Supply Chain Optimization Manager

Brambles; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Brambles is seeking a Supply Chain Optimization Manager to shape strategic decisions through advanced network modelling and analytics. You will develop and maintain optimization models that evaluate complex scenarios, identify cost and service improvements, and support evidence-based decision making across the business.

Working with senior stakeholders across Supply Chain, you will translate modelling outputs into clear, actionable recommendations and drive continuous improvement in modelling,

Qualifications

• Experience with supply chain optimization software (e.g., Llamasoft, Optilogic).
• Proven experience building and maintaining complex supply chain/ network/ optimization models.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management with senior leaders.
• Advanced analytical problem-solving and ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
• Proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint for executive-level presentations and business cases.

Responsibilities

• Build, maintain and enhance supply chain network optimization models using specialist software to evaluate strategic and operational scenarios.
• Analyze complex data sets and run multiple model scenarios to assess performance, cost, service and capacity impacts.
• Present model outputs, recommendations and business cases to senior stakeholders, translating findings into clear insights.
• Develop presentations and reports to support recommendations with robust data analysis for informed decisions.
• Identify opportunities to improve modelling methodologies, automation, reporting capabilities and optimization processes.

Skills

Data Analytics

Data Visualization

Python

R Programming

SQL

Tableau

Excel

PowerPoint

Stakeholder Management

Presentation

Tools

Llamasoft

Optilogic

Job description

CHEP helps move more goods to more people, in more places than any other organization on earth via our 347 million pallets, crates and containers. We employ approximately 13,000 people and operate in 60 countries. Through our pioneering and sustainable share-and-reuse business model, the world’s biggest brands trust us to help them transport their goods more efficiently, safely and with less environmental impact.
What does that mean for you? You’ll join an international organization big enough to take you anywhere, and small enough to get you there sooner. You’ll help change how goods get to market and contribute to global sustainability. You’ll be empowered to bring your authentic self to work and be surrounded by diverse and driven professionals. And you can maximize your work-life balance and flexibility through our .

Job Description

Key Responsibilities May Include:

• Analyze high-volume, complex data from multiple sources, using advanced tools and techniques to generate meaningful insights.
• Develop and deliver sophisticated visualizations, dashboards, and reports that translate complex data into clear, actionable insights for business stakeholders.
• Present findings and recommendations, simplifying complex analyses to provide clear and actionable insights that support business objectives.
• Partner with cross-functional teams at all levels to standardize data analysis processes and improve data capture practices.
• Use advanced analytics and machine learning techniques to perform deep-dive analysis and generate forward-looking insights.
• Identify opportunities for digital transformation and develop innovative solutions to improve data capture, visualization, and reporting processes.
• Ensure the accuracy, consistency, and quality of data by working closely with internal and external stakeholders.
• Provide strategic guidance to senior leadership, leveraging data insights to drive business growth, enhance decision-making, and support long-term success.

Supply Chain Optimization Manager

Location: Flexible across Europe

Type: Full-time, Permanent

As a SupplyChain Optimization Manager,you will play a critical role in shaping strategic supply chain decisions through advanced network optimization modelling and analytics. Working within a highly technical team, you will develop and maintain optimization models that evaluate complex supply chain scenarios, identify cost and service improvement opportunities, and support evidence-based decision making across the business.

Working closely with senior stakeholders across Supply Chain, you will translate sophisticated modelling outputs into clear, actionable recommendations. This role combines deep analytical expertise with strong business partnering capability, requiring someone who can confidently communicate complex concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.

You will also drive continuous improvement across modelling approaches, automation, and analytical capabilities, helping the organisation identify smarter, more innovative ways to optimise its network and improve performance.

What You'll Do

• Build, maintain and enhance supply chain network optimization models using specialist optimisation software to evaluate strategic and operational scenarios.
• Analyse complex data sets and run multiple model scenarios, adjusting key parameters to assess network performance, cost, service and capacity impacts.
• Present model outputs, recommendations and business cases to senior stakeholders, including Supply Chain Directors, Country Managers and VP-level leaders, translating technical findings into clear business insights.
• Develop compelling presentations and reports that support recommendations with robust data analysis and enable informed decision-making.
• Identify opportunities to improve modelling methodologies, automation, reporting capabilities and optimisation processes through innovative approaches and new technologies.

What We're Looking For

• Experience with Supply Chain Optimization software is essential, experience using Llamasoft, Optilogic highly advantageous.
• Proven experience building and maintaining complex supply chain, network, logistics or optimisation models and translating analytical outputs into actionable recommendations.
• Strong communication and senior stakeholder management skills, with experience influencing Directors, Country Managers and executive-level stakeholders.
• Advanced analytical and problem-solving capabilities, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint, with experience creating executive-level presentations and data-driven business cases.

Why Join Brambles?

• Influence strategic supply chain decisions across a global organisation.
• Work closely with senior supply chain leaders and decision-makers across multiple regions.
• Lead impactful network optimisation projects that drive measurable business value.
• Help shape the future of optimisation, analytics and automation capabilities.
• Join a collaborative, innovative team focused on continuous improvement and operational excellence.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced optimisation professional who enjoys combining technical modelling expertise with commercial insight and stakeholder influence to solve complex supply chain challenges at scale.

Remote Type

Hybrid Remote

Skills to succeed in the role

Adaptability, Critical Thinking, Data Analytics, Data Visualization, Empathy, Experimentation, Microsoft Power Business Intelligence (PBI), Python (Programming Language), Regression Analysis, R Programming, SQL Tools, Tableau (Software), Taking Ownership, Teamwork, Understand Customers

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, and we are committed to developing a diverse workforce in which everyone is treated fairly, with respect, and has the opportunity to contribute to business success while realizing his or her potential. This means harnessing the unique skills and experience that each individual brings and we do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state, or local protected class.