Supply Planning Manager

The Supply Planning Manager is a passionate and ambitious professional, with good understanding of the UK chilled FMCG supply network and the constraints in chilled dairy production.

Client Details

Fast-growing food brand in the Food and Beverages space.

Description

• Manage the end to end production planning process our 4 co-packer sites
• Deliver industry leading customer supply service level and minimise product waste through proactive customer and supplier management.
• Manage phase in, phase out planning of product production as NPD SKUs launch and legacy SKUs are discontinued.
• Working closely with the Customer supply and commercial teams to align on customer demand forecasts for key volume events (range reviews, promotions, in store activation, etc).
• Support the Head of Planning in developing our medium- to long-term Capacity and Capability modelling to deliver our future growth and supply contingency.
• Manage packaging order planning to maintain sufficient stock levels against supplier lead times.

Profile

• Experience of forecasting & production planning: Minimum 6+ years of relevant, recent, experience in chilled FMCG planning & production across the UK & EU.
• Demonstrable strength in demand and production planning balancing supply and waste risk.
• Strong understanding of production order cycle.
• Strong data presentation skills, simplifying complex data sets and decision processes for wider business alignment.
• Understanding of cost mitigations in planning - MoQs, utilization, waste.
• Experience working with leading retailers forecasts and supplier portals.
• Strong data analytical skills, strong in excel and proficient in visualization tools (Power BI, Tableau, etc).
• Effective communication and analytical skills with strong capability in excel.
• Experience working with SAP or SQL databases.

Job Offer

• Competitive Salary Package
• Hybrid Working System (3 days/week working from the office).