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Supply Chain Analyst - Franchise

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JOB DESCRIPTION

Job ID 150071BR

Job Status Employee – Fixed Term

Category Supply Chain & Warehousing

Date posted September 26, 2025

Supply Chain Analyst - Franchise

.Role: Supply Chain Analyst - Origin (China & South East Asia)

Purpose of role: Operations focal for defined region, ensuring smooth handover of product into Primark's controlled supply chain. Liaise with Business partnering Team on PO status
Reports to: Supply Chain Manager- Regional
Location: Shanghai (China & SE Asia)
Key Analytical Responsibilities:
Regional -- China, Southeast Asia
Reporting to the Regional Supply Chain Manager in the region, you will be responsible for the assisting the manager with smooth operation of Supply Chain activities within the defined region; and providing effective exception management where SOP/SLA cannot be achieved.
Ownership of an Order Execution Report and process for your region - ensuring no PO falls through the gaps and late arriving POs are known/communicated/contingency plan put in place.
Support the RSCM on delivering Primark Cares sustainability initiatives and promote a safe working environment in all operations.
Receive and respond to supplier related queries in Origin, ensuring timely and accurate responses.
Assist the Supply Chain Manager on operation optimisation and project implementation.
First point of contact with 4PL service providers for operational exception management (supplier and consolidation approval) and air/ocean/road carrier issue resolution.
Continually redefine exception management with the Supply Chain Manager to ensure it matches the needs of the business.
Day to day coordination with Inbound Business Partnering and 4PLs in regards to: key product launches, late arrivals, known supply chain disruptions (i.e. Chinese New Year, National Week, …) etc.
Manage the production of regional origin MI and analysis for inbound supply chain operations.
Help design and develop specific dashboards and reports and ability to interpret data and present findings in a clear format.
Conduct analysis to identify areas for improvement and provide recommendations to management
Drive data quality improvements across the operation.
Provide accurate and insightful analysis in response to ad-hoc reporting and data analysis requests
To work with all our suppliers to achieve SLAs and KPIs and develop relationships with all logistics suppliers in the region.
Assist the RSCM in managing the regional CFS operations by overseeing and managing suppliers against KPI’s.
Reviewing CFS performance in periodic reviews
Assist in planning for spikes in regional volumes.
Assist the RSCM in managing the country specific operations across all modes of transport
Working with the QC operations build processes to ensure all pre-shipment inspections meet our Supply Chain requirements e.g. carton quality, H&S.
Assist the RSCM – Origin roll out new initiatives and train our suppliers at origin particularly new suppliers producing training material as necessary
Support the RSCM in keeping the supply Chain handbook updated with agreed best practice.
The ideal individual will have:
Excellent analytical skills
Experience working with large volumes of data/documents - simplifying reporting to make it easy for all to use
Operational oversight of a wide supply base
Ability to translate business requirements into clear and concise reports and visualisations
Strong end to end Supply Chain awareness and understanding; and a solid grounding in origin supply chain operations
Previous Supply Chain, Merchandising or Sourcing Office experience is essential
Good influencing skills and ability to work under pressure
Excellent written and verbal communications skills
Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team
Proven experience of having worked in a similar role previously
Ability to deliver and achieve results within demanding timescales
Ability to think strategically and be proactive
Strong business analysis and problem solving skills
The individual should be self-motivated, focussed and results orientated, with the ability to operate within a highly pressurised and fast paced environment, consistently delivering results and achieving corporate objectives on time and within the agreed parameters.
Core Skills
  • Advanced Microsoft Office skills (particularly Excel, Access, Power BI and Alteryx)
  • Experience of SQL, particularly in designing insightful business intelligence reporting that is easily modifiable as our business needs change
  • Excellent organisational, prioritisation and time management skills
  • Experience in collating reports from various data sources.
  • Cultural awareness and sensitivity
  • Excellent problem solving, strategic thinking and planning skills
  • Relationship builder both internally and externally with strong influencing skills
  • Experience of working in a fast paced supply chain environment
  • Strong administrative skills
    Effective communicator - Local language and English essential
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