ST0201: Supply Chain Practitioner (Fast Moving Consumer Good) (previously Operator Manager) Level 3

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An FMCG Supply Chain Practitioner will work in one or more supply chain functions. Typical duties could include forecasting customer demand whilst working as a Junior Demand Planner or liaising with a factories schedule production and processing orders as a Customer Service Operative or working with hauliers and Distribution Centres as an Assistant Transport Planner.

The supply chain is at the heart of most business – a system of people, organisations, information, activities and resources involved in moving products or services from supplier to customer. It could include the transformation of raw materials, natural resources and components into a finished product.

Effective and dynamic supply chains are particularly important within the fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) sector, for example food and drink retailers or manufacturers where products may have one or more of the following characteristics: high volume, fast turnover and frequent demand. FMCG by their nature, have a short shelf life, either as a result of high consumer demand or because the product is perishable or deteriorates rapidly. Supply chain functions include procurement, forecasting, planning manufacture, customer service and logistics.