Supply Chain Business Analyst

We have a great opportunity to join the team at Nisbets as a Supply Chain Business Analyst.

The Supply Chain Business Analyst gathers, interprets, and analyses data to provide actionable insights that drive process improvements and optimise supply chain project delivery. In this role, the perfect candidate will work closely with various business functions, such as operations, IT, and warehouse management, to investigate, understand, and document supply chain requirements. The analyst will produce clear, detailed definitions of these requirements to guide the development and enhancement of supply chain solutions in relation to supply chain projects. In this role, collaboration across teams is essential to create specifications and acceptance criteria for deploying new systems or improving existing ones, ensuring seamless integration and operational efficiency.

The role itself will be a hybrid role and will consist of 3 days in our Avonmouth Office and 2 days working from home.

Key Accountabilities

• Collaborates with business owners and subject matter experts across supply chain functions, such as operations, stock, IT, and warehousing, to analyse stakeholder objectives and document business requirements that drive supply chain improvements, with a particular focus on solutions for projects involving Maginus WMS and warehouse operations.
• Provides constructive challenge to stakeholders, ensuring proposed solutions align with supply chain optimisation goals, balancing operational efficiency and cost-effectiveness.
• Maps As-Is and To-Be supply chain processes, including warehouse operations, inventory control, and logistics flows, to develop detailed technical solution requirements for improved supply chain performance including automation.
• Defines acceptance tests based on supply chain business requirements, ensuring that developed solutions (e.g., WMS enhancements or process automation) meet stakeholder expectations and operational needs.
• Supports documents for testing scripts for systems and UAT testing, ensuring solutions meet agreed standards, and thoroughly documents test scripts for end-to-end supply chain functionality.
• Leads small projects end-to-end, including those involving system upgrades or supply chain process improvements, in accordance with Nisbets' Business Change governance and delivery framework, ensuring successful execution and alignment with broader supply chain objectives.

Qualifications, Skills, Experience & Technical Capabilities

• Business Analyst experience in supply chain across multiple sites, focusing on warehouse management, logistics, and inventory processes.
• Proven ability to lead stakeholder meetings, up to Director level, and provide constructive challenge.
• Strong planning, research, and analytical skills, with attention to detail in optimising warehouse operations (e.g., inventory control, order fulfillment).
• Proficient in process mapping for supply chain and warehouse workflows, including WMS/ERP integration.
• Skilled in translating complex concepts into clear, actionable steps for both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Excellent communication skills, with experience in writing business requirements and technical specifications for supply chain systems.
• Able to work under pressure, independently and in teams, to support supply chain continuity.
• Certified or experienced in business analysis (e.g., CBAP, BCS Diploma), with knowledge of supply chain tools and systems.
• Eager to learn new supply chain technologies and methods, including WMS and warehouse automation.

Core Skills (Defined by Leadership Level)

• Teamwork
• Communication
• Coaching style
• Drive for results

About Us

Nisbets is committed to providing equality of opportunity for all colleagues. We aim to ensure our workplaces are free from discrimination and that not only colleagues but also our potential future colleagues are treated fairly and with dignity and respect. Therefore, please inform us of any reasonable adjustments that we may need to make to the application or interview process.

Here at Nisbets, we aim high and we dream big. From a one-man operation in 1983, to the UK's market leader today - it's always been our determination to hit whatever goal we set ourselves, no matter how big. And we've done it time and time again.

We're looking for experts. Passionate, forward thinkers who obsess about our customers as much as we do. We need strivers, trailblazers and problem solvers who are as determined to grow, develop and succeed as we are.

We're determined to take the next step. But we need your help to do it. It's all about you.

If you're looking for a forward-thinking business on which to leave your mark; where your work is valued; where you'll test your skills and then develop them further than you thought you could - Nisbets is for you.

You'll be pushing the boundaries with us, day in and day out. You'll work in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment. You'll collaborate with a wide range of other experts around the business, bringing big ideas to life, and play a leading role in taking our journey to the next level.

We are a business with heart. From the small indie diner to the Michelin-star restaurant, Nisbets delivers the equipment they need to excel. If you join our team you'll be working in a family-owned business that isn't afraid to let you grow. That understands the value of innovation. And that puts our impact on the environment, our commitment to ethical trading and our determination to being a fully transparent business at the forefront of all we do.

Ready to take the next step with us? Apply today.

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• Pay Type: Salary

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