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Atherstone, England, United Kingdom

Responsibility for all training material relating to SAP systems used within the Aldi buying team.

Atherstone

Responsibility for providing the Buying team with data to assist in negotiations and reduce risk within the supply chain.

Atherstone, England, United Kingdom

Responsibility for the training plans and onboarding of all new starters into the Buying team.

Atherstone, England, United Kingdom

Responsibility for Aldi's pool of returnable transit packaging.

Coventry, United Kingdom

In this role I was responsible for the sourcing and inventory management of Unipart's car care and marine products with an annual spend of around £10 million.The main responsibilities of this role included:- Joint responsibility with Market Manager for agreeing product range- Sourcing product nationally and internationally- Identifying new suppliers and building supplier relationships- Forecasting and proposing annual purchases and stock holding budgets- Seeking out and negotiating cost down opportunities- Assisting in the elimination of obsolete product by agreeing cleanse agreements with suppliers- Presenting monthly category updates to the other categories and sharing of best practice- Providing SAP super user support (MM)

Nuneaton

In this role I was responsible for all functions of procuring stock from autograph dealers and celebrity agents including sourcing, negotiation of cost, ordering and delivery. Owing to the financial difficulties of the company, towards the end of my employment I also maintained the biggest source of income, the company website and the EPOS system for the retail stores.The main responsibilities of the role included:- Managing all aspects of category range, cost and stocking levels- Planning inbound deliveries and the flow of product to internal and external framing professionals- Sourcing product- Expediting orders- Approving supplier invoices for payment

Nuneaton

In this role I was solely responsible for all movement of stock within the Nuneaton store and managing all suppliers orders from placement to receipt,The main responsibilities of the role included:- Providing staff with supplier order forms on the allocated order day- Keying all supplier orders onto SAP system and sending to suppliers- Ensuring all orders met economic order quantities and adjust orders accordingly- Performing stock integrity checks on the store stock and actioning any resulting stock adjustments- Ensuring purchasing and warehouse paperwork was up to date and accurate at all times- Booking in all stock on SAP system- Reporting any delivery variances in a timely manner- Providing support to other Midland stores for all aspects of stock/SAP management

Level 4 Diploma, Chartered Institute Of Procurement & Supply (Cips)

City College Coventry is one of only 24 institutions worldwide that has been accredited by CIPS as a Centre of Excellence for their level.

Diploma, Association Of Accounting Technicians (Aat)

A Level, Business, Law, English