Strategic Planning Manager

4 weeks ago

High Wycombe, United Kingdom Hovis Ltd Full time

Welcome to Hovis. We are the proud guardians of over 130 years of baking experience that make up our iconic and much-loved brand. We produce bread and bakery products created with Hovis goodness at the heart of each. We deliver around 1.3million loaves, every day of the week throughout the UK and Ireland, where we also make Mothers Pride and Ormo products. 

We are 2,800 people working within 8 bakeries, 1 flour mill, and 2 regional distribution centres across the UK. Our success is a result of the hard work of our people; they are experts in their field whether it’s baking, manufacturing, logistics, engineering, or the many departments within the central functions team based in our head office in High Wycombe. We are a values-led business and expect our colleagues to live, breathe, and embed Quality, Accountability, and Trust into their ways of working.

Role Purpose:

An integral member of the Planning Team with ownership for optimising the movement of product between bakeries and overseeing weekly plans to ensure quality & service targets are met whilst optimising the primary logistics cost base

You will be responsible for Reviewing performance against plans to ensure future capacity requirements are in place to manage anticipated demand, agreeing corrective actions as necessary with the Operational & Commercial teams to ensure targets can be met.

The successful candidate will be the supply chain lead in project meetings which have a primary logistics requirement working closely with both bakery and head office teams.

You will also assist the ‘Tactical Planning Managers’ to optimise the network and drive continuous improvement activities with key stakeholders through to implementation.

Responsibilities:

Agree the weekly base transport requirement plans on a monthly basis with the bakeries Build the necessary plans to deliver the anticipated demand, communicate and agree these plans with the bakeries/RDCs Execute the plan: Inter Bakery - maintain and review the weekly planning spreadsheet to optimise performance and resolve issues were necessary. Collaborate with site and central planning teams as required. Escalation of customer-facing issues to Supply Chain & Commercial stakeholders. Communicate and implement agreed action plans. Service: Identify and implement actions in collaboration with bakery & head office teams Oversee weekly activity & performance reporting. Deliver key capacity events such as Christmas, Easter, plant outages, product launches & promotions, ensuring these events are incorporated into the ‘Week Ahead’ planning processes. Assist the Tactical Planning Managers to achieve the weekly plans

Ideal Experiences / Qualifications / Capabilities:

Essential:

Can do attitude 3+ years supply chain experience in FMCG – ideally food transportation IT & spreadsheet literate with experience of SAP Strong communication and interpersonal skills – ability to influence and persuade Ability to build strong working relationships Results-oriented, resilient and highly motivated

Desirable:

Operational planning role within FMCG environment Previous transport capacity planning experience Delivery of change management programmes

Why work for us and our benefits:

At Hovis, we understand the importance of looking after our colleagues, so we provide a variety of benefits in addition to their salaries. The benefits we provide at Hovis are as varied as the people who receive them but they are offered with the intention of creating value to them personally over and above their salaries

There is a range of colleague benefits available, which individuals can select based on their needs.

Our benefits scheme is called Hovis Choice, which offers a variety of savings and cashback offers on day to day living and much more including eyecare vouchers, and a healthcare scheme to suit everyone. It also includes our Cycle to Work scheme where you can obtain a brand new bike at a significant saving

We offer competitive annual leave entitlement and flexibility where possible in order to create a healthy work-life balance

We celebrate loyalty with our generous long service and colleague recognition schemes

We offer three levels of pensions

Hovis values diversity and is committed to promoting equal opportunities in the workplace. Every job applicant, employee or worker will be treated fairly and equally with dignity and respect regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, colour, social class, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religious belief, union membership, political opinion, sex, sexual orientation or any other protected characteristic.

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