Graduate Analyst

Walters People are delighted to be working with an established manufacturing group, based in Bury, with the aim of supporting them find a Graduate Cost Analyst with a passion for data and cutting costs. You will help analyse, audit, and cost operations in terms of inventory for the UK business. This role will also be heavily involved in cost saving in terms of overheads and stock products.

You will help analyse, audit, and cost operations in terms of inventory for the UK and International business. This role will also be heavily involved in cost saving in terms of overheads and stock products.

The day-to-day tasks will consist of purchasing control, stock management, report generation and cost analysis across the group as outlined below:

• Develop relationships with key Vendors
• Monitor and reduce procurement costs while improving efficiency
• 3rd party product purchasing – any cost increases will need to be analysed as to the impact on product costs/overheads
• UK warehouse stock purchasing
• Involved in organising international shipments
• Ensure inventory levels are sufficient
• Ability to review and highlight overstocking to prevent storage issues
• Review slow moving stock regularly to generate profit across the group
• Ensuring accurate brand reporting
• Collecting data to identify areas where the business can be improved
• Suggest improvements to maximise efficiency and revenue, to actively save costs
• Report generation for management meetings
• Monitor changes in processes or methods to calculate effects on overall costs
• Forecast and analyse costs of processes, labour, and inventory

Key Skills Needed as the Inventory and Cost Analyst:

• Graduate degree (Economics etc) or equivalent working experience within a similar field/industry
• Adaptable to technology with experience using Excel and Microsoft Office applications
• Knowledge of supplier agreements and contract management
• The ability to multi-task and have strong analytical skills
• The ability to distinguish between reliable and unreliable data
• Great organisational skills (project planning and forecasting)
• Excellent communication skills

Robert Walters Operations Limited is an employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidates