Purchasing & Supply Chain Manager | Masafina | West London (on-site)
About Masafina
Masafina makes authentic Mexican food in the UK: heirloom corn tortillas, Northern Mexican wheat flour tortillas, salsas and heritage ingredients, supplied to some of the UK’s top chefs. Our founders spent five months travelling across Mexico sourcing traditional recipes, pre-Hispanic growing methods and suppliers who work in sustainable, time-honoured ways, and we mirror those processes here in the UK. MD Laura was formerly Product Director at the Belazu Ingredient Company; co-founder Andrea comes from a family of Mexican chefs. Backed by investors with deep food manufacturing expertise, and following three strong years of trading, we are now entering a scale-up phase.
The Role
We are hiring a Purchasing & Supply Chain Manager to take ownership of our purchasing function. You will own the end-to-end supply chain, from long-lead imports from Mexico to UK supplier management and daily production planning. You will work directly with the founders and the operations team, and your decisions will have an immediate, visible impact on the business.
This role suits someone who thrives in entrepreneurial environments and enjoys balancing detailed analytical work with hands-on operational problem solving. You will get real ownership, the tools to make it happen, and a direct line to the founders.
What You’ll Do
- Manage purchasing and supplier relationships across our UK and Mexico supply chains, communicating with Mexican suppliers in Spanish
- Place purchase orders, track confirmations and manage lead times, with particular focus on our 4-month+ Mexico import cycle
- Handle international logistics and customs in both Mexico and the UK, coordinating inbound deliveries from port to warehouse
- Act as guardian of our stock: accuracy, rotation, write-off minimisation and Cin7 Core integrity, feeding demand and stock data into production planning
- Own the optimisation and day-to-day management of our inventory and ERP systems, implementing tools and automation to improve data flow
- Build and maintain reporting frameworks and dashboards covering stock, purchasing and operational KPIs, from scratch where needed
- Lead cost-saving and EPD (Existing Product Development) initiatives across purchasing, packaging and supply chain
- Analyse business efficiencies, flag variances and present insights clearly to the founders and ops leadership
What You’ll Bring
- Fluent Spanish, written and verbal; you will communicate directly with our Mexico suppliers
- Proven experience in food manufacturing, FMCG or food operations
- Demonstrable ERP, WMS or inventory system optimisation in a previous role; Cin7 Core is a strong advantage, and experience with comparable platforms (Unleashed, NetSuite, TradeGecko) with the ability to get up to speed fast is equally welcome
- Advanced Excel and spreadsheet skills; you build models, dashboards and reports from scratch
- Hands-on experience with demand planning and production scheduling
- Warehouse operations knowledge: goods-in, picking and stock control
The Details
- Full-time, permanent (part-time considered for the right candidate)
- Monday to Friday, day shift, 40 hours per week
- On-site at our production and warehouse facility in West London
Recruitment Process
Harmonic has been exclusively engaged by Masafina to manage this search. All applications will be screened by the Harmonic team, and any applications made directly to Masafina will be forwarded to Harmonic for review as part of the same process.
Note to Recruitment Agencies
Masafina does not accept speculative or unsolicited CVs from recruitment agencies in relation to this role. Any CV submitted directly to Masafina, or to any of its employees or directors, by any agency other than Harmonic, whether in response to this advertisement or otherwise, will be treated as unsolicited. No agency agreement, whether express or implied, will arise from such a submission, and no introduction, placement or other fee will be payable. Masafina reserves the right to contact and engage any candidate so introduced without any liability to the submitting agency. Please send any CVs directly to dan@harmonicfinance.com or apply via LinkedIn.
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