Supply Chain Manager

Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS); Worksop; On-site; GBP 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food company in the UK is recruiting an experienced Supply Chain Manager in Worksop. You will lead planning and logistics teams to ensure efficient stock management, enhance supply chain processes, and maintain relationships with suppliers. Ideal candidates will have a background in manufacturing or logistics, strong leadership skills, and experience with supply chain planning systems such as SAP.

Benefits

Car allowance

Bonus

Private medical insurance

Holiday purchase scheme

Sharesave scheme

Enhanced pension with life assurance

Qualifications

• 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.
• Experienced people leader who has led multi-disciplined teams and projects.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership of the planning and logistics teams on site.
• Develop strategic improvement plans for supply chain processes.
• Collaborate with Operational teams to ensure labour is available and capacity is correctly planned.

Skills

Negotiation skills

Communication skills

Leadership

Experience with supply chain planning systems

Tools

SAP

Kinnaxis

Job description

Based in Worksop, Notts (S81 7AY)

Salary circa £65,000 per annum + car allowance + bonus + private medical insurance

Our site in Worksop are recruiting for an experienced Supply Chain Manager to lead the factory Supply Chain and Logistics teams. You will 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 Worksop site, partnering Operations to identify and deliver efficiency improvements.

The role will manage the Planning Team of 5 people (1 Planning Manager and 4 Schedulers) and the SAP Team of 4 people (1 SAP Lead and 3 SAP Administrators).

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 £65,000 per annum
• Car allowance
• Bonus
• Private medical insurance
• Holiday purchase scheme
• Sharesave scheme
• Enhanced pension with life assurance

A great British food company

Premier Foods is one of Britain's biggest listed food companies, employing over 4,000 colleagues at 13 manufacturing sites and offices up and down the country.

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

At Premier foods we believe in inclusion, authenticity and individuality. We aim to ensure all existing and future colleagues are given equitable opportunities and are respected, valued and encouraged to bring their true authentic selves to work no matter who they are, what they look like, who they love or what they believe in. Our culture is one where everyone is welcome.