Supply Chain Manager

Our story Family and ideas have always been our ingredients. Our founding families believed biscuits and chocolates could bring moments of happiness to the world. Their ideas have stood the test of time. Their spirit continues to inspire our future. It's in the care and the craft we bake into biscuits and chocolates that have been loved for generations. And it's in the fresh ideas, the new twists, flavours and textures we add to old and new favourites. Our 16,000 colleagues across our global network of bakers, distribution sites and offices each with their own unique, diverse experience. To bring happiness with every bite. If you're a part of the pladis team, you know what it means to bring it. Whether it's or resilience, team spirit or go-getting attitude. Our courage and compassion. Our ownership. Our whole selves. We Bring it. Day in, day out. Inspired by you Our founders didn't follow rules and recipes, they created them. We're looking for fresh thinkers to help us create the next chapter for pladis. pladis succeeds because of people like you. People who wake up in the morning excited to get to work. Who believe in themselves and their potential. Who want to grow as part of a global community of like-minded colleagues! Because growth is our oxygen and our fuel. And it's our deep and abiding belief that growth comes from working together, helping each other out, always passionate about our purpose to bring happiness with every bite. Our Purpose Bring happiness with every bite! It's a purpose that every one of our colleagues, all around the world believes in. And while we're all unique, we also share the same values. Each of our values is important on its own. In combination they're incredibly powerful. Our values have deep personal meaning to us. They're part of who we are and what we stand for as an employer. Living our pladis values is a key part of success, look out for questions in your interview that link to these key pladis values. Role Title: Supply Chain Manager Site Introduction Aintree has been part of Liverpool's manufacturing heritage since 1914. Known locally as Jacobs, our site has played an important role in the community for more than 100 years. Today, we produce a wide range of savoury biscuits and snacks, including iconic brands such as Jacobs Cream Crackers, Cheddars, Tuc, Cornish Wafers, Choicegrain and Twiglets. We also manufacture baked snack products including Cracker Crisps, along with our newer Jacobs Bites and Penguin Bites ranges. Over the last two years, the site has benefited from significant investment and modernisation, supporting our ambition to be recognised as The Home of Savoury . Joining Aintree means becoming part of a business with a proud history and an exciting future. As we continue to invest, grow and develop our capabilities, this is a great opportunity to help shape the next chapter of a site that has been delivering great products to consumers for over a century. What will this role achieve? A pivotal role reporting into the site Factory General Manager, and forming part of the site Leadership Team, ensuring customer demand and supply are kept in balance in the short, medium and long term whilst also ensuring seamless management of inbound and outbound to and from site. The role is multi-faceted, and you will provide strategic leadership to the site as well as manage both analytically and operationally. What will be your key deliverables? Leadership of warehouse:

• Lead departmental safety improvement plan through area ownership, accountability and behavioural change programme.
• Act as a role model to always ensure the site H&S policy is implemented and followed and to encourage the importance of being mindful to potential hazards and ensuring a behavioural safety culture is developed and sustained on site.
• Accountable for delivering departmental quality improvement plan achieving good housekeeping standards and audit (including retailer) programme
• Accountable for mentoring, developing and leading team members to deliver continuously improving operating performance
• Manage the design and delivery of Manufacturing Prime, Overhead and Operational budgets
• Responsible for developing and delivering area productivity programme, offsetting inflation and achieving a departmental cost reduction
• Responsible for ensuring that standard methodology is shared between pladis sites and implemented on own site
• Facilitate the creation of a dynamic performance orientated culture with aligned and motivated people, ensuring that recognition and financial rewards are clearly linked to measurable performance at all levels
• Build a performance climate where people expect to be held accountable for delivery of their commitments
• Responsible for the motivation of your team, for leading, mentoring and performance management, to ensure skill and proficiency levels are maintained
• Ensure that all manufacturing metrics are well defined, understood by all and achieved Leadership of planning team:
• Delivery of strategic labour plans whilst always responding to a fluctuating customer demand, ensuring optimal labour cost performance (Prime Cost Variance - PCV)
• Key interface between site and central S&OP function, ensuring production plans can be operationalized and CTP achieved
• Strive for the perfect balance between labour costs and meeting our demand forecast to achieve great customer service (ISL).
• Working closely with the central S&OP team to produce the Constrained Production Plan which should be communicated effectively.
• Overall responsibility for planning inbound & outbound materials activity and the management thereof.
• Build a performance climate where people expect to be held accountable for delivery of their commitments
• Responsible for the motivation of your team, for leading, mentoring and performance management, to ensure skill and proficiency levels are maintained
• Ensure that all manufacturing metrics are well defined, understood by all and achieved Key part of the ALT (Aintree leadership team):
• Critical role supporting the site FGM with Management Information coordinating the site operational scorecard
• Assuming leadership of key site wide activities as deemed vital, ie that may be broader than own function and involve leading other members of the site leadership team ensuring teamwork, leadership and influence Bring your experience. Essential
• Manufacturing and warehousing experience
• Leading a team in a change environment
• Experience of working in a unionised environment
• Experience of working in a cross functional team
• Experience of performance management of a large team
• Strong communicator
• The ability to deliver multiple projects on time and in full
• In-depth OU and OE understanding and demonstrable improvement of losses Desirable
• Experience of operating in a FMCG organisation
• Project Management skills
• Specific experience of handling continuous improvement processes
• Previous budget management experience
• Excellence plan implementation
• IOSH Managing Safely
• Food Safety Level 3
• Degree qualified What will the interview process be?
• Initial Telephone call with Talent Acquisition
• 1st stage interview – 45 minutes competency-based interview based on our company values and your experiences.
• 2nd stage interview – 90 minutes – a technical interview to understand your skill set/case study or presentation interview. pladis does also use both Psychometric and Aptitude tests to support our processes so you may be asked to complete these as part of your process. Some processes may differ, but we will keep you updated! What does pladis offer you?
• Annual Incentive Plan (AIP) – this is the business's annual bonus scheme.
• Opportunity to self-enrol into Health Cash Plan
• Private medical Insurance (if eligible by grade)
• Enhanced parental leave and a supportive phased return-to-work program to help colleagues balance family and career.
• Stakeholder Pension Scheme
• Life Assurance Cover ~ upon enrolment to Stakeholder Pension Scheme
• 25 days + bank holidays
• Holiday Enhancement Scheme
• 1 Volunteering Day per year
• Cycle to work scheme
• Discounted gym membership – Carlisle and Chiswick only
• Discount and Cashback Scheme – make your everyday spending work hard for you on major high street brands, supermarkets and services
• Access to Employee Assistance Programme
• Financial Wellbeing Support
• Access to great training and development opportunities Our Values Purpose led – We're energised and guided by our purpose to bring happiness with every bite Agile – We're ever evolving, we never stand still, always improving for our customers and our consumers. Positive – We're highly motivated optimistic, courageous, and we inspire each other to be better Resilient - We're persistent in the face of setbacks, quick to adapt, learn and move forward Collaborative – We gain strength from operating as one pladis, winning and succeeding together

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