Logistics Planning Manager: Space & Capacity Optimisation

Fortnum & Mason; Greater London; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Store discount 40%

25 days holidays

Birthday day off

Subsidised staff restaurant

Job summary

Fortnum & Mason in London’s Piccadilly is seeking a Logistics Planning Manager to translate sales forecasts and trading plans into executable logistics volume, space and capacity plans across Retail Stores, Wholesale, E‑commerce and Hamper production.

The role focuses on event and peak planning, space and storage requirements, capacity outlooks, and governance with senior stakeholders, ensuring outbound commitments are achievable and the end-to-end supply chain operates smoothly.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in logistics, fulfilment and supply chain planning.
• Strong ability to translate forecasts into physical space and capacity requirements.
• Solid understanding of warehouse layouts, storage profiles, and capacity drivers.
• Experience planning across multi-channel logistics networks.
• Strong decision-making and stakeholder management capability.
• Exceptional analytical skills.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end logistics volume plan across inbound and outbound flows.
• Translate sales forecasts, promotional plans, and events into time-phased logistics volumes.
• Maintain volume plans by channel, ensuring alignment to logistics operating models.
• Translate inbound forecasts into space and storage requirements, including pallet locations, cube, bulk, and pick-face storage.
• Determine warehouse footprint requirements based on inbound phasing, dwell time, and inventory profiles.
• Own forward-looking capacity outlooks across storage, throughput, and handling activities.
• Identify capacity constraints early and recommend mitigation actions or trade-offs.
• Align inbound volume phasing with storage availability and handling capacity.
• Own outbound volume and capacity planning across: Retail store replenishment, Hamper production and distribution.
• Ensure outbound commitments are achievable within agreed space and capacity limits.
• Lead logistics planning for seasonal peaks, promotions, and trading events.
• Translate event demand into inbound build plans, space requirements, and outbound volumes.
• Stress-test plans against storage saturation and capacity constraints.
• Own logistics readiness sign-off for events from a volume, space, and capacity perspective.
• Represent logistics planning in S&OP, trading, and execution forums.
• Act as the single point of accountability for the logistics volume, space, and capacity plan.
• Provide clear visibility of constraints, risks, and recommendations to senior stakeholders.
• Build strong alignment between Commercial, Logistics, Warehouse and Transport Teams.
• Own logistics planning KPIs relating to volume accuracy, space utilisation, and capacity adherence.
• Drive continuous improvement in planning processes, assumptions, and data quality.

Job description

Fortnum & Mason in London’s Piccadilly is seeking a Logistics Planning Manager to translate sales forecasts and trading plans into executable logistics volume, space and capacity plans across Retail Stores, Wholesale, E‑commerce and Hamper production.

The role focuses on event and peak planning, space and storage requirements, capacity outlooks, and governance with senior stakeholders, ensuring outbound commitments are achievable and the end-to-end supply chain operates smoothly.