Supply Chain Manager - Forecast Optimisation

Morrisons; Bradford; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare

Car allowance

Discretionary bonus scheme

Generous holiday entitlement

Pension

Job summary

Morrisons is seeking a Supply Chain - System Optimisation specialist to drive data-driven decisions and optimise forecasting, pricing and store ordering. You will own the project plan, manage risks, and lead a team to deliver scalable improvements.

Join a fast-paced environment at Morrisons where you’ll partner with stakeholders, apply advanced analytics and mentor colleagues to elevate operational excellence and availability across the network.

Qualifications

• Proven leadership: shaping strategy and delivering operational plans.
• Advanced skills in process, people and data management.
• Strong domain knowledge of food supply chain and forecasting.
• Experience driving change and stakeholder alignment.

Responsibilities

• Lead on building algorithmic approaches to improve accuracy and automation.
• Own project plans, timelines, risks and issue management.
• Act as expert across store ordering, supplier ordering, demand forecasting and pricing.
• Present investment needs to senior stakeholders and plan right-first-time implementations.
• Validate forecast improvements to maximise availability and reduce stock/markdowns.
• Balance high-quality model development with business-focused solutions.

Skills

Leadership

Strategy development

SQL

Data manipulation

Problem solving

Tools

Excel

Job description

More about the role

We're recruiting for our Supply Chain - System Optimisation team at Morrisons. Do you want to influence our long-term growth and success?

Together, we tackle business challenges, enhance our performance and unlock the true potential of our data to drive forward the supply chain function. We have exciting opportunities to join an expanding area of the business and play a pivotal role to create great availability to our existing and new customers. This role has a heavy influence on the future of Morrisons' supply chain, you'll be working at a fast pace at the heart of decision making, using data and influence to make improvement and change!

As a member of our team, you will lead on building business rules-based algorithmic approaches to increase the accuracy, automation, and intelligence of settings and forecasts. You will own the project plan and timelines, manage risks and issues, and champion the project vision and outcomes.

You'll be responsible for:

• Leadership: Leading, motivating, and coaching team members to drive technical competence and functional knowledge.
• Strategic Planning: Playing a pivotal role in creating the system development plan and dictating development priorities aligned with company objectives.
• Expert Oversight: Acting as an expert across store ordering, supplier ordering, demand forecasting, and pricing.
• Stakeholder Influence: Presenting ideas and investment requirements to senior stakeholders and creating project plans for "right first time" implementation.
• Operational Excellence: Validating and managing forecast improvement developments to deliver availability and maximise efficiency while minimising stock and markdowns.
• Internal Conscience: Striking the balance between quality model development and diminishing returns to ensure business-focused solutions.

More about you

We are also looking for the following:

• Proven Leadership: Experience in shaping and developing strategy and translating it into operational delivery.
• Advanced Technical Skills: Strength in all areas of process, people, and data, including a proficient level of SQL and data manipulation tools.
• Domain Expertise: Strong understanding of all aspects of food supply chain and operational mechanics.
• Change Management: Experience implementing change into an operation and the ability to lead stakeholders through the change curve.
• Problem Solving: Ability to provide "out of the box" thinking and creative problem-solving to solve complex business problems

More about our perks

We value your hard work and commitment, and in return, we provide:

Private healthcare

Car Allowance

Generous holiday entitlement

Discretionary bonus scheme

15% discount in our supermarkets and convenience stores from the day you join us

Additional 10% discount card for a friend or family member

Genuine career progression and development opportunities - read more about our Leadership School here

Subsidised staff canteen

Free parking

Competitive pension and life assurance

Healthcare / Wellbeing benefits including Aviva Digital GP

'MyPerks' with discounts at high street shops, cinemas and gyms, and lots more

Optional payroll charity donations

A range of family-friendly policies including 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave along with neonatal and fertility leave

Alive with activity, our modern Head Office is home to our corporate teams that make sure everything runs smoothly. Here, you'll find comfy breakout areas, a coffee shop, Morrisons Daily and a subsidised restaurant. We are within commuting distance of Leeds, Manchester and the Yorkshire Dales - and we even have free parking!

At our Head Office you will expect to find supplier showcases, charity fundraising and celebrations all year round for the events that mean the most to our colleagues.

There's more to our business as it's fast paced and ever changing, as such we've got lots of fresh opportunities for you to play your part in our success. We'd love to meet you!