Supply Chain Manager

Why Greencore?

Read the overview of this opportunity to understand what skills, including and relevant soft skills and software package proficiencies, are required.

We’re a leading manufacturer of convenience food in the UK and our purpose is to make every day.

We’re a vibrant, fast-paced leading food manufacturer. Employing around 13,600 colleagues across 16 manufacturing units and 17 distribution depots across the UK.

We supply all the UK’s food retailers with everything from Sandwiches, soups and sushi to cooking sauces, pickles and ready meals, and in FY23, we generated revenues of £1.9bn.

Our vast direct-to-store (DTS) distribution network, comprising of 17 depots nationwide, enables us to make over 10,400 daily deliveries of our own chilled and frozen produce and that of third parties.

Here in Boston we employ around 400 colleagues and produce ready to eat salads, prepared vegetables and snacks for many of the major retailers such as Coop, Boots, Greggs, Costco, Spar and BOL.

This role is a fixed-term contract until 31st December 2025

What you’ll be doing

We’re looking for an experienced Supply Chain Manager to join our Boston site.In this role you will oversee our supply chain function, providing leadership and direction across the business to ensure our team are safe, engaged and developed to their full potential!

• Implement the agreed supply chain strategy to achieve budgeted business performance and build the functional capability to deliver business strategic objectives
• Identify new / emerging legal or customer led audit requirements and develop plans to achieve compliance, securing funds if necessary to build systems and processes to maximise adherence to policy
• Ensure forecasting, planning, material requisitions, stock control, warehousing, and distribution processes are in place at all locations to ensure customer service expectations are met in the most efficient and cost-effective manner
• Oversee the deployment of the Sales and Operating planning process to ensure sufficient production capacity, stocks or finished goods and raw materials, and labour are in place to meet customer orders at the best optimum cost
• Act as the Supply Chain lead in cross functional / customer projects to ensure that all developments include collaborative working which results in successful new implementations and ongoing service improvement

What we’re looking for

• At Greencore we put our people at the core. We celebrate their differences and help everyone to be themselves at work. Together we make every day taste better.
• Experience across all supply chain functions (forecasting, production planning and scheduling, SOP, inventory management, warehousing, distribution planning, distribution operations, third-party logistics management)
• Experience of leading and developing teams
• Experience of working in a fast paced, growth industry or business
• Experience of working as part of a project team or on delivering change initiatives

If this sounds like you, join us and grow with Greencore, and be a part of driving our future success.

What you’ll get in return

• Competitive salary and job-related benefits
• Holidays
• Pension up to 8% matched
• Life insurance up to 4x salary
• Company share save scheme
• Greencore Qualifications
• Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform
• Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform

Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career.

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