Inbound Supply Lead

As a Inbound Supply Lead, you will represent the team to deliver a first class supply service to the business ensuring an optimised replenishment of raw and packaging materials over an 18 month period, leading a team of inbound supply coordinators.

• Enable an optimised replenishment plan for raw and packaging materials over an 18month horizon to ensure supply of material to production by supporting ISC processes and actioning any escalation which may be a blocker to realising our production plans.
• Deliver and maintain a weekly KPI dashboard of key metrics which are shared and discussed with the planners to make right decisions for the Third party and supply chain teams. Be a positive force in operational reviews and set the bar with measures/reviews/problem solving expectation.
• Monitor top line supplier performance through VES ensuring with the Inbound Supply Chains that plans are developed, and improvements are carried out.
• Work with suppliers and procurement business support and the supply stream to identify and exploit improvement opportunities to drive TDC, service improvements or working capital reductions.
• Project lead for inbound supply related projects ensuring we deliver against our cost reduction targets.
• Build a robust Inbound Supply Chain community both internally and externally with other factory supply chain teams. Sharing best practice across the group to ensure we are the best we can be by benchmarking.
• Ability to build Power BI & Power Apps would be an advantage
  
  To be successful in this role We're looking for candidates with a proven track record across the end-to-end Supply Chain, Inbound Supply or Customer Facing Supply Chain.
You will have a proven track record in leading others, to not only succeed in delivering great business results but importantly to support them thrive as an individual. You will be confident to make choices and identify where to invest your time to make the most meaningful difference to the business and your team. You'll demonstrate great passion, initiative and tenacity to deliver against ambitious targets. This is a challenging role and will collaborate cross-functionally across a number of areas in the business, including Senior Stakeholders.

Nestlé SA is the world's leading health, wellness and nutrition company, with over seven thousand employees in the UK and Ireland alone across the 19 sites of all our business. We are proud to produce some of Britain's best loved brands such as Kit Kat, Nescafé, Smarties, Buxton, Go Cat and Shreddies. Around 95% of UK households consume our brands and more than two billion Nestlé products are sold in the UK every year. We are one of the UK and Ireland's food industry's major exporters, exporting in excess of £260m worth of products every year to over 50 countries around the world. Our supply chain really is at the heart of our entire business, the success of Nestle relies on its ability to effectively manage our hugely complex operation. We possess one of the most sophisticated value chains from farm to fork, putting the consumer at the heart of everything we do. We take pride in championing inclusion and diversity. We proudly signed the Business in the Community Race at Work Charter, are committed to Disability Confidence, and have been recognised as a Times Top 50 Employer for gender equality for three consecutive years. Additionally, we are a headline partner of Diversity and Inclusion in grocery., At Nestlé, our values are rooted in respect and we believe that embracing diversity and fostering an inclusive environment allows everyone to reach their full potential and drives innovative thinking. We strongly encourage applications from individuals of all gender identities, ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities, parents, carers and members of the LGBT+ community. Please let us know if we can provide accommodations to ensure your full participation in the application process. To find out more about Nestle's commitment to DEI: Nestlé's Commitment to a Diverse and Inclusive Workplace (https://www.nestle.co.uk/en-gb/jobs/diversity-equity-inclusion) To find out more about your recruitment journey with Nestle: Recruitment Journey | Nestlé UK & Ireland (https://www.nestle.co.uk/en-gb/jobs/recruitment-journey)

Salary up £40,000 depending on experience. Some of our other fantastic benefits
• Potential, discretionary annual bonus
• Generous pension scheme - up to 12% contribution from Nestle
• 12 flexible days on top of 25-day holiday entitlement
• 2 paid volunteering days
• A focus on personal development and growth (insert relevant detail on study support, etc)