Supply Chain Manager

Cambridge Permanent Competitive + Benefits Ref: 420481

The Company:

A well-established manufacturing business is looking to appoint a Supply Chain Manager. This is a key operational leadership role with responsibility for bringing together materials, production planning, inventory, warehousing and outbound logistics.

The business is seeking someone who can introduce greater structure, strengthen planning and stock-control processes, and develop a more integrated approach across the operation.

The Role:

Reporting to the Operations Manager, the Materials, Planning & Logistics Manager will lead the end-to-end planning and movement of materials within a complex manufacturing operation.

Key responsibilities will include:

Translating forecasts and customer demand into effective materials, production and transport plans.
Leading raw-material planning within an MRP-led environment.
Ensuring production and transport plans align with customer delivery requirements.
Improving inventory accuracy, stock-location discipline, FIFO, traceability and cycle counting.
Overseeing warehouse activities relating to finished goods and material movements.
Improving route planning, vehicle utilisation and overall logistics efficiency.
Leading and developing planning, warehouse and logistics teams.
Driving effective use of SAP or other ERP/MRP systems.
Establishing clear performance measures across service, inventory, planning, waste and transport.
Delivering continuous improvement while maintaining quality, safety and compliance standards.

The Person:

The successful candidate will have proven leadership experience across materials planning, production planning, logistics, inventory or supply chain within a manufacturing environment.

You will bring:

A strong practical understanding of MRP and experience working within an ERP-led planning environment.
Experience connecting customer demand with raw-material requirements, production planning and outbound logistics.
Strong inventory-management and stock-control experience.
Previous responsibility for leading and developing planning, warehouse or logistics teams.
The ability to interpret operational data, identify priorities and drive improvement.
A confident communication style, with the ability to challenge constructively and influence across functions.
A practical, resilient and improvement-focused approach.

Experience gained within a complex manufacturing and distribution environment would be particularly relevant, alongside knowledge of SAP, shelf-life controls, route optimisation or make-to-order operations.