Supply Chain Manager

Premier Foods; Ashford; On-site; GBP 68,000 - 79,000; Full time

Job summary

Premier Foods, a leading British food company, is seeking an experienced Supply Chain Manager at its Ashford site. This role includes leading logistics and planning teams, driving strategic improvements, and ensuring efficient operations to meet varying demands. The ideal candidate will possess a strong background in supply chain management within the food or FMCG sectors and excellent communication skills.

Benefits

Car allowance

Private medical insurance

Enhanced pension with life assurance

Bonus

Qualifications

• Previous experience as Supply Chain/Planning Manager in manufacturing or logistics.
• Skilled at building relationships with stakeholders.
• Experience leading multi-disciplined teams and projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead the planning and logistics teams on site.
• Develop strategic improvement plans for supply chain processes.
• Collaborate with Operational teams to ensure resources are available.

Skills

Negotiation

Communication

Leadership

Tools

SAP

Kinnaxis

Job description

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Supply Chain Manager

Date: 2 Jul 2025

Location: Ashford, GB

Based in Ashford, Kent (TN24 0LU)

Salary circa £68 ,000 per annum + car allowance + bonus + private medical insurance

Our site in Ashford is recruiting for an experienced Supply Chain Manager to lead the factory Supply Chain and Logistics teams. You will be lead short term planning and execution of inbound raw and pack materials, finished goods scheduling and dispatch to have the right stock, labour and transport available to meet a varying forecast.

This role is a key interface with central planning and commercial teams and sits as part of our Site Leadership Team at the Ashford site, partnering Operations to identify and deliver efficiency improvements.

What we need from you:

• Previous experience as a Supply Chain/Planning Manager from a manufacturing or logistics background (Food/FMCG ideally)
• Excellent negotiation and communication skills, capable of building and maintaining relationships with suppliers and internal stakeholders at all levels
• Experienced people leader who has led multi-disciplined teams and projects
• Experience utilising supply chain planning systems (ideally SAP and Kinnaxis)

What you'll be doing:

• Providing leadership of the planning and logistics teams on site
• Developing strategic improvement plans for supply chain processes and practices across the site
• Contributing to the overall strategic direction of the site, ensuring targets and milestones are hit
• Collaborating with Operational teams to ensure labour is available to meet all short-term plans and capacity is correctly planned and balanced in our planning systems

What we offer in return:

• Salary circa £68,000 per annum
• Bonus
• Private medical insurance
• Enhanced pension with life assurance

A great British food company

Premier Foods is one of Britain’s biggest listed food companies, employing over4,000 colleagues at 13 manufacturingsites and offices up and down the country.

Many of our brands have been part of UK lifefor more than a century and you’ll find them in 90% of British households.

At Premier foods we believe in inclusion, authenticityandindividuality.We aim to ensure all existingand futurecolleagues are given equitable opportunities and are respected, valued and encouraged to bring their true authentic selves to workno matter who they are, what they look like, who they love or what they believe in.Our culture is one where everyone is welcome.