Materials Manager

We have a brand new opportunity for an experienced Materials Manager to join a senior position in our Supply Chain Team.

 

Finsbury Food Group is a leading speciality bakery manufacturer. We constantly raise quality and efficiency standards, and build long-term relationships with major multiple retailers and the foodservice channel. The bread for your morning toast, ready for butter-spreading or egg-dipping. The candle-filled centrepiece for a memorable celebration. The buns, muffins and other treats that turn teatime into quality time. We make 75% of the UK’s sharing cakes from retailer own brands cakes, tray bakes through to party cakes like Caterpillar cakes This is what we do, and why we’re in business. Baking brilliance makes every day special.

 

The Materials Manager plays a key role in the effective and efficient planning of all Raw Material/Packaging across two sites. They manage the Material Planning team on a day-to-day basis to ensure the successful operation of the team, minimising cost and maximising service. They’ll ensure operational sites always have an adequate flow of materials to enable production at the time required without disruption to the supply plan. While also standardising ways of working are implemented across sites with the teams all using the same systems and methodologies for material planning.

 

This is a fast paced role, which offers the opportunity to shape and develop the material planning function.

 

To be successful in this role, they need to have worked in a similar management/material management position within a FMCG or Manufacturing environment with end to end Supply-Chain experience. They will have excellent leadership skills with the ability to motivate and challenge effectively. They will have the experience to influence at all levels while working collaboratively to deliver the strategy along with experience of managing and leading teams.

 

This role is based in Sheffield with regular site visits in Manchester.

 

This is a great opportunity for someone to gain experience with one of the UK’s largest bakery businesses. They’ll work closely with a friendly and engaging team from both a site and group perspective, offering opportunities for growth and long-term career development.

 

This is what you’ll actually do!

 

As the Materials Manager you will manage all aspects of the Material Planning team and Weekly requirements to enable production across sites. Ensuring sufficient Material supply to cover planned production in a lean and effective manor whilst considering warehousing & bulk storage constraints. You’ll monitor and identify synergies between suppliers between sites (site and non-site-specific products).

 

You’ll identify optimum storage solution and identify synergies for bulk purchasing of consignment stocks to provide factories with products at minimal cost and maximum efficiencies, while liaising with Purchasing to ensure cross functional goals are met. Along with ensuring all sites are joined up with product identity/supplier codes and Material availability is available to meet daily schedules for each site on time and in full at minimal cost across the business.

 

As the  Materials Manager you will be responsible for the management of delist process for raw materials and packaging. You’ll manage and motivate a team to achieve objectives. You’ll have excellent stakeholder and influencing skill as you will develop strong working relationships with key strategic suppliers and lead regular reviews on performance to identify improvements and aligned ways of working that benefit both Finsbury Food Group and the supplier. You’ll work closely with suppliers and procurement to resolve gaps & delays in supply and be the escalation point to resolve queries. While also developing systems and process to enable standardised ways of working across group.

 

Ideally this is you!

 

• Previous experience in a similar management position within a FMCG or manufacturing environment
• Strong knowledge of End to End Supply Chain, in particular Materials Management
• Experience in managing and leading a team
• Good administration and numerical skills
• Works well as a team and works well on own initiatives
• Strong stakeholder management skills
• Excellent organisational and time management skills
• Challenge when needed and takes on board others views

 

Our vision is to be the leading speciality bakery group in the UK, and we want the best people in place to achieve this. Our continued success is built entirely on the talented people who work here, so employee development is important to us because everyone is a valued member of the team, and we want every individual to have the skills and capabilities to achieve both your own personal goals and our business goals. We want good people to join our company, to help our company continue to go from strength to strength. If this sounds like you, please get in contact to learn more!

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Last updated on Oct 29, 2023