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Head of Supply Chain

Employer
Speedibake
Location
West Yorkshire
Salary
Competitive + benefits
Closing date
2 Dec 2018

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Contract Type
Permanent
Function
Supply Chain
Business Sector
Food Manufacturing

Job Details

Speedibake is a division of Associated British Foods (ABF), a diversified international food, ingredients and retail group with sales of £15.4 billion and 133,000 employees in 50 countries

Speedibake has bakery sites in Wakefield and Bradford specialising in own-label baked goods, we supply to a customer base across all channels; foodservice wholesalers, contract catering, end users, export and retail.

The role

We currently have a fantastic opportunity for a Head of Supply Chain to lead our Supply Chain Team, based in West Yorkshire. Across our sites we manufacture muffins, garlic breads, Doughnuts, Speciality Breads and Mince Pies operating 24hrs a day up to 7 days per week.

Reporting to the Supply Chain Director, this role is a key part of the Speedibake Leadership Team, and will get significant exposure at Board level.

As a great communicator you’ll work closely with our Commercial, Finance and Supply Chain Teams. You will also be responsible for leading 6 Direct Reports and have a track record of building strong, collaborative relationships with Customers, Suppliers and 3PL providers.

You will have an excellent understanding of S&OP systems and demonstrable experience of adding value to the business through process improvement programmes.

To be successful, you will:

  • Have 5yrs+ Senior Management level experience in a cost leadership FMCG environment

  • A proven track record of successfully managing change in behaviours and ways of working

  • Have experience of embedding new business ERP Systems

  • A clear passion for and experience of building and leading high performing teams.

  • Be customer focussed and able to engage stakeholders across all levels within Speedibake and ABF

  • Have excellent communication skills (written and verbal)

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive employer and seek to attract, develop and retain the best people from the widest possible talent pool. We are committed to ensuring that all candidates are treated fairly, with respect and dignity throughout the recruitment process.

Company

At Speedibake we're incredibly passionate about making delicious baked goods we supply to a customer base across all channels; foodservice wholesalers, contract catering, end users, export and retail.

Speedibake is a part of the Associated British Foods Plc family, a FTSE 100 highly diverse international food, ingredients and retail group with sales of £13.4 billion and 130,000 employees working in 47 countries.

At our head office site in Wakefield, we specialise in delicious doughnuts, custard tarts, mince pies, unbaked tart cases, sandwich baguettes and stone baked speciality breads..

Bradford houses production of an array of amazing sweet muffins; indulgent flower-pots, American style mushrooms, bite sized minis and great big jumbo muffins. At Bradford, we bake lovely sandwich baguettes and French sticks. We use our freshly baked bread to make our fabulous garlic baguettes and garlic slices.

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