Supply Chain Manager

Greencore; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car allowance

Bonus

PMI

Holidays

Pension contributions

Life insurance

Employee discount

Wellbeing platform

Parental leave

Job summary

Greencore Heathrow is seeking an experienced Supply Chain Manager to lead a manufacturing unit, building capability and directing teams to deliver business plans. The 2-year FTC includes six-month rotations across sites as our major systems integration progresses.

You will oversee forecasting, planning, inventory, warehousing and distribution, collaborate on cross-functional projects and optimise cost and service. This is a high-visibility role during a period of change.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of the convenience food market.
• Experience across forecasting, production planning, SOP, inventory management, warehousing, distribution planning and third-party logistics management.
• Experience in leading and developing teams.
• Experience in fast-paced, growth industry or business.
• Experience working as part of project teams or delivering change initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Lead a manufacturing unit to ensure capability and team performance meet business plans and targets.
• Implement the supply chain strategy to achieve budgeted performance and build functional capability.
• Provide leadership to keep the team engaged, safe, focused and developing.
• Promote safe operating policies across all supply chain operations including third parties.
• Ensure forecasting, planning, stock control and distribution processes across locations meet customer service targets.
• Oversee Sales and Operations planning to optimise capacity, stocks and labour.
• Lead cross-functional/customer projects to implement changes and drive service improvements.

Skills

Supply chain leadership

Forecasting

Inventory management

Team development

Cross-functional projects

Job description

Why Greencore?

Following the combination with Bakkavor in January 2026, we're one of the UK's leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to make every day taste better.

As a vibrant and fast-moving business, we're proud to employ over 28,000 talented colleagues across 36 manufacturing sites and 21 distribution depots in the UK and the US. Together, we bring delicious food to life. Our products cover every meal occasion from breakfast through to dinner and dessert, with lunch and snacking in between. In FY25, our shared passion helped us achieve combined revenues of approximately £4bn.

We're looking for an experienced Supply Chain professional to join us on a 2 year FTC in a site-based role, providing cover for our Supply Chain Managers as they focus on a major systems integration programme across our sites.

Starting at Greencore Heathrow, you'll take on a 6-month rotation, before moving to another site as the programme progresses. We are looking for someone to start in role in January 2027.

Over 2 years, you'll complete 4 6-month rotations, providing valuable experience across different sites, teams and Supply Chain operations.

If you enjoy variety, new challenges and making a real impact, this is a fantastic opportunity to broaden your experience while supporting our teams through an exciting period of change.

What you'll be doing

As Supply Chain Manager, you will lead a supply chain team, for a manufacturing unit, to ensure that functional capability and team performance are built and directed to deliver business plans and targets.

• Implement the agreed supply chain strategy to achieve budgeted business performance and build the functional capability to deliver business strategic objectives
• Provide leadership and direction to ensure that across the business the supply chain team are kept safe, engaged, focused, developed and delivering to their potential
• Promote compliance with and the improvement of safe operating policies and practices across all supply chain operations within the business, including third parties to embed a safety first culture within the working environment
• Identify new/emerging legal or customer led audit requirements and develop plans to achieve compliance, securing funds if necessary to build systems and processes to maximise adherence to policy
• Ensure forecasting, planning, material requisitions, stock control, warehousing and distribution processes are in place at all locations to ensure customer service expectations are met in the most efficient and cost effective manner
• Oversee the deployment of the Sales and Operating planning process to ensure sufficient production capacity, stocks or finished goods and raw materials, and labour are in place to meet customer orders at the best optimum cost
• Together with Purchasing, negotiate and manage third party contracts to minimise costs, build effective working relationships and ensure service delivery
• Act as the Supply Chain lead in cross functional/customer projects to ensure that all developments include collaborative working which results in successful new implementations and ongoing service improvement

What we're looking for

We're not all the same at Greencore and our differences help us to make every day taste better for all our stakeholders. We truly put our people at the core and are proud of our diversity.

• Knowledge of the convenience food market
• Experience across all supply chain functions (forecasting, production planning and scheduling, standard operating procedure (SOP), inventory management, warehousing, distribution planning, distribution operations, third-party logistics management)
• Experience of leading and developing teams
• Experience of working in a fast paced, growth industry or business
• Experience of working as part of a project team or on delivering change initiatives

If this sounds like you, join us and grow with Greencore, and be a part of driving our future success.

What you'll get in return

• Competitive salary and job related benefits
• Car allowance, bonus and PMI
• Expense to future sites covered
• Holidays
• Competitive matched pension contributions
• Life insurance up to 4x salary
• Company shares save scheme
• Greencore Qualifications
• Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform
• Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform
• Enhanced parental leave and menopause policies

Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career.