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Head of Planning

  • £65,000 - £75,000 + bonus and benefits
  • Permanent
  • London
  • Ref: BH-9026

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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