functions from inbound through to customer returns. This includes the exploration and set up of new FCs, the automation and mechanization of built FCs, the management and enhancements of our existing infrastructure to support business growth and delivering customer focused initiatives with a consideration to profitability of our proposition.

You will be…

• Supporting the definition and delivery of supply chain strategy, across both transformational projects and optimisation of our existing processes and infrastructure
• Supporting with on-going evolution of our SCD Portfolio, developing conceptual supply chain solutions, securing buy-in from senior management
• Actively partner with supply chain and wider business operational teams to support on-going reviews, evaluating current processes and using industry knowledge to identify opportunities to optimise
• Establishing and maintain excellent collaborative relationships with all internal stakeholders
• Partnering across functions and our supplier base to establish best practice standards, ways of working and associated metrics to provide transparency on performance
• Championing and driving standardisation through best practice across our network wherever possible
• Managing external suppliers in support of projects and on-going relationships where required
• Representing supply chain as a subject matter expert in business-driven project initiatives or working groups
• Creating robust business cases and working with key stakeholders to enable business/commercial sign off
• Leading and managing the deployment of strategic projects or workstreams within larger programmes
• Developing and executing lean plans to realise optimisation benefits that will drive efficiency, savings and ensure we remain customer obsessed
• Driving delivery of project plan documentation, ensuring correct levels of project governance are in place
• Managing project budgeting and forecasting, ensuring that all deviations are well managed and communicated effectively
• Supporting post-implementation review process, ensuring visibility of benefits realisation against original business cases
• Using industry knowledge and research through networks and professional bodies to ensure that ASOS supply chain is aware of new technologies and continually reviewing innovative solutions
• Supporting the development of our team through various methods including mentoring and coaching of individuals; sharing insights and best practice

Qualifications

We’d love to meet, someone with

• Strong previous experience with complex Business Change Programmes of work. Desirable that significant experience will be in a direct fulfilment retail & e-Commerce logistics environment
• Experience of working with geographically dispersed partners.
• Experience of working in a fast-paced project environment, with experience of solution design, implementation and testing highly desirable
• A proven track record of delivering results with limited or no line management responsibility and integrating with 3rd parties to ensure effective overall delivery
• Financial Management experience including business case and ROI creation, budget management and forecasting
• Project and Programme delivery experience at senior level for projects > £1m and/or programmes > £5m+ delivered across multiple geographies and diverse cultures
• Supplier relationship and commercial management experience including negotiation of contractual terms and shaping of work to be delivered by 3rd parties
• Experience of process design and re-engineering
• A passion for the customer with the ability to understand their ASOS experience, concerns and issues
• The ability to apply programme management training and experience to build pragmatic solutions to meet ASOS’ business challenges and opportunities

Additional Information

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive salary, bonus and pension matching
• Life insurance, free private medical care, cycle to work scheme + more
• A bespoke flexible benefits scheme catered to you
• Best in class Learning & Development schemes and career development programmes
• 25 days holiday + never work on your birthday again!
• Free modern onsite gym, plus personal training and wellness rooms
• A dynamic social environment, from company-wide sports days, charity days & company-wide celebrations to name just a few
• Huge staff discounts and sample sales

We want our people to be whoever they want to be. That’s why we’re committed to creating a truly inclusive culture at ASOS, but how’re we doing it?

Through our Fashion with Integrity strategy we are driving diversity, equity and inclusion across every aspect of ASOS and ensuring every ASOSer can be their authentic self at work. We want our people to be whoever they want to be, because we believe people who bring their best selves to work, do their best work.

We’re proud members of Inclusive Companies, are Disability Confident Committed and have signed the Business in the Community Race at Work Charter. We’ve also recently been placed 8th in the Inclusive Top 50 Companies Employer List too.

There are safe space employee networks and we host a monthly DEI events series to help support and celebrate all of our people. We are constantly listening to our people, evolving, changing and taking a flexible approach to how we make ASOS truly inclusive.