Supply Chain Planning Analyst

Overview

Supply Chain Planning Analyst. From £34,000 to £41,000 plus excellent benefits (Work Level 6A). 5 over 7 days working pattern, with up to 8 weekend working days per year. Manchester city centre. In this role you’ll work in a hybrid way, splitting your time between home and coming into the office for a minimum of two days a week.We’re looking for Supply Chain Planning Analysts to join Co-op’s Supply Chain team. In this role, you’ll help optimise product availability for specific store formats — making sure our customers can access the products they need, when they need them. You’ll use your analytical skills to interpret data, reduce store wastage, and influence demand forecasting. It’s a great opportunity to build your expertise and understanding of how our stores and supply chain operates.What you’ll do

Track the performance of specific store formats and feedback issues to supply chain and logistics, providing root cause analysis and resolutionSupport strategic activity and make recommendations on new initiatives to facilitate continuous improvementAnalyse data for stores, using the insights to enable informed decision making and accurate forecastingPromote the importance of the profitability framework to storesIdentify and resolve customer facing availability issuesBuild strong relationships based on confidence and trust with stores and across relevant functions within the supply chainUse strong communication skills to provide a framework for profitable sales and take onboard feedbackThis role would suit people who have

Outstanding relationship building and influencing skills with colleagues across multi-functionsExcellent analytical skills with experience of working with large datasets, spotting trends and drawing insightsThe ability to easily adapt and react to changes and conflicting prioritiesStrong Excel skills – including VLOOKUPs, formulas, and pivot tablesWhy this job matters

Availability and waste are two of the biggest challenges in retail supply chain—and this role tackles both. By ensuring our stores are stocked efficiently and sustainably, you’ll directly impact customer satisfaction, operational performance, and profitability. Your insights will help shape smarter forecasting and support continuous improvement across our estate. It’s a role where your work will be felt by colleagues, customers, and communities alike.Why Co-op?

If you have the skills that we need, we can offer you a competitive salary and great benefits package which includes 30% off Co-op branded products in our food stores (as well as other discounts on Co-op products and services).An annual bonus (based on personal and business performance)28 days holiday (rising to 32 with service) plus bank holidaysA pension with up to 10% employer contributionsAccess to a subsidised onsite gym (at our Manchester HQ)Coaching and training to support your career developmentBuilding a diverse environment

We’re actively building diverse teams and we welcome applications from everyone. If you have a disability, we can make reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process according to your needs. We’re also part of the Disability Confident scheme, meaning we’ll always offer an interview to disabled candidates who apply through the scheme if they meet the minimum criteria for a job. We’ll ask whether you’d like to be considered under the Disability Confident scheme when you apply. If we invite you to take part in the recruitment process for any of our jobs, we’ll ask you if you need any reasonable adjustments to enable you to participate.You can find out more about our recruitment process and our commitments to diversity and inclusion by visiting our corporate pages (Disability Confident Scheme and Diversity and Inclusion).Please note that we may close applications for this role early.As part of your application, you''ll need to complete an online assessment. This assessment typically takes up to 50 minutes. If you''re a current Co-op colleague, this does not need to be ..... full job details .....