Welcome to Hovis. We are the proud guardians of over 130 years of baking experience that make up our iconic and much-loved brand. they are experts in their field whether it’s baking, manufacturing, logistics, engineering, or the many departments within the central functions team based in our head office in High Wycombe. We are a values-led business and expect our colleagues to live, breathe, and embed Quality, Accountability, and Trust into their ways of working.
The Tactical Planning Team have ownership for the Bread, Other Bakery & Primary Distribution weekly planning process, ensuring the plan meets quality & service targets at optimum cost.
Monitor daily performance against the plan and agree with the Operational & Commercial teams corrective actions, as necessary, to ensure targets are met.
Review daily service performance & work with bakery and head office teams to drive continuous improvement.
The role can be based at either our Nottingham bakery or Head office in High Wycombe with travel.
Manufacturing - maintain Weekly Planner spreadsheet, and chair daily operations conference calls to optimise performance and resolve issues.
Primary Logistics – create Night Before Plan, agree plan (including basket movements) with sites to maximise utilisation. Escalation of customer facing issues to Supply Chain & Commercial stakeholders. Identify and implement corrective actions in collaboration with bakery & head office teams.
Weekly activity & performance reporting.
Support the strategic planning of key events such as Christmas, Easter, plant maintenance, product launches & promotions, ensuring these events are incorporated into the Week Ahead planning process.
Maintain base data in the planning systems
Operate the Tactical Planning shift rota, providing Out of Hours contact and holiday cover as agreed.
3 years Supply Chain planning experience in FMCG
~ IT & spreadsheet literate with experience in SAP
~ Excellent analytical skills, with an eye for detail and capability to make decisions based on numerical and graphical data
~ Ability to review, improve and implement better business processes
~ Our benefits scheme is called Hovis Choice, which offers a variety of savings and cashback offers on day to day living and much more including eyecare vouchers, and a healthcare scheme to suit everyone. It also includes our Cycle to Work scheme where you can obtain a brand new bike at a significant saving
We offer competitive annual leave entitlement and flexibility where possible in order to create a healthy work-life balance
We celebrate loyalty with our generous long service and colleague recognition schemes
We offer three levels of pensions
Hovis values diversity and is committed to promoting equal opportunities in the workplace. Every job applicant, employee or worker will be treated fairly and equally with dignity and respect regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, colour, social class, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religious belief, union membership, political opinion, sex, sexual orientation or any other protected characteristic.