Supply Planning Fulfilment Lead in Maidenhead

We are JDE Peet’s. We craft coffee for every cup and build brands for every heart. JDE Peet’s is the world’s leading pure-play coffee company, serving approximately 4,400 cups of coffee per second in more than 100 markets. Guided by our ‘Reignite the Amazing’ strategy, we are focusing on brand-led growth across three big bets: Peet’s, L’OR, and Jacobs, alongside a collection of 9 local icons; such as Douwe Egberts, Kenco, Pilao, Old Town, Moccona, Super, Gevalia, Friele, Marcilla.

In 2024, JDE Peet’s generated total sales of EUR 8.8 billion and employed a global workforce of more than 21,000 employees.

The Supply Planning Team lead is leading and managing a team of Supply Planners and is part of the Supply Chain organization supporting the Marketing & Sales Unit. Supply Chain is part of the Operations function which aims to ensure the integration of all key business processes from supplier to customers, providing products, services and information that add value for customers and stakeholders.

Operations manages sourcing, procurement, manufacturing, supply chain (supply chain planning, customer service, warehousing and logistics) and ensures optimal alignment between demand and supply at a global scale, taking into account efficiency, required flexibility, security of supply and considering costs, working capital, quality levels, service levels, company and society values.

Objective of the Job:

• Lead the Supply Planning team
• Manage and represent the local Supply Chain Planning team
• Develop individuals to create a high performing organization
• Maximize customer service level
• Monitor slow moving-, obsolete- and aging stocks and propose improvement actions with stakeholders
• Identify service issues and risks by monitoring of out of stock issues & take preventive actions
• Support and contribute to financial targets
• Create clarity and transparency on the Supply Chain Performance and communicate accordingly towards the business and Supply Chain

Key Accountabilities:

• Team Management
• People Development
• Organizational design and improvement
• Improve customer service level
• Stock management (coverage, aging, quality, cost, reconciliation)
• 3rd party planning
• Copack planning
• Identification, analysis and resolution of service risks
• Communication of product availability vs demand to the MSU
• Manage phase in/-out of SKUs
• Quality Issue Management
• Project support
• Continuous improvement (SCOS)
• Raise expected service issues and inform MSU stakeholders with projected stock availability and information on root cause analysis
• Manage 3rd party supply by creating purchase orders, FOF, initiate transport in close co-operation with 3rd parties. Support procurement/invoicing
• Execute stock aging and slow moving & obsolete investigations and propose actions to the Central Supply Planner to improve the quality of the stock.
• Create overview of the stock to be scraped and create scrap request with logistics team.
• Propose safety stock settings by determining ABCD classification by applying Pareto analysis and service level requirements.
• Monitor inventory coverage on SKU level. Identify supply risks and initiate short term activities in cooperation with central Planning HUB and/or suppliers (MUs, 3rd party suppliers).
• Provide functional support to project teams (e.g. portfolio-, sourcing-, process changes etc.)
• Lead and develop Supply Specialists team.
• Manage stakeholders & suppliers

Qualifications:

• Minimum 5 years Supply Chain experience in a planning function
• Bachelor degree or equivalent work experience
• Experience in leading and managing a team
• Experienced with SAP APO & SNP or equivalent planning tools (OMP Knowledge an advantage)
• Highly analytical and accurate
• At ease with complexity and change
• Good communication skills
• Eager to take ownership and initiative
• Results driven
• Capable of influencing others
• Fluent English
• UK right to work

If you are interested in this career opportunity at JDE Peet's, apply and join us. After receiving your application we will do our utmost to give you quick feedback. Part of the recruitment procedure at JDE Peet's would be an online assessment, followed by interviews. A pre-employment check can be part of the recruitment process.

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At JDE Peet’s we aim to create a better future where we authentically serve, reflect and embrace everyone. We believe in fostering a more diverse, equitable and inclusive organisation where everyone feels comfortable to truly be who they are and unleash their full potential. This means we do not tolerate discrimination on the basis of our race, ethnicity, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, age, disability, or any other trait protected by law.

Throughout the entire employee lifecycle, we place DE&I at the core of our people processes. This enables us to drive objectivity and eliminate any potential bias, ensuring an inclusive experience in the workplace. Do not hesitate to reach out if you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process.

Our efforts on this agenda have earned us the prestigious Catalyst Award, as well as the Fair Pay Leader Certification in 2025 thanks to an unexplained gender pay gap of 0.52%.