Supply Chain Planning Manager

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At a glance

Role Title: Supply Chain Planning Manager

Position: Permanent Partner 

Hours of Work: Full Time, 35 Hours, working Monday to Friday. 

This is a hybrid working role, therefore your time will primarily be split between working from home and Bracknell. Working two days a week in the office and three days from home.

Salary: £48,800.00 - 75,000.00, Annual

About the role

As a Supply Chain Planning Manager in Grocery you will use your end to end knowledge of Supply Chain and ability to interpret data, to control the efficient flow of stock through the Supply Chain network. You will achieve this through working collaboratively with colleagues across Trading and Supply Chain and by developing and empowering your team to deliver plans that maximise the utilisation of the Supply Chain network, to deliver the best possible business outcomes. 

You will be committed in identifying and communicating capacity issues before they arise, and ensure that your stakeholders are engaged in agreeing potential solutions and trade-off decisions. You will make a significant contribution to ensure the Supply Chain operation is efficient and effective in delivering products and services to our customers, and will ensure customer satisfaction through stock availability - having the right product, in the right amount, in the right place at the right time.

Why join the John Lewis Partnership as a Supply Chain Planning Manager?

Supervising a small team of managers and working in a forward-thinking collaborative environment  as a Planning Manager means there is autonomy to think differently about how our Supply Chain becomes more cost efficient and productive. There is also flexibility to coordinate your own work and your team’s plan to ensure we focus on how we do better for our customers.

Please see full details and the key accountabilities about the role in the Job Outline attached below. For internal partners only - Please view the job outline here using your internal email address: 

Essential skills you’ll need 

• Understanding and utilising Complex data 

• Previous experience of people management. 

• Proven working experience in a Supply Chain or other complex environment, applying innovative problem solving, numerical skills and commercial acumen to deliver quality insight and analysis. 

•  Experience of working with a range of stakeholders across a variety of functions and levels

Benefits of the Partnership and the role

•  - Hybrid Working. 

•  - Full - time working holiday entitlement 25 days holiday , plus public and bank holidays (this is prorated for part time hours).

•  - Great work life balance, including focus on well being and flexible working and our marketing equal parenthood leave Policy

•  - Defined Contribution pension scheme where your contributions will be matched by the Partnership (up to 8% of pay) and, after three years’ service, you’ll receive an additional Partnership contribution of 4% of pay, regardless of whether you pay in or not

•  - You’ll get Partnership discount in store and online once you complete your Earning Membership period. That’s 25% off in John Lewis (12% off electrical products, some exclusions apply) and 20% in Waitrose (some exclusions apply) You’ll also be able to nominate someone you live with to share your discount.

•  - Simple cycle to work support scheme

•  - We’re really proud of our exclusive hotels based in some of Britain’s most stunning areas and once you’ve been with us for three months, you’re welcome to explore them

•  Free Parking is available with good transport links to Bracknell. 

Find out more about the extensive range of exciting benefits that you could enjoy when you join us on our website under About the Partnership; Benefits. 

Additional Information:

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