Supply Chain Analyst - Strategic Inventory & Stock Optimisation

Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, Full-Time, Permanent

Salary - £35,000 to £40,000 DOE

Buy It Direct is a leading UK e-commerce retailer. We've built the business from the ground up to become one of the UK's largest and fastest-growing online retailers.

We're looking for a Supply Chain Analyst to join our team and focus on high-level inventory and stock optimisation across all product categories.

This role is not focused on day-to-day SKU management; it's about leveraging data to proactively identify stock risks and facilitate improved decision-making across trading, merchandising, and operations. You will collaborate closely with key teams to ensure product availability, safeguard margins, and alleviate operational pressure.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyse stock data at a category level to identify overstock, understock, and ageing stock that could affect margin or warehouse space.
• Monitor inbound stock volumes and highlight risks around warehouse capacity, supplier delays, or overlapping deliveries.
• Use trading plans, promotional calendars, and historical data to forecast demand and support stock planning.
• Identify slow-moving or excess inventory and propose actions to reduce financial exposure.
• Collaborate with commercial, merchandising and operations teams to align inbound supply with warehouse and sales forecasts.
• Build and maintain dashboards and reports using Power BI, Excel, and SQL to provide visibility into stock health and supply risk.
• Deliver clear, data-led insights to help the business balance availability, cost, and operational efficiency.

KPI Measures

• Stock Availability
• Inventory Turnover
• Aged Inventory
• Forecast Accuracy
• Warehouse Utilisation
• Supplier Lead Time Accuracy

About You

• Experience in supply chain, inventory, or commercial analysis, ideally in retail or e-commerce.
• Strong technical skills in Excel, SQL, and Power BI.
• Clear understanding of the end-to-end supply chain and its impact on commercial and operational performance.
• Able to interpret large datasets and turn them into meaningful insights.
• Confident communicator who works well with multiple teams and can present analysis clearly and concisely.

We look forward to receiving your application.