12 MONTH FTC

Arla Foods are looking for an efficient Supply Chain Capacity Manager to join the team on a temporary basis. The role is a 12 month fixed term contract maternity cover.
This is a specialist role tasked with overseeing the utilisation / storage capacity of the distribution network in relation to prevailing stock policies and customer demand forecasts. It relates to both palletised and fresh milk network.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

As we progress on our journey to manage key resources within the supply chain, we need a proactive analytical individual that can manage number of stakeholders to ensure we utilise our warehouse footprint effective-ly and efficiently to support the delivery of some of the UK’s biggest dairy brands. The successful candidate will also have experience of working within a similar planning role in FMCG, be customer focussed, commercially aware and enjoy bot working within and leading teams

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Tracking KPIs relating to network capacity utilisation
• Tactical volume re-allocation around the network to maintain balance and minimal overall cost (consider-ing production constraints-stock built required, systems and Masterdata, customer’s requirements and route-to-market)
• Assessing impact of seasonality and any requirements for third party warehousing
• Working with Supply Planners to reduce stock levels where appropriate and liaising with global teams to take additional stock when required
• Leading weekly operational reviews and monthly Stocks Strategy Review meetings for pallets’ footprint and support fresh milk capacity planning on the existing forums
• Proactivity in reacting to any short-term and long-term storage bottlenecks with effective solutions

WE HAVE A PURPOSE FOR GOOD

At Arla, we strive to unlock the highest potential in each other while working together to create a sustainable future of dairy. We call it Stronger People Stronger Planet and it is deeply anchored in our organisation and founded on our commitment to respecting human rights, increasing access to healthy dairy nutrition, inspiring good food habits, and improving the environment for future generations. In order to succeed we need to hire people with a sustainable mindset. Could this be you?