Network Coordinator

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Job Description

Auto req ID: 173648BR

Job Description

PepsiCo is looking for a Network Coordinator to join our busy Logistics Team based in at our Southern Region Distribution Centre in Leicester.

PepsiCo UK is home to some of the world’s most loved food and drink products. Making every day favourites like Walkers Crisps and Quaker Oats, we have a fantastic reputation for developing and launching products that our consumers love. We pride ourselves on being a great place to work and have recently been voted a Top Employer for the eighth year in a row!

The Southern Region Distribution Centre (SRDC) is our largest distribution site in the UK. Working closely with our manufacturing and supply chain teams we distribute the majority of our own products, and this is all made possible by the SRDC. If we’re not operating efficiently then our customers won’t find our great products on the supermarket shelves…which is definitely not good for business!

I this role you'll support the UK Customer Service & Logistics ambient service (Walkers & Quaker) agenda to provide best in class inventory management and service execution, to deliver +98.5% inbound performance to all customers.

The role focuses on efficient and timely movement of all inventory across the UK ambient network (internal & external shipments), co-ordination of the long and short term capacity planning process, and includes a high level of interface with multiple stakeholders such as demand planning, supply planning and logistics execution teams across all internal and external sites.

The role is also a key stakeholder in projects to improve customer service aligning to wider productivity & supply chain strategy.

Main Accountabilities:

·  Coordinate daily inventory management across the UK Logistics Network to ensure the right stock is moved at the right time.
·  Lead root cause analysis on service performance across the supply chain (depot error, depot timeliness, transport timeliness, customer error, failure rates), with the aim of driving best in class <0.2% network execution error.)
·  Own all UK Logistics Network service reporting daily, weekly, periodic, (Network execution, Failures, DT Timeliness, DRP timeliness)
·  Lead all associated service meetings collaborating with multi-site teams daily/weekly
·  Own elements of overall Network improvement plan to deliver <0.2% network error
·  Own short and long term network capacity planning liaising with Supply Planning daily
·  Co-ordinate outside storage sites to the agreed pallet through puts, and ensuring correct product selection is handled through the site.
·  Own network pallet demand forecast data and communicating associated promotional activities
·  Own Depot Level Safety stock levels in JDA
·  Conduct root cause analysis on all in-stock service errors partnering with Supply/Demand Planning teams
·  Supply PIUK sites with information on status of urgent IWTs in periods of stock shortage as well as any delayed IWTS by the dispatching site by using Isotrak & depot contacts
·  Low code analysis and control, managing movements to clear stock through DRP process partnering with Supply/Low Code teams
·  Ensure NPD is launched flawlessly with the correct inventory split across the Network.
·  Prepare top line service decks for Leadership team review in conjunction with the NSCM
·  Support ad-hoc project activity related to service performance as and when required

Qualifications/Requirements

Essential Skills and Experience:

·  Must have broad experience in the customer interaction and logistics business environments.
·  Supply/demand planning experience is desirable.
·  Effective communication skills both spoken and written
·  Able to plan and control own work, selecting and utilising effectively appropriate methods, procedures, tools, equipment and standards to meet all targets set.
·  Have a systematic, disciplined and analytical approach to problem solving
·  Strong facilitation skills with the ability to deliver accurate reports and presentations
·  Ability to understand the wider field outside of own specialisation and understands how own role relates to other roles in the PepsiCo business
·  Knowledge of customer ordering processes and depot network set-ups linking back to how stock moves around the ambient network
·  Advanced skills in all Microsoft Applications
·  Knowledge of systems associated with stock control both at DC sites and DRP planning (IMI. OFTS, supply chain menu, JDA, Qlikview etc)
·  Ability to absorb and embrace change
·  Educated to degree level preferred.
·  Must have broad experience in the customer interaction and logistics business environments. IT systems experience an advantage.
·  Supply/demand planning experience is desirable
Technical skills
·  Detailed knowledge of logistics and distribution management.
·  Expert knowledge of Manugistics (DRP) planning system and company systems/current software packages. This covers: IMI-Order, IMI-Warehouse, Manugistics Supply Planning, OFTS, Oracle Financial & OPM, Orders Database (ODB), Bar-coding etc. This role is on a permanent shift working Thursday-Monday so in addition to a competitive base salary, you'll also be eligible for a 10% shift allowance.

Relocation Eligible: Not Applicable
Job Type: Pipeline