Supply Planner

Founded in 2003 by Dong Hyun Kim, his mission was simple, to make fresh and flavorsome sushi and bento available to everyone. Almost 20 years later Wasabi have 41 successful branches across London, other UK major cities and New York.

The journey continued in 2019 with the launch of Wasabi Home Bento exclusively into Sainsburys. After several years of great success there, the grocery business expanded launching into Tesco in September 2022. Wasabi has now firmly established itself as the No2 chilled ready meal brand and a driver of significant market growth. And we re just getting started. The leadership team have set out their 5 year strategy which encompasses company growth, franchise and international expansion.

Our menu is renowned for its distinctiveness, freshness and flavour. The cold food range of sushi, pokes and salads are made fresh daily in our branch kitchens and our hot bento, noodle bowls and soups offer an indulgent and comforting alternative to our broad and democratic demographic.

As we prepare for our next phase of growth and innovation, we have an incredibly exciting opportunity for a Supply Planner to join our Manufacturing- Team based in Park Royal.

The Role:
To plan & schedule all production across the CPU and all materials coming into the CPU & external storage locations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Create a production planning, scheduling and material requisition system and take ownership for all production planning, scheduling and material planning on site.
  • Schedule all site activity and ensure schedules are sufficient to deliver customer service level targets.
  • Optimise product sequences, volumes, allergen sequences, maintenance windows, training events and new product trials to drive improved business performance across the balanced scorecard.
• Alongside Operation teams, plan site labour requirement to deliver production plans.

  Capacity Management

• Communicate effectively with key internal stakeholders and build strong relationships with the site's operation's team and the customer supply chain contacts to optimise product flow across the end-to-end supply chain

• Maintain a 12-month rolling capacity plan for all site assets based on the combined restaurant & grocery demand plans.
• Highlight site bottlenecks in advance and give insight into potential mitigation plans.
• Lead the S&OP process for site capacity modelling.
• Model the impact of all growth initiatives from commercial teams.

  Standards

• Document planning standards, raise standards, and confirm standard work daily.
• Create and maintain master performance data sets for all SKUs and all processes.
• Identify key problems areas and set targets to improve planning effectiveness.
• Use data analysis to make problems visible, quantifiable and to guide decisions.

In return we provide:

• A great working environment
• Pension scheme
• Target Bonus
• Refer A Friend Scheme
• Free Sushi or hot food (vegan options available)
• 50% discount in our Branches
• Employee Assistant Programme
• Hybrid working model
• Long Service Awards
• Wagestream - a financial wellbeing benefit that lets you access your pay as you earn it in real time and manage savings
• Life Assurance
• Cycle To Work
• Free on-site parking
• A variety of discounts (shopping, food & drink, entertainment and health & fitness) through Perkbox and
• The opportunity to develop your skills within a growing company.

Our people make us who we are. If you're looking for an exciting challenge and this sounds like the job for you please apply today as we can't wait to hear from you.

COME ROLL WITH US!