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I’m looking for a Head of Planning to join a rapidly growing and well recognized food business based in central London.
As the Head of Planning you’ll be responsible for refining and leading a robust S&OP process as well as leading a team of planners, you’ll be responsible to implementing best practices across the planning function .
Responsibilities:
Lead and develop the supply planning team members
Ensure inventory, service and waste are within targets
Drive the accurate and timely completion of month end stock reconciliation & stock valuation
Lead and develop S&OP to provide excellent cross-functional communication & information sharing
Work cross functionally with other senior stakeholders to ensure supply chain efficiency is maintained or improved on all new product launches
Analyse supplier performance around capacity and develop strong working relationships with Key Suppliers to work on improvements where needed
Anticipate team workload challenges as different suppliers & categories grow
The ideal candidate will have the following:
 
Proven leadership skills with the ability to train and develop
Experience in a Supply Planning Management role from a FMCG business
Able to build strong stakeholder and supplier relationships of varying seniority/size
Analytical with strong Microsoft Excel knowledge. Power BI a bonus!
A continuous improvement mentality
A problem solving attitude
Ability to work under pressure, meet targets and deadlines.
In return you’ll be joining a team with an incredible culture, a supportive environment where your ideas and suggestions will be taken seriously.

This is a hybrid role where you’ll be expected to be in the office 3 days a week and 2 days from home

The salary banding for this role is £65,000 - £75,000 + bonus and benefits

Unfortunately sponsorship isn’t available for this role.

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