Supply Planning Manager

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the ideal candidate:

• Great leadership skills & the ability to coach others.
• Strong internal & external stakeholder management & influence skills.
• FMCG Supply Planning experience and good experience of another area in supply chain.
• Analytical with strong Microsoft Excel knowledge. Power BI &/or Anaplan experience a bonus!
• The energy and self-motivation to work within a rapidly growing business that is constantly evolving with changing priorities.
• Pro-active, identifying issues as or before they arise.
• Ability to work under pressure, meet targets and deadlines.
• A passion for food.

about us:

itsu is the healthy eating, Asian inspired quick service retail & grocery brand with over 70 stores in the UK and a leading grocery business across Europe and beyond. Renowned for its best-in-class food made fresh in every shop every day, itsu has huge global ambitions with a commitment to continue to open many more stores and intensify the growth of its already thriving grocery arm. With its best-is-class healthy food, latest technology, innovation, and talented workforce, itsu is the future of fast food.

itsu [grocery], which this role falls under, takes the itsu brand into supermarkets, health food stores, online, wholesale and internationally with products such as crispy seaweed thins, frozen gyoza & bao, brilliant'broth, rice'noodles & miso'easy to name a few...

D&I statement:

itsu [grocery] is committed to building a diverse, equitable and inclusive organisation. We encourage applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply for all of our opportunities.

When applying for a role with us, please remove your: full name, name of University/School, address, email address and any photos of you on your CV and covering letter. non-anonymised CVs may not be reviewed.

Scope of the role:

• Lead the supply planning team - coach & develop; improve process & systems.
• Ensure inventory, service and waste are within targets; and orders are placed in an efficient, cost-effective manner.
• Reassess stock holding policies balancing service, waste, cash & product switchovers.
• Drive the accurate and timely completion of month end stock reconciliation & stock valuation.
• Improve supply inputs into the S&OP process. Develop S&OP to provide excellent cross-functional communication & information sharing.
• Work with procurement & NPD to ensure supply chain efficiency is maintained or improved on all new product launches.
• Lead inventory scenario planning on new & delisting products.
• Work with Head of Procurement on supplier management - analyse supplier performance & ensure short & medium term production capacity is available.
• Help develop strategic relationships with key suppliers & agree measures to improve where suppliers are failing.
• Anticipate team workload challenges as different suppliers & categories grow.

what we offer:

• Competitive salary
• Competitive bonus scheme
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays (two bank holidays are interchangeable for other religious holidays)
• Health insurance
• Company pension scheme
• Hybrid working (2 days wfh)
• Opportunity to work from abroad
• 50% employee discount in itsu shops
• Free itsu lunch
• Discounts at major retailers
• A sizeable training budget to support your ongoing development