Hybrid Supply Planner for FMCG & Nutrition

Glanbia; Tees Valley; Hybrid; GBP 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health plan

Competitive salary

Job summary

Glanbia is seeking a Supply Planner to develop and maintain supply plans that ensure finished goods availability across the UK and EU while optimising inventory and reducing SLOB risks.

You will manage POs with co-manufacturers, monitor stock health, and collaborate with suppliers to mitigate risks. Hybrid work from Middlesbrough, UK, with a global/national scope and growth opportunities.

Qualifications

• Experience in Supply Planning, Demand Planning, Production Planning, or Supply Chain Operations.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capability.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
• Excellent data interpretation and reporting skills.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and manage competing priorities.
• High attention to detail and strong organisational skills.
• Experience working within ERP/MRP environments.
• Ability to influence decisions across multiple functions.
• Experience within FMCG, Consumer Goods, Food, Beverage, or Nutrition industries.
• SAP experience.
• Experience supporting system implementations or process transformation initiatives.
• Knowledge of inventory optimisation and forecasting principles.
• Experience using Microsoft Copilot, AI tools, Power BI, SAC, or similar technologies to automate processes, generate insights, and support supply planning decisions.
• Demonstrated ability to identify digitalisation and automation opportunities that improve planning effectiveness and efficiency.
• Minimum of 2 years’ relevant planning or supply chain experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain short, medium, and long-term supply plans.
• Manage purchase order creation for products sourced from co-manufacturers and co-packers.
• Ensure inventory levels remain aligned to customer requirements, and working capital objectives.
• Monitor and manage stock health, identifying risks of excess, obsolete, or slow-moving inventory.
• Manage inter-3PL stock transfers to optimise inventory availability across the network.
• Investigate supply exceptions and stock shortages, determine root causes, and implement corrective actions.
• Review forecast updates and assess implications for supply plans.
• Engage proactively with suppliers to understand risks, constraints, and opportunities.
• Issue rolling forecasts to co-manufacturing partners.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Advanced Excel

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

ERP/MRP environments

SAP experience

Forecasting principles

Power BI

AI tools

Automation opportunities

2+ years supply chain

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain or related discipline

Tools

SAP

Power BI

SAC

Microsoft Copilot

Job description

Glanbia is seeking a Supply Planner to develop and maintain supply plans that ensure finished goods availability across the UK and EU while optimising inventory and reducing SLOB risks.

You will manage POs with co-manufacturers, monitor stock health, and collaborate with suppliers to mitigate risks. Hybrid work from Middlesbrough, UK, with a global/national scope and growth opportunities.