Why Greencore?
We are a leading manufacturer of convenience food in the UK and our purpose is to make everyday taste better.
We supply all the major supermarkets in the UK. We also supply convenience and travel retail outlets, discounters, coffee shops, foodservice, and other retailers. We have strong market positions in a range of categories including sandwiches, salads, sushi, chilled snacking, chilled ready meals, chilled soups and sauces, chilled quiche, ambient sauces and pickles, and frozen Yorkshire Puddings.
In FY22 we manufactured 795m sandwiches and other food to go products, 127m chilled prepared meals, and 249m bottles of cooking sauces, pickles, and condiments. We carry out more than 10,600 direct to store deliveries each day. We have 21 world-class manufacturing units across 16 locations in the UK, with industry-leading technology and supply chain capabilities. We generated revenues of £1.7bn in FY22 and employ approximately 14,000 people.
We work hard to ensure that Greencore is a great place to work, and our people truly are at the core. We're committed to ensuring all our colleagues have development plans and strive to provide inspiring leadership - in fact, in the past year we've seen an 11% increase in the number of colleagues who would recommend Greencore as a place to work.
Join us and be part of our great team!
We have a great opportunity for an experienced and senior Demand Manager to join our Central Functions Supply Chain team in Worksop.
Role Purpose
To provide leadership and direction to a team responsible for short term Demand Planning for the majority of UK supermarkets, driving accuracy and responding to dynamic changing consumer needs
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the short term Demand Planning process for your team to ensure accurate forecasting whilst engaging with the Commercial and Operational functions
- Manage and develop your team to support their growth and delivery of supply chain metrics and business plans
- Ongoing management & analysis of customer KPI's to maximise sales & availability whilst balancing waste & efficiency in the supply chain, strongly collaborating with customers
- Ensure consistency and alignment across the Demand Planning team, jointly working with other Demand Managers to drive an efficient and standardized process
- Identify opportunities for continuous improvement to optimise performance and drive long term growth
What we're looking for
- Ideally qualified to degree level
- Proven track record in managing supply / demand processes
- Strong stakeholder management skills, internally and externally, with experience working closely with customers
- Experience of working in a dynamic fast paced, growth industry or business
- Demonstrated leadership skills and ability to work on own initiative
- Statistical knowledge and problem solving skills
What you'll get in return
- Competitive salary and job-related benefits
- Holidays
- Pension up to 8% matched
- 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.