Supply Chain Lead

Yolk Recruitment; Cross Hands; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 61,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

31 days leave

Pension scheme

Death in service

Canteen subsidy

EAP through Legal & General

Employee discounts

Staff shop discounts

Free surplus produce

New SCM structure

Job summary

Yolk Recruitment are supporting a leading food manufacturing business with a newly created Supply Chain Lead role at Cross Hands, Carmarthenshire. You will ensure materials, stock and packaging are available to support production and customer requirements, collaborating with Planning, Procurement and Warehouse teams.

The role focuses on maintaining stock accuracy, minimising waste and ensuring a smooth flow of materials through a busy operation.

Qualifications

• Experience in supply chain, materials planning, inventory management, stock control or logistics in manufacturing.
• Strong experience in food manufacturing or FMCG environments.
• Proven ability to manage inventory levels and ensure material availability for production.
• Experience planning raw materials and packaging against production schedules or forecasts.
• Understanding of stock rotation, inventory optimization, and waste reduction.
• Experience collaborating with Production Planning, Procurement and Warehouse teams.
• Strong analytical skills to interpret forecasts, monitor stock trends and resolve supply issues.
• Excellent organisational and communication skills with ability to manage competing priorities.
• Proactive, hands-on approach with ownership of operational challenges.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate material and product requirements with Production Planners to ensure correct stock for production and on-time delivery.
• Manage inventory levels and stock accuracy; support regular stock counts and reconciliations.
• Oversee stock rotation to minimise waste and maintain product availability.
• Plan and place orders for raw materials and packaging per production needs and forecasts.
• Monitor material availability and address shortages to meet delivery commitments.
• Analyse stock trends and consumption to optimise inventory and reduce excess stock.
• Monitor customer orders vs forecasts, flag variances and take action to minimise shortages.
• Resolve day-to-day supply chain issues and communicate with relevant departments to prevent disruption.
• Support continuous improvement to improve inventory accuracy and overall efficiency.

Job description

Supply Chain Lead

Location: Cross Hands, Carmarthenshire
Salary: Up to £55,000 per annum (negotiable for the right experience)
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 2 shift patterns available

Yolk Recruitment are supporting a leading food manufacturing business with the recruitment of a Supply Chain Lead to join their team at their Cross Hands site.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced supply chain professional to join a fast-paced manufacturing environment in a newly created position, with responsibility for ensuring materials, stock and packaging are available to support production and customer requirements. You'll work closely with Production Planning, Procurement and Warehouse teams to coordinate material requirements, maintain accurate inventory levels, oversee stock rotation and ensure a consistent flow of materials throughout the operation.

This is what you'll be doing

As Supply Chain Lead, you'll play a key role in ensuring the right materials and products are available at the right time, maintaining stock accuracy, minimising waste and supporting the efficient running of a busy food manufacturing operation.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Working closely with Production Planners to coordinate material and product requirements, ensuring the correct stock is available to support production schedules, customer demand and to maintain an efficient flow of materials with accurate stock information.
• Managing inventory levels, ensuring stock accuracy, product availability and efficient utilisation of warehouse capacity, supporting regular stock counts, audits and stock reconciliation activities.
• Overseeing stock rotation processes to minimise waste, maintain product availability and reduce the risk of obsolete stock.
• Planning and placing orders for raw materials and packaging in line with production requirements and demand forecasts.
• Monitoring material availability, identifying potential shortages and taking proactive action to maintain continuity of supply and meet delivery requirements.
• Analysing stock trends and consumption patterns to optimise inventory levels, reduce excess stock and improve overall efficiency.
• Monitoring customer orders against forecasts, identifying variances and taking appropriate action to minimize supply shortages and customer service risks.
• Identifying and resolving day-to-day supply chain issues, communicating effectively with relevant departments to minimize disruption to production.
• Supporting continuous improvement initiatives to strengthen inventory accuracy, material availability and operational efficiency.

The experience you'll bring

• Previous experience within supply chain, materials planning, inventory management, stock control or logistics in a manufacturing environment.
• Strong experience within food manufacturing, food production or a similarly fast-paced FMCG environment.
• Proven experience managing inventory levels, monitoring stock accuracy and ensuring material availability to support production.
• Experience planning or coordinating raw material and packaging requirements against production schedules or demand forecasts.
• Good understanding of stock rotation, inventory optimisation, stock reconciliation and waste reduction.
• Experience working closely with Production Planning, Procurement and Warehouse departments.
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to interpret forecasts, monitor stock trends, identify variances and resolve supply chain issues.
• Excellent organisational and communication skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities in a busy manufacturing environment.
• A proactive, hands-on approach with the confidence to take ownership of operational challenges and work collaboratively to resolve them.
• Previous experience in a supervisory, senior coordination or team leadership capacity would be advantageous.

Shift Patterns

There are two Supply Chain Lead positions available, each operating on a different permanent shift pattern to provide operational coverage across the site.

Shift A - Sunday to Thursday

• Sunday: 6.00am - 6.00pm
• Monday: 6.00am - 6.30pm
• Tuesday to Thursday: 3.00pm - 11.00pm
• Friday and Saturday: Off

Shift B - Tuesday to Saturday

• Tuesday to Thursday: 6.00am - 2.00pm
• Friday: 6.00am - 6.30pm
• Saturday: 6.00am - 6.00pm
• Sunday and Monday: Off

Both shifts are 45 paid hours per week.

Please note: The two successful candidates will be allocated to different shift patterns on a permanent basis. Whilst we are happy to discuss and highlight your preferred shift prior to interview, we cannot guarantee which pattern you will be offered. Candidates should therefore be comfortable working either shift.

And this is what you'll get in return

• Salary up to £55,000 per annum, which may be negotiable for candidates with the right experience.
• 31 days annual leave, including bank holidays.
• Company pension scheme with 3% employer contribution.
• Death in service benefit of twice your annual salary.
• Heavily subsidised on-site canteen.
• Employee Assistance Programme through Legal & General.
• Employee discount schemes across a changing range of retailers.
• Access to a staff shop offering heavily discounted meat and other products, including seasonal offers.
• Free surplus produce when available.
• Opportunity to join a newly established supply chain management structure and work closely with the Site Supply Chain Manager.

Are you interested?

If you're an experienced supply chain, inventory or materials management professional with a strong understanding of manufacturing operations, stock availability and production requirements, we'd love to hear from you.

Please note: Due to high application volumes, we can't respond to every applicant. If you haven't heard from us within 7 days, unfortunately you've not been successful on this occasion. Please check our website for other opportunities.