Purchasing Manager / Procurement / Supply Chain Management in Acton, Suffolk

Senior Supply Chain Manager | Masafina | West London (On-site) Masafina makes authentic Mexican food in the UK: heirloom corn tortillas, Northern Mexican wheat flour tortillas, salsas and heritage ingredients, supplied to some of the UK’s top chefs. Our founders spent five months travelling across Mexico sourcing traditional recipes, pre-Hispanic growing methods and suppliers who work in sustainable, time-honoured ways, and we mirror those processes here in the UK. Backed by investors with deep food manufacturing expertise, and following three strong years of trading, we are now entering an exciting scale-up phase. We are hiring a Senior Supply Chain Manager to take ownership of Masafina’s end-to-end supply chain across purchasing, demand planning, inventory, warehousing and production. You will manage a complex supplier and product base spanning long-lead international imports, UK suppliers, ingredients, packaging and finished goods, ensuring the right stock is in the right place at the right time while maintaining accuracy and controlling cost. You will work closely with the founders, operations and finance teams, combining day-to-day supply chain management with the opportunity to improve systems, reporting, processes and ways of working as the business scales. We are looking for someone who is highly numerical, commercially minded and comfortable getting into the detail, but who can also step back, identify opportunities for improvement and bring different departments together to deliver projects from start to finish. Take ownership of the end-to-end supply chain, spanning purchasing, demand planning, inventory, warehousing, production requirements and supplier management. Manage purchasing and supplier relationships across Masafina’s UK and international supply chains, including long-lead imports from Mexico. Own demand planning across multiple suppliers, SKUs, ingredients, packaging requirements and BOMs, translating forecasts into accurate purchasing and production plans. Coordinate international logistics and customs requirements, managing inbound deliveries from port through to warehouse. Act as the guardian of stock accuracy, overseeing stock levels, rotation, reconciliations, write-offs and inventory integrity. Work closely with warehouse and production teams to investigate stock discrepancies, identify root causes and implement solutions to prevent recurring issues. Own and optimise Masafina’s inventory and stock management systems, currently Cin7 Core, ensuring the system is being used effectively and identifying opportunities for better processes, automation and data flow. Build and maintain reporting covering stock, purchasing, demand, supplier performance and operational KPIs. Use data and reporting to analyse performance, identify inefficiencies and improve stock accuracy, operational efficiency and cost control. Partner closely with finance, ensuring purchasing, inventory and stock data is accurate and supporting analysis around margins, variances and cost. Lead cross-functional supply chain projects, bringing together production, warehouse, finance and other teams to improve how the end-to-end operation works. Identify opportunities to improve supplier terms, packaging, processes and purchasing decisions without compromising quality or service. Manage and develop team members within the supply chain and operations function, creating clear ownership and accountability. Strong experience within a manufacturing environment, ideally food manufacturing, FMCG or another stock-led consumer products business. Experience working within an SME or entrepreneurial business, ideally combined with earlier experience or training within a larger, established and well-run organisation. Strong hands-on experience of demand planning across multiple suppliers, SKUs and BOMs, with the ability to translate demand into purchasing and production requirements. Good understanding of warehouse operations and stock control, including investigating discrepancies, improving stock accuracy and resolving root causes. Demonstrable experience using and optimising ERP, WMS or inventory management software. Strong numerical and analytical skills, with confidence working with large volumes of stock, purchasing and operational data. Advanced Excel and spreadsheet capability, with experience creating reports, models and dashboards and using them to analyse performance and drive improvements. Evidence of using reporting and analysis to improve efficiency, accuracy and cost control, particularly within stock and inventory. A tech-savvy and systems-minded approach, with an interest in using technology, automation and better processes to improve how the supply chain operates. Experience working closely with finance teams and understanding the financial impact of stock, purchasing, waste and operational decisions. Experience leading cross-functional projects, bringing different departments together to deliver improvements across the end-to-end supply chain. Full-time, permanent (part-time considered for the right candidate) Monday to Friday, day shift, 40 hours per week On-site at Masafina’s production and warehouse facility in West London No agency agreement, whether express or implied, will arise from such a submission, and no introduction, placement or other fee will be payable.