About the roleThis hands-on leadership role owns inventory, demand planning, transport/shipping procurement and warehouse management systems across a high-complexity SKU base with an international manufacturing partner and a combined manufacture-to-delivery lead time of around 8 weeks.This is a build-and-stabilise mandate - you'll be expected to deliver visible, measurable improvement within existing systems and constraints, not propose a green-field redesign.What you'll be doing

• Owning inventory accuracy and rationalisation, and establishing min/max parameters and demand-planning discipline for top-selling and critical SKUs
• Managing transport and international shipping procurement, reducing cost-to-serve and improving reliability of inbound/outbound logistics
• Coaching and lifting the capability of your Warehouse Manager and Inventory Manager
• Improving WMS and bin/location discipline within the existing ERP and barcode infrastructure
• Establishing tripwire and exception-based reporting for early visibility of stock, service and cost issues
• Reporting supply chain performance directly to the CFO and executive team

About you

• Proven supply chain/inventory leadership in a multi-site or high-SKU-count retail, manufacturing or distribution business
• Hands-on operating style - comfortable on the floor and working with imperfect or legacy systems
• International sourcing and freight experience, ideally with manufacture-to-delivery lead times of similar length and complexity
• A track record of pragmatic, fast wins rather than long-form transformation
• Direct, confident communicator used to reporting to senior stakeholders
• Resilient - comfortable operating with ambiguity and imperfect data

What's on offer

• Base + super, plus a bonus structure tied to inventory and cost-to-serve outcomes
• A genuine mandate to shape and fix a function, backed by supportive ownership
• Direct exposure to the C-suite

Apply below and I'll be in touch to talk through the details.

About the roleThis hands-on leadership role owns inventory, demand planning, transport/shipping procurement and warehouse management systems across a high-complexity SKU base with an international manufacturing partner and a combined manufacture-to-delivery lead time of around 8 weeks.This is a build-and-stabilise mandate - you'll be expected to deliver visible, measurable improvement within existing systems and constraints, not propose a green-field redesign.What you'll be doing

• Owning inventory accuracy and rationalisation, and establishing min/max parameters and demand-planning discipline for top-selling and critical SKUs
• Managing transport and international shipping procurement, reducing cost-to-serve and improving reliability of inbound/outbound logistics
• Coaching and lifting the capability of your Warehouse Manager and Inventory Manager
• Improving WMS and bin/location discipline within the existing ERP and barcode infrastructure
• Establishing tripwire and exception-based reporting for early visibility of stock, service and cost issues
• Reporting supply chain performance directly to the CFO and executive team

About you

• Proven supply chain/inventory leadership in a multi-site or high-SKU-count retail, manufacturing or distribution business
• Hands-on operating style - comfortable on the floor and working with imperfect or legacy systems
• International sourcing and freight experience, ideally with manufacture-to-delivery lead times of similar length and complexity
• A track record of pragmatic, fast wins rather than long-form transformation
• Direct, confident communicator used to reporting to senior stakeholders
• Resilient - comfortable operating with ambiguity and imperfect data

What's on offer

• Base + super, plus a bonus structure tied to inventory and cost-to-serve outcomes
• A genuine mandate to shape and fix a function, backed by supportive ownership
• Direct exposure to the C-suite

Apply below and I'll be in touch to talk through the details.