Supply Chain Manager

The Collective Network; Peterborough; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A global food manufacturer is seeking a Supply Chain Manager to own the site’s entire supply chain strategy. You will lead a planning and logistics team, ensuring smooth operations amidst changing priorities. Ideal candidates have solid supply chain experience in manufacturing, ERP fluency, strong analytical and leadership skills. This role offers genuine autonomy and the opportunity to shape the site's future, with a focus on driving continuous improvement and achieving KPIs.

Qualifications

• Solid experience running supply chain in a complex manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrable people leadership – you've changed things, not just kept them ticking.
• Strong analytical and communication skills, able to stay calm under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Run the entire supply chain function for the site.
• Make SAP and best-practice processes coexist without drama.
• Drive KPIs and embed continuous improvement.

Skills

Supply chain management

ERP/MRP fluency

People leadership

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Tools

SAP

Job description

Supply Chain Manager - Food Manufacturing

Cambridgeshire
£65,000-£70,000

If you like turning chaos into something that looks vaguely like order, this might suit you. The business is a global food manufacturer in the middle of a transformation. That means two things: investment is happening, and so is the kind of change that makes lesser mortals quietly update their CVs.

They need a Supply Chain Manager who can handle both - someone who can run the day-to-day without losing sight of the bigger picture, and who doesn't flinch when the words "new production lines" and "integration project" get thrown around in the same meeting.

The Job

You’ll own the site's entire supply chain strategy. Not "influence". Not "support". Own.

You’ll lead a planning and logistics team who'll be looking to you to make sense of shifting priorities, new systems, and the usual manufacturing surprises. You’ll make SAP behave (or at least look like it does), keep materials flowing, and ensure customers never see the chaos behind the curtain.

There's plenty to get your teeth into: new infrastructure coming online, processes that need tightening, KPIs that need hitting, and an S&OP process that needs a steady hand and, occasionally, a firm shove.

What You’ll Actually Be Doing

• Running the entire supply chain function for the site - planning, raw materials, scheduling, logistics, the lot.


• Making SAP and best-practice processes coexist without drama (or with minimal drama).


• Keeping stock levels sensible and costs under control.


• Leading demand planning and making sure procurement, manufacturing, and resources all sing from the same hymn sheet.


• Driving KPIs and embedding continuous improvement because "this is how we've always done it" won't cut it.


• Producing reporting that's actually useful and leading the site supply reviews.


• Building an S&OP process people actually follow.


• Leading and developing your team, not just managing them.

What You’ll Need

• Solid experience running supply chain in a complex manufacturing environment.


• ERP/MRP fluency. If you've wrestled with M3 and lived to tell the tale, even better.


• Demonstrable people leadership - meaning you've changed things, not just kept them ticking.


• The confidence to challenge upwards, sideways, and anywhere else required.


• Strong analytical and communication skills, and the ability to stay calm when the wheels wobble.

Why Bother?

Because this is one of those rare roles where you'll genuinely get to shape a site's future, not just babysit a process someone else designed. There's big investment, genuine autonomy, and a senior leadership seat waiting for someone who can make things better - and prove it.

If you want a quiet life, this isn't it. If you want impact, it is.