Cost to Serve Manager
| Posting date: | 20 March 2024 |
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| Salary: | £60,000 to £66,000 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 03 April 2024 |
| Location: | Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, M60 0AG |
| Company: | Co-op Group |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 1039224_1710930688 |
Summary
Cost to Serve Manager - Nisa
£60,000 - £66,000 plus benefits (Work Level 5)
Manchester/Scunthorpe, hybrid
We're looking for a Cost to Serve Manager to join us and help us identify cost to serve saving opportunities across our Nisa business. In this role you'll work in a hybrid way, splitting your time between home and either of our offices based in Manchester and Scunthorpe at least once a week (find out more about our hybrid working policy at colleagues.coop.co.uk/hybrid-working-policy).
We'll look to you to own cost savings projects all the way up to sign off and implementation - from identifying cost to serve opportunities across wholesale through to crunching the numbers and forecasts and putting a compelling presentation together. You'll work cross-functionally with a wide range of colleagues and teams across the business to support the implementation of these initiatives and make sure they're delivered in time. If you have strong commercial insight and the deep understanding of retail we're looking for, then we can offer you a unique opportunity to make an impact across our business and help shape the future of Nisa.
What you'll do
- Identify cost to serve saving opportunities and create a timeline for delivery
- Work closely with external and internal teams to agree the appropriate opportunities and savings projects
- Collaborate with our commercial finance teams to accurately capture details and savings, making sure there are no overlaps or 'double counting'
- Develop ways of tracking and measuring savings in line with audit and finance practices
- Articulate any partner impact and support in the communication of this via our comms and retail teams
- Engage the buying and trading teams to make sure that any supplier impacts, and admin are effectively managed
- Report weekly and period on savings secured versus budget targets
This role would suit people who have
- A trading or finance background
- A proven track record of delivering results and achieving financial targets
- A strong customer focus and commercial insight
- Excellent analytical skills and an ability to think strategically and focus on the big picture
- Great communication and influencing skills, with a talent for building and managing meaningful relationships with partners and leaders across the business
Why Nisa?
As part of our Nisa team, you'll get all the great benefits, training, and opportunities you'd expect in a large business like Co-op, as well as the close-knit culture and breadth of exposure that comes with working for a much smaller organisation. Your package 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 holidays
- A pension with up to 10% employer contributions
- Coaching and training to support your career development
- Hybrid and flexible working options to support your work/life balance
- Wagestream app - giving you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn
- YuLife app - rewarding you for exercising with discounts and vouchers for your favourite brands
Building a diverse working 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 at jobs.coop.co.uk/apply-process
You can find out more about the Disability Confident scheme and all our commitments to diversity and inclusion at colleagues.coop.co.uk/diversity-inclusion-and-wellbeing
Please note that we may close applications for this role early.
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