Supply Chain Graduate Frimley 2024

This is an exciting opportunity to work with one of the world’s leading FMCG companies on a 6 month Supply Chain graduate internship. You will be covering all of the brands and working closely with the distribution customers of DCS (GB), Allegro (Ireland), and Arvid (Scandinavia) to meet customer service expectations internally and externally.

The main areas of focus will be Demand Planning and Customer Supply Chain Management, but you will learn about all of the supply and play a crucial role in optimising efficiency and accuracy across the supply chain team and other departments.

This role will also offer the opportunity to learn about, and work with, the other functions including sales, finance, customer fulfillment, marketing, and category management.

Responsibilities

• Gain hands-on experience within our supply chain team, covering key areas such as Demand Planning, Business Analytics, Retailer Strategies, Logistics, Supply Planning, and Customer Supply Chains.
• Support Sales teams by providing data to enhance forecast accuracy through order analysis, monthly meetings, and handling ad hoc customer inquiries.
• Working closely with other supply chain departments to understand end-to-end processes and improve customer collaboration, including daily calls with logistics providers.
• Identify and drive projects to improve efficiency and optimization within the supply chain and other departments, such as cost-saving initiatives and order profile improvements.
• Gathering, interpreting, and sharing insights on customer activity, NPD, and seasonal performance within accounts, using seasonal trackers, checking product availability and customer data portals.
• Supporting account managers in the internal planning process to achieve forecasting accuracy.
• Work directly with customers to develop collaborative supply chain processes that enhance forecast accuracy and service levels, including monthly meetings, weekly service level emails, and consistent communication.
• Control over advanced forecasting software like SAP and Exceedra to implement daily modifications and meet customer demand.
• Conduct daily order volume analysis to mitigate out-of-stock risks.

Experience you'll bring

• An undergraduate degree (Business discipline preferred but not essential).
• Self-starter graduates with strong analytical skills and ideally, prior placement experience in an FMCG business.
• Proficiency in Excel and strong analytical skills to develop or create new reports that support the business and colleagues.

Behaviors you'll need

• It’s important that you have strong communication skills as you will be interacting with various departments within the business in the UK.
• We want you to be proactive in your thinking, taking a real responsibility and ownership for your work by using your initiative to make decisions and be personally responsible for them.

What’s in it for you?

• Flexible starting and finishing times + 4.5 day working week
• Competitive pay & benefits
• Free onsite gym + free classes
• Pension, life cover & health insurance
• Shuttle bus service from local train stations, EV charging points + Cycle to work scheme

About us

SC Johnson is a fifth-generation family company built on a spirit of adventure and winning the right way. We have been leading with purpose for over 130 years, building top brands such as Raid®, Glade®, Kiwi®, OFF!®, Windex®, Ziploc® and more, in virtually every country.

Through these household names, we are making a positive difference to the world around us. But we only succeed with the combined vitality and strength of our 13,000 people who we truly value and support in their pursuit of individual and shared goals.

You must be legally eligible to work in the country of application.

Inclusion & diversity

We’re a global business, with people from every culture, ethnicity, race, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, and ability. We recognize the breadth of human experience, and we work to celebrate it. It is our goal to build a diverse, inclusive, and supportive work environment where all people can thrive.

We’re committed to ongoing efforts that help us attract, hire, and retain diverse talent who want to build a positive, inclusive environment.