Supply Planning Lead – FMCG
This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys improving planning processes, influencing stakeholders across the business, and driving service performance within a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
The Role
You’ll play a key role in ensuring products are available at the right time while optimising inventory and reducing waste. Working across multiple production sites, you’ll collaborate with demand planning, production, customer teams and commercial stakeholders to create robust supply plans and continuously improve planning performance.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and manage supply plans across multiple manufacturing sites
- Balance customer demand with production capacity and inventory levels
- Work closely with Demand Planning to minimise stock shortages and service risks
- Analyse historical trends to improve forecasting accuracy and production planning
- Identify opportunities to reduce waste, excess inventory and slow-moving stock
- Produce planning reports and performance insights to support business decisions
- Partner with cross-functional teams to resolve supply challenges and improve service levels
- Support continuous improvement initiatives across the supply planning function
About You
We’re looking for someone with:
- Previous Supply Planning experience within an FMCG or food manufacturing environment
- Experience managing complex product portfolios and multiple production lines
- Strong understanding of end-to-end supply chain planning
- Excellent analytical skills and confidence working with planning data
- The ability to influence stakeholders across different business functions
- Strong communication and problem-solving skills
- A proactive mindset with a passion for continuous improvement
Why Apply?
This is an opportunity to join a well-established business investing in its supply chain capability. You’ll have real ownership, exposure to senior stakeholders, and the chance to make a tangible impact on planning performance and customer service.
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