Supply Planner

Glanbia; Tees Valley; Hybrid; GBP 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health plan

Competitive salary

Job summary

Glanbia is seeking a Supply Planner to develop and maintain supply plans that ensure finished goods availability across the UK and EU while optimising inventory and reducing SLOB risks.

You will manage POs with co-manufacturers, monitor stock health, and collaborate with suppliers to mitigate risks. Hybrid work from Middlesbrough, UK, with a global/national scope and growth opportunities.

Qualifications

• Experience in Supply Planning, Demand Planning, Production Planning, or Supply Chain Operations.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capability.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
• Excellent data interpretation and reporting skills.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and manage competing priorities.
• High attention to detail and strong organisational skills.
• Experience working within ERP/MRP environments.
• Ability to influence decisions across multiple functions.
• Experience within FMCG, Consumer Goods, Food, Beverage, or Nutrition industries.
• SAP experience.
• Experience supporting system implementations or process transformation initiatives.
• Knowledge of inventory optimisation and forecasting principles.
• Experience using Microsoft Copilot, AI tools, Power BI, SAC, or similar technologies to automate processes, generate insights, and support supply planning decisions.
• Demonstrated ability to identify digitalisation and automation opportunities that improve planning effectiveness and efficiency.
• Minimum of 2 years’ relevant planning or supply chain experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain short, medium, and long-term supply plans.
• Manage purchase order creation for products sourced from co-manufacturers and co-packers.
• Ensure inventory levels remain aligned to customer requirements, and working capital objectives.
• Monitor and manage stock health, identifying risks of excess, obsolete, or slow-moving inventory.
• Manage inter-3PL stock transfers to optimise inventory availability across the network.
• Investigate supply exceptions and stock shortages, determine root causes, and implement corrective actions.
• Review forecast updates and assess implications for supply plans.
• Engage proactively with suppliers to understand risks, constraints, and opportunities.
• Issue rolling forecasts to co-manufacturing partners.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Advanced Excel

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

ERP/MRP environments

SAP experience

Forecasting principles

Power BI

AI tools

Automation opportunities

2+ years supply chain

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain or related discipline

Tools

SAP

Power BI

SAC

Microsoft Copilot

Job description

Join this dynamic team focused on delivering better nutrition for every step of life’s journey

The Opportunity

The Supply Planner is responsible for developing, maintaining, and executing robust supply plans that ensure the availability of finished goods across the UK and EU network while optimising inventory levels and minimising SLOB-related risks.

Job Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain short, medium, and long-term supply plans
• Manage purchase order creation for products sourced from co-manufacturers and co-packers
• Ensure inventory levels remain aligned to customer requirements, and working capital objectives.
• Monitor and manage stock health, identifying risks of excess, obsolete, or slow-moving inventory
• Manage inter-3PL stock transfers to optimise inventory availability across the network.
• Investigate supply exceptions and stock shortages, determine root causes, and implement corrective actions.
• Review forecast updates and assess implications for supply plans.
• Engage proactively with suppliers to understand risks, constraints, and opportunities.
• Issue rolling forecasts to co-manufacturing partners.

Requirements

• Experience within Supply Planning, Demand Planning, Production Planning, or Supply Chain Operations.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capability.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
• Excellent data interpretation and reporting skills.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and manage competing priorities.
• High attention to detail and strong organisational skills.
• Experience working within ERP/MRP environments.
• Ability to influence decisions across multiple functions.
• Experience within FMCG, Consumer Goods, Food, Beverage, or Nutrition industries.
• SAP experience.
• Experience supporting system implementations or process transformation initiatives.
• Knowledge of inventory optimisation and forecasting principles.
• Experience using Microsoft Copilot, AI tools, Power BI, SAC, or similar technologies to automate processes, generate insights, and support supply planning decisions.
• Demonstrated ability to identify digitalisation and automation opportunities that improve planning effectiveness and efficiency
• Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain Management, or a related discipline
• Minimum of 2 years’ relevant planning or supply chain experience

Position Dimensions:

• Reports to Supply & Demand Planning Manager, EU
• Travel as and when required
• Based in Middlesbrough, UK

Values

• Passion for our customers and consumers
• Performance matters
• Win Together
• Find a Better Way
• Respect for people
• Sense of Fun
• Technical planning expertise
• Strong analytical capability
• Stakeholder collaboration
• Effective communication

Where and How You Will Work

The opportunity will be based in Middlesbrough with hybrid working arrangements available, which allows you greater choice in how you work and live, giving you a better work-life balance.

What We Would Like to Offer You

The opportunity to develop your career on a global stage, continuous learning through an on-demand learning platform, and a competitive compensation package includinghealth plan, competitive salary etc.

About Glanbia

Glanbia is a better nutrition company with three divisions: Performance Nutrition, Health & Nutrition and Dairy Nutrition. Collectively and with our partners we offer an incredible breadth of expertise in nutrition. We employ a team of 5,800 people, work with global food and beverage companies, and sell our award-winning and market-leading brands and ingredients in more than 100 countries worldwide.

At Glanbia, we celebrate diversity, because we know that our individual strengths make us stronger together. We welcome and encourage interest from a variety of candidates. We will give your application consideration, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status.