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Overview

Our site in Ashford is recruiting for an experienced Supply Chain Manager to lead the factory Supply Chain and Logistics teams. You will lead short term planning and execution of inbound raw and pack materials, finished goods scheduling and dispatch to have the right stock, labour and transport available to meet a varying forecast.

This role is a key interface with central planning and commercial teams and sits as part of our Site Leadership Team at the Ashford site, partnering Operations to identify and deliver efficiency improvements.

• Previous experience as a Supply Chain/Planning Manager from a manufacturing or logistics background (Food/FMCG ideally)
• Excellent negotiation and communication skills, capable of building and maintaining relationships with suppliers and internal stakeholders at all levels
• Experienced people leader who has led multi-disciplined teams and projects
• Experience utilising supply chain planning systems (ideally SAP and Kinnaxis)

• Providing leadership of the planning and logistics teams on site
• Developing strategic improvement plans for supply chain processes and practices across the site
• Contributing to the overall strategic direction of the site, ensuring targets and milestones are hit
• Collaborating with Operational teams to ensure labour is available to meet all short-term plans and capacity is correctly planned and balanced in our planning systems

• Salary circa £68,000 per annum
• Bonus
• Private medical insurance
• Enhanced pension with life assurance

A great British food company

Premier Foods is one of Britain’s biggest listed food companies, employing over 4,000 colleagues at 13 manufacturing sites and offices up and down the country.

Many of our brands have been part of UK life for more than a century and you’ll find them in 90% of British households.

At Premier Foods we believe in inclusion, authenticity and individuality. We aim to ensure all existing and future colleagues are given equitable opportunities and are respected, valued and encouraged to bring their true authentic selves to work no matter who they are, what they look like, who they love or what they believe in. Our culture is one where everyone is welcome.

Overview

Brakes have an opportunity for a Supply Chain Service Manager to join the Product Supply team on a Full Time, Permanent basis. The role is based at our Ashford office and reports to the Service Team Manager. It will be your responsibility to drive end to end service improvements for our large customer base. This will involve working cross functionally with our planning teams, sales colleagues, external customers and operational departments to understand the key issues, recommend robust solutions and deliver improvement plans.

Our role is Monday - Friday, 39 hours per week, 8am-5pm and is offering hybrid working, with 3 days a week in the Ashford office, so you must be within a commutable distance. The site has good transport links and free car park for colleagues. Occasional travel will be required for internal and external meetings.

• Pro-actively analyse data to understand key service issue trends across the relevant business sector.
• Provide monthly performance reviews for relevant sales channels highlighting key issues in performance and recommend resolutions
• Perform 'deep dives' to identify root cause of issues and work collaboratively with relevant sales colleagues, customers and relevant operational colleagues to provide long term, robust solutions.
• Propose end to end business solutions to deliver optimum service for all sales channels at both depot and/or customer levels.
• Lead/attend service calls and coordinate service improvement plans and communicate progress to relevant key stakeholders.
• Manage the generation, analysis and distribution of customer service reporting (Daily / Weekly / Monthly) in line with contractual requirements.
• Working collaboratively with sales to agree contractual customer service levels to ensure commitments are adhered to, through service improvements and relevant reporting.
• Build strong communication links with customers, planning teams, sales and operations and establish a sustainable but challenging working relationships.
• Build strong communication links with the external customer and work with the sales managers to develop joint business plans where appropriate.
• Build strong relationships with Sales in order to understand their concerns and issues, but also to challenge where they can improve/are not delivering their part of the SLA
• Represent supply chain function at internal and external customer service meetings.

It is desirable that the successful candidate have proven experience in supply chain looking to take the next step in their career and join a global organisation or someone who is commercially astute from an Account Management background within a large FMCG organisation. The ideal candidate will be Six Sigma Yellow or Green belt certified or have a good understanding of Lean principles/ continuous improvement methodologies. You will be proficient in the use of MS Office, in particular Excel and have an analytical mindset and the ability to create and manipulate data types for accurate reporting using SAP, Power BI, and Business Warehouse 7.4 capabilities. Previous experience with internal and external stakeholder management at various levels in a professional capacity combined with strong negotiation and influencing skills are key to being successful in this position. This role is suitable for a positive, self-starter looking to drive change and continuous improvement with a high level of resilience who can think logically outside the box to problem solve.

Additional Information

At Brakes everyone is welcome. We don't want you to 'fit our culture' we want you to help define it and we actively celebrate the unique talents of each and every colleague. We don't just look at your CV, we're more focused on who you are and your potential. As part of our values, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone has a voice, is appreciated and has the same opportunities. We work hard to ensure that everyone feels part of our business, as we care for one another and connect the world through food and trusted partnerships. Our ultimate goal is to ensure that everyone belongs and thrives at Brakes and we recognise that Brakes can only thrive when everyone feels they belong. We'll do everything we can to support you during your application. If you need us to make any adjustments to our recruitment process, speak to our resourcing team who will be happy to support you.

Brakes

Built on a passion for food and feeding the nation, we are the UK's largest foodservice supplier. Every day Brakes deliver the highest quality fresh and frozen food and ingredients from our nationwide network of distribution centres to some of the nation's most famous pubs and restaurants, as well as schools, caterers, care homes and hospitals. Our customers depend on us, and our 8,000-strong workforce is dedicated and proud to be part of this vital provision. And we're growing!

Brakes have an opportunity for a Supply Chain Service Manager to join the Product Supply team on a Full Time, Permanent basis. The role is based at our Ashford office and reports to the Service Team Manager. It will be your responsibility to drive end to end service improvements for our large customer base. This will involve working cross functionally with our planning teams, sales colleagues, external customers and operational departments to understand the key issues, recommend robust solutions and deliver improvement plans.

Our role is Monday – Friday, 39 hours per week, 8am-5pm and is offering hybrid working, with 3 days a week in the Ashford office, so you must be within a commutable distance. The site has good transport links and free car park for colleagues. Occasional travel will be required for internal and external meetings.

Key Accountabilities & Responsibilities:

• Pro-actively analyse data to understand key service issue trends across the relevant business sector.
• Provide monthly performance reviews for relevant sales channels highlighting key issues in performance and recommend resolutions
• Perform ‘deep dives’ to identify root cause of issues and work collaboratively with relevant sales colleagues, customers and relevant operational colleagues to provide long term, robust solutions.
• Propose end to end business solutions to deliver optimum service for all sales channels at both depot and/or customer levels.
• Lead/attend service calls and coordinate service improvement plans and communicate progress to relevant key stakeholders.
• Manage the generation, analysis and distribution of customer service reporting (Daily / Weekly / Monthly) in line with contractual requirements.
• Working collaboratively with sales to agree contractual customer service levels to ensure commitments are adhered to, through service improvements and relevant reporting.
• Build strong communication links with customers, planning team’s sales and operations and establish a sustainable but challenging working relationships.
• Build strong communication links with the external customer and work with the sales managers to develop joint business plans where appropriate.
• Build strong relationships with Sales in order to understand their concerns and issues, but also to challenge where they can improve/are not delivering their part of the SLA
• Represent supply chain function at internal and external customer service meetings.

About you:

It is desirable that the successful candidate have proven experience in supply chain looking take the next step in their career and join a global organisation or someone who is commercially astute from an Account Management background within a large FMCG organisation. The ideal candidate will be Six Sigma Yellow or Green belt certified or have a good understanding of Lean principles/ continuous improvement methodologies. You will be proficient in the use of MS Office, in particular Excel and have an analytical mindset and the ability to create and manipulate data types for accurate reporting using SAP, Power BI, and Business Warehouse 7.4 capabilities. Previous experience with internal and external stakeholder management at various levels in a professional capacity combined with strong negotiation and influencing skills are key to being successful in this position. This role is suitable for a positive, self-starter looking to drive change and continuous improvement with a high level of resilience who can think logically outside the box to problem solve.

At Brakes everyone is welcome. We don’t want you to ‘fit our culture’ we want you to help define it and we actively celebrate the unique talents of each and every colleague. We don’t just look at your CV, we’re more focused on who you are and your potential. As part of our values, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone has a voice, is appreciated and has the same opportunities. We work hard to ensure that everyone feels part of our business, as we care for one another and connect the world through food and trusted partnerships. Our ultimate goal is to ensure that everyone belongs and thrives at Brakes and we recognise that Brakes can only thrive when everyone feels they belong. We'll do everything we can to support you during your application. If you need us to make any adjustments to our recruitment process, speak to our resourcing team who will be happy to support you.

Brakes

Built on a passion for food and feeding the nation, we are the UK’s largest foodservice supplier. Every day Brakes deliver the highest quality fresh and frozen food and ingredients from our nationwide network of distribution centres to some of the nation’s most famous pubs and restaurants, as well as schools, caterers, care homes and hospitals. Our customers depend on us, and our 8,000-strong workforce is dedicated and proud to be part of this vital provision. And we’re growing!