Supply Chain Specialist

About Convatec

Pioneering trusted medical solutions to improve the lives we touch: Convatec is a global medical products and technologies company, focused on solutions for the management of chronic conditions, with leading positions in Advanced Wound Care, Ostomy Care, Continence Care, and Infusion Care. With more than 10,000 colleagues, we provide our products and services in around 90 countries, united by a promise to be forever caring. Our solutions provide a range of benefits, from infection prevention and protection of at-risk skin, to improved patient outcomes and reduced care costs. Convatec’s revenues in 2024 were over $2 billion. The company is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index (LSE:CTEC). To learn more please visit

Position overview

Place, follow-up, and monitor orders on internal and external suppliers. Work with suppliers to obtain delivery dates, improve due dates, and minimise back orders, invoice queries, and customer complaints.

Manage Inventory optimisation to balance overall stock value against holding the right stock at the right time, and minimise obsolescence and expired products.

Key responsibilities

Place orders with suppliers

Expedite parts from suppliers and other alternative sources to fill backorders promptly

Ensure a robust supply of products to ensure back orders are kept to a minimum, whilst optimising inventory holding

Maintain an efficient and effective communication channel with suppliers to ensure they perform on overdue deliveries, on-time delivery, and customer complaints

Ensure a high level of inventory accuracy by liaising with the warehouse to ensure actioning of stock adjustments, stock transfers, customer returns, and supplier non-conformances.

Ensure invoice queries are resolved and, where applicable, credit notes are received promptly.

Understand Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) and execute the necessary adminstrative tasks to deliver on the requisite KPI’s

Cross functional interaction with Care Centres, Distribution Centre and Finance with the aim of having products avaliable for Customers or, alternatively, having the delivery information available to key stakeholders

Produce KPI report (e.g. back orders, slow moving stock) to make operational performance and trends visible

Participate in supply chain improvement projects

Maintain master data, ensuring a high level of integrity

Performance will be measured based on Supply chain efficiency, inventory value, backorders, and master data integrity

Key requirements

Educated to O’Level / GCSE standard

Experience in a similar working environment

Work as part of a team

The ability to prioritize workload

The ability to take direction and work to deadlines

Excellent communication/ listening skills

Computer literate including all MS Office programs

Education/ Qualifications

Educated to O’Level / GCSE standard

B.S or B.A degree in an applicable field is a plus, but not essential

Computer literacy skills including MS Office

Working conditions

Core working hours – Mon – Fri 8-4 or 9-5 on a weekly rota, with flexibility to cover team holidays/ sickness as required.

Hybrid working – a Minimum of 2 days per week in the office, driven by business requirements, as Convatec has a flexible approach to office working.

To be available one weekend per annum (usually November) for the whole warehouse stocktake.

Additional Job Description

At Convatec, we're pioneering trusted medical solutions to improve the lives we touch. If you're ready to make a real impact, apply today and help us bring our Forever Caring promise to life.

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