Supply Planning Manager – Level 3 in Manchester

This is a great time to join All About Food. We are a rapidly growing FMCG business with a £100M+ turnover and high growth ambitions. With 25 years’ experience in licensing, we are the business that makes restaurant brands successful in retail. Our portfolio of partnerships includes Nando’s, Costa Coffee, PizzaExpress, Wagamama, Pret-a-Manger and others. At the heart of our business is a set of core values that underpins everything we do. We believe we succeed as a team, and strive to get better, be better and achieve more together every day.

Primary Role:

• Ensure we supply our customers on time and in full by converting our short & medium term S&OP forecasts into workable supply forecasts for our third party manufacturers.
• Manage monthly rolling forecasts with suppliers, anticipate capacity challenges and work with stakeholders to optimise production.
• Manage POs with suppliers, in line with agreed order cycles.
• Manage our stock position vs. target for finished goods and componentry for category to ensure availability to customers.
• Manage availability challenges, working with the Sales Team on allocations to ensure minimum disruption to customer availability.
• Manage and resolve escalated customer supply chain issues.
• Manage SLOB and delist processes to ensure minimum possible write-off costs and wastage by leading cross functional meetings, ensuring adherence to process, and communicating progress and outstanding actions.
• Manage supply chain elements of new product launches and onboarding of new suppliers for relevant categories.
• Champion ERP & MRP Systems internally to ensure continued development to be fit for the future.
• Ensure delivery of daily / weekly / monthly supply chain reporting routine.

Key Skills:

• Strong experience translating S&OP forecasts into practical supply plans across short and medium horizons.
• Effective relationship building skills to manage third-party manufacturers and co-packers.
• Knowledge of managing rolling forecasts, capacity planning and PO management.
• Understanding of stock optimisation, balancing availability, working capital and cost.
• Hands-on experience managing service level, OTIF and availability, including customer allocations and recovery planning.
• Track record of SLOB prevention and write-off reduction, working cross-functionally to minimise waste.
• Confident communicator able to influence independently.
• Strong problem-solver who stays calm and solutions-focused under pressure.
• Experienced user and advocate of ERP / MRP systems, with a continuous improvement mindset.
• Comfortable owning daily, weekly and monthly supply chain reporting, turning data into clear actions.
• Experience supporting new product launches and onboarding new suppliers.

Requirements:

• 3–5 years’ experience in a Supply Planning / Inventory Planning role within FMCG, food & drink, consumer goods, or a fast-moving retail environment.
• Hands-on responsibility for converting forecasts into supply plans.
• Managing finished goods inventory against targets.
• Owning service level / OTIF performance.

Team: Procurement & Supply Chain

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Manchester, NQ

Workplace Type: Office-based

Hiring Managers: Will Hughes – Senior Procurement & Supply Chain Manager, Stephanie Jenner – Head of Procurement & Supply Chain

Address: Fourways House, Hilton St, Manchester M1 2EJ

Pension Matched up to 8% (Salary Sacrifice or Auto-Enrolment)

Bupa Private Medical Insurance (Including existing medical conditions)

Sample Scheme (£20 per month to spend on our products)

Surprise & Delight Scheme; VIP days including Royal Ascot and Wimbledon.

Paid Sabbatical (2 weeks after 3 years service)

iPhone & Laptop

Charity Days