Total 8 job vacancies by Booker Group

Booker Group are recruiting for a Supply Planner role working out of our head office at Equity House in Wellingborough.

In this role, you will be responsible for complete end to end planning and flow of stock from supplier to stores and customers for short life products under your control, utilising collected data to maximise availability, whilst minimising inventory and wastage.

• Manage portfolio of products and suppliers
• Ensuring all processes remain GSCOP compliant.
• Manage process changes in branch orderable products.
• Root causing out of stock and ensure key issues are clearly communicated.
• Manage poor performing suppliers
• Ensuring service level and stockholding targets are achieved and maintained.
• Ensure that smooth intake planning is achieved by adhering to correct processes.
• Manage and ensure that the value of delisted stock and Overstocks does not exceed the company targets set.
• Seasonality is identified and pro-active planning is put in place to ensure on-shelf availability targets are met.
• Identifying and responding to trends
• Ensuring the launch of new lines
• Promotional and normal sales forecasts are reviewed, monitored and maintained to ensure on-shelf availability targets are met.
• To ensure maximum availability for the start and during all event activity, ensuring that critical timescales are adhered to and issues escalated to the correct level.
• Fostering good working relationship with the trading team ensuring that a daily route of communication is in place in order to deliver the best service to customer.
• All company policies and procedures implemented to be adhered to.
• Any issues that arise are escalated to the relevant person/persons

• Exceptional communication & stakeholder management
• Be able to work independently, to problem solve
• Attention to detail, writing of reports, interpreting data and keeping of accurate records
• Maintain knowledge of relevant markets and market developments
• Ability to flex work approach
• Experience relevant for this job:
• Experience in working in FMCG
• Have a proven record of working autonomously as well as part of a Team.

Booker.co.uk is the fastest growing business to business wholesale website in the UK, and takes customer orders that account for c.30% of Booker Group’s sales. The IS Web team look after all infrastructure and application software that run the Booker Group web sites & apps, including the Booker.co.uk our B2B commerce web site, and also the content only consumer facing web sites operated for various divisions and brands within the Booker Group. The IS team work closely with the Booker Digital team to ensure the systems deliver a seamless end user online experience to our customers.

The Technical Business Analyst works within the Booker IS department, and is responsible for delivering effective, secure and efficient systems in digital to help improve customer satisfaction and cash profit. The role sits within the Web projects team and is responsible for the delivery of projects and changes for our web sites and apps. The ideal candidate will have experience of developing digital systems and web technology in a fast paced, customer focussed business, and will be enthusiastic about delivering system enhancements, analysing bugs and data, and finding solutions to complex issues.

• Good technical background in IT solution analysis, design, and implementation.
• Proven experience in being responsible for the technical implementation and handling IT projects from conception to completion.
• Assisting with acceptance integration and testing and developing project plans
• Strive to succeed and deliver projects, and to transition efficiently into ongoing service management.
• Superb communication with technical and non-technical colleagues to ensure project requirements are brought together and understood accurately.
• Crafting user stories and identifying business benefits.
• Good user documentation skills, reviewing/ writing technical documentation with development teams and specialists.
• Strong analytical skills to diagnose and prioritise issues/ UI improvements, helping design resolutions, diligently testing fixes through to final deployment.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to negotiate with multiple partners to find solutions for technical challenges.
• Excellence in building positive relationships with business collaborators.
• Desire to learn, give and drive progress by implementing standard methodology improvements in a customer focussed environment.
• Natural facilitator, being able to bring people into conversations and workshops to ensure comprehensive teamwork.
• Supporting the IS Manager to ensure the end delivery provides interpersonal value.
• Excellent critical thinking skills and an open-minded mentality for new insights.

• Prior experience as a Technical Business Analyst
• Good practical experience of web technologies like HTML, XML, CSS, Bootstrap, JavaScript.
• Experience of leading coordinated e-commerce products (e.g., Sitecore Experience Commerce) incorporating Apps, modern website technologies and web development
• Previous experience in APIs management and development
• Experience of using system performance tools such as Datadog is desirable.
• Solid grasp of data analysis, database management, and system integration.
• Confirmed experience of using testing and issue management tools such as Jira.
• Knowledge and understanding of web site analytics tools such as Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, BigQuery and ContentSquare.
• Good technical project management background with successful delivery of change programs to time, quality and budget within an agile development framework.
• Experience with software development lifecycle (SDLC) methodologies, including Agile and Waterfall.
• Good people management, with validated ability to optimally work with internal and external teams.
• Service leadership skills with experience of successful solving issues and support provision.

We are currently recruiting for a Finance Business Partner (known internally as Commercial Finance Analyst).

This is a unique opportunity to work as part of our Commercial Finance team, balancing both financial accounting and business partnering to our trading teams in Booker Group.

This role requires you to be a confident communicator, letting the numbers/finances highlight trends, risks and opportunities and be able to effectively business partner the trading teams with that insight.

Initially we expect this role will support the Beer, Wines and Spirits (BWS) category, with the potential long term to move categories or work on projects.

The role would require the successful candidate to work 3 days per week in our office, ideally based in Wellingborough but will consider our other offices in Watford, Eccles or High Wycombe.

Influence Category Managers to ensure understanding of margin and central income

Be the financial expert for the Category team.

Undertake analysis of the major drivers of category growth e.g. pricing, promotions etc.

Identify future Risk & Opportunity

Delivering monthly management accounting and other relevant reporting for your business area

CIMA part qualified or QBE

Strong business partnering skills as you will be working closely with the trading teams

Progression in your career to date and a desire to learn

A commercial mindset with experience in budgeting and forecasting

A natural aptitude towards finance and numerical data with some Management Account experience

The ability to influence across a wide range of internal functions

To ensure strong financial controls are upheld

Senior Business Analyst, to join our MIS/Business Objects team. This role covers key business & finance reporting and data analysis. Working with the IS Manger you will be in charge of leading day to day business reporting with a focus on supporting our Finance team with their analytical and reporting needs. This will involve working with team members to define and deliver quality reporting and analysis for their business areas to support and influence business decisions.

This role will suit someone who has had previous experience working with Business Intelligence applications and excellent knowledge of business processes, reporting and analysis.

• Collaboration with colleagues to extrapolate and analyse data.
• Proactively work with stakeholders to improve business reporting processes and to maximise system and data utilization in the business.
• Work with 3rd parties and internal teams to build on automated reporting
• Work with suppliers and other stakeholders to achieve effective solutions.
• Work to reliably and efficiently produce timely and accurate management information.
• Work to deliver system improvements and projects to support the company\\'s growth plans.
• Work promptly, jointly & proactively on projects to improve cash profit & customer satisfaction.

• Previous experience of working in an IT, Finance or Analyst role
• Experience in analytics, performing data exploration and designing, specifying and developing business reporting.
• Good knowledge of Business Intelligence applications (such as SAP Business Objects/Azure/Tableau/Microsoft BI/Power BI).
• Solid grasp of SQL would be helpful.
• Good understanding of data modelling and databases.
• Ability to work independently, multi-task and prioritise engineering decisions
• Demonstrate attention to detail and an ability to focus on quality of work

The IS Senior Analyst for Supply Chain works within in the IS team of Booker, and is responsible for delivering effective, secure and efficient systems in the IS Logistics and Retail team to help the business to serve our customers, communities and planet a little better every day, improve customer happiness and cash profit. The role is responsible for development and support of our Supply Chain systems and processes, ensuring that they are safe and secure and are fit the current and future needs of the business. The role is required to provide shared out of hours management support customer concern for the 3rd party support company.

• Own the supply chain system costs and supervise versus budget.
• Handle project development budgets.
• Supervise system critical metrics.
• Support delivery of the Supply Chain system roadmap.

Skills relevant for this job

• Desire to learn / supply / drive progress.
• Excellence in building positive relationships with business partners.
• Ability to deliver continuous improvements.
• Strive to succeed and deliver projects ongoing service management.
• Good written and verbal communication skills, being able to communicate reliably and efficiently with colleagues, customers, and suppliers.
• Testing skills
• Writing requirements and specification documents.
• Knowledge of Work query / SQL would be advantageous.
• Ability to manipulate data within excel.
• Understanding of WMS systems and how they integrate with replenishment systems.
• Good technical trouble shooting, problem solving and analytical skills.

Experience relevant for this job:

• Good understanding of forecasting and replenishment systems.
• Knowledge of Blue Yonder ASR/AWR would be useful.
• AS400 / iSeries experience is helpful.
• Knowledge of wholesale industry business processes.
• Good people management, with confirmed ability to efficiently work with other internal and external teams.
• Project management skills and successful delivery of projects in a technical environment.
• Service leadership skills with experience of taking care of 3rd party suppliers.
• Consistent delivery of results, to budget & timescales

Booker Group are recruiting for a Supply Planner role working out of our head office at Equity House in Wellingborough.

In this role, you will be responsible for complete end to end planning and flow of stock from supplier to stores and customers for short life products under your control, utilising collected data to maximise availability, whilst minimising inventory and wastage.

• Manage portfolio of products and suppliers
• Ensuring all processes remain GSCOP compliant.
• Manage process changes in branch orderable products.
• Root causing out of stock and ensure key issues are clearly communicated.
• Manage poor performing suppliers
• Ensuring service level and stockholding targets are achieved and maintained.
• Ensure that smooth intake planning is achieved by adhering to correct processes.
• Manage and ensure that the value of delisted stock and Overstocks does not exceed the company targets set.
• Seasonality is identified and pro-active planning is put in place to ensure on-shelf availability targets are met.
• Identifying and responding to trends
• Ensuring the launch of new lines
• Promotional and normal sales forecasts are reviewed, monitored and maintained to ensure on-shelf availability targets are met.
• To ensure maximum availability for the start and during all event activity, ensuring that critical timescales are adhered to and issues escalated to the correct level.
• Fostering good working relationship with the trading team ensuring that a daily route of communication is in place in order to deliver the best service to customer.
• All company policies and procedures implemented to be adhered to.
• Any issues that arise are escalated to the relevant person/persons

• Exceptional communication & stakeholder management
• Be able to work independently, to problem solve
• Attention to detail, writing of reports, interpreting data and keeping of accurate records
• Maintain knowledge of relevant markets and market developments
• Ability to flex work approach
• Experience relevant for this job:
• Experience in working in FMCG
• Have a proven record of working autonomously as well as part of a Team.

Booker Group the UK\\'s leading wholesaler is recruiting for a Supply Planner within our Supply Chain butchery team. The role will be based out of our head office in Wellingborough, supporting our branches and Category teams.

Within this role you will be a pivotal part of the Supply Chain team by improving cash profit and customer satisfaction throughout the efficient management of stock.

Our Supply Chain teams are driven to succeed and process orientated, tasked with ensuring stock is in the right place at the right time. Whilst this can be a challenging role, the sense of accomplishment you will feel after finding resolutions or solving problems is second to none.

After initial training this role will involve hybrid working.

Optimising stock levels and maintaining stock availability

Proactively reviewing stock levels and escalating as required

Accurate forecasting to ensure stock levels are correct and allocated appropriately across all of our branches

Ensuring the release and flow of stock is within agreed timescales

Building strong working relationships with internal and external teams including third party suppliers

Working in partnership with operations and distribution centres to efficiently manage storage space

Excellent communication skills with the ability to negotiate and influence at all levels

A high level of organisational and time management skills

The ability to prioritise and keep to tight deadlines

Experience of using a PC with a thorough working knowledge of Excel

Analytical skills with good attention to detail

To be reliable, calm, focused and tenacious

Knowledge of the FMCG sector, ideally food.

Senior Business Analyst, to join our MIS/Business Objects team. This role covers key business & finance reporting and data analysis. Working with the IS Manger you will be in charge of leading day to day business reporting with a focus on supporting our Finance team with their analytical and reporting needs. This will involve working with team members to define and deliver quality reporting and analysis for their business areas to support and influence business decisions.

This role will suit someone who has had previous experience working with Business Intelligence applications and excellent knowledge of business processes, reporting and analysis.

• Collaboration with colleagues to extrapolate and analyse data.
• Proactively work with stakeholders to improve business reporting processes and to maximise system and data utilization in the business.
• Work with 3rd parties and internal teams to build on automated reporting
• Work with suppliers and other stakeholders to achieve effective solutions.
• Work to reliably and efficiently produce timely and accurate management information.
• Work to deliver system improvements and projects to support the company\\'s growth plans.
• Work promptly, jointly & proactively on projects to improve cash profit & customer satisfaction.

• Previous experience of working in an IT, Finance or Analyst role
• Experience in analytics, performing data exploration and designing, specifying and developing business reporting.
• Good knowledge of Business Intelligence applications (such as SAP Business Objects/Azure/Tableau/Microsoft BI/Power BI).
• Solid grasp of SQL would be helpful.
• Good understanding of data modelling and databases.
• Ability to work independently, multi-task and prioritise engineering decisions
• Demonstrate attention to detail and an ability to focus on quality of work