Supply Planning Manager

Pod Talent; London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food business in West London is looking to hire an experienced supply planning professional. You'll own the production planning process while collaborating with suppliers and cross-functional teams to drive improvements. This role requires solid experience in the food industry and a proactive approach to problem-solving within a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in the Food industry, preferably with chilled products.
• Strong analytical skills with experience in advanced analytical tools.
• Understanding of commercial order cycles and demand planning.

Responsibilities

• Manage the end-to-end production planning process with suppliers and manufacturing partners.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize supply chain operations.
• Drive improvements in planning tools to achieve target volumes.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Proactive problem solving

Analytical skills

Tools

Excel

PowerBI

SQL

VBA

Python

Job description

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I'm excited to be representing a fast-growing food business based in West London, who have seen phenomenal growth over the last couple of years and are now looking to bring an experienced supply planning professional to join them in this exciting chapter.

In this position, you will be taking ownership of the end-to-end production planning process, working closely with manufacturing partners and suppliers; whilst also collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams and driving operational and process improvements within supply chain.

If you have experience working with chilled supply chain and expertise in leading supply planning processes, as well as a desire to work for a thriving and growing company and become a part of a collaborative and passionate team - apply today!

About the role

• Manage the end-to-end production planning process through effective collaboration with suppliers and manufacturing partners.
• Collaborate closely with cross functional teams to help optimise and drive improvements to the supply chain operations
• Drive improvements to planning tools to help ensure they are fit to deliver company’s target volume, as the business grows

About you

• 4+ years of experience working within the Food industry (ideally experience working with chilled/fresh products)
• Strong communication skills and experience liaising with different internal and external stakeholders.
• Proactive problem solving skills and great continuous improvement mindset.
• Understanding of commercial order cycle and demand planning
• Strong analytical skills with experience working with Excel and PowerBI (or other advanced analytical tools such as SQL, VBA, Python etc)