Supply Chain Performance and Budgeting Manager

As the Supply Chain Performance and Budgeting Manager, you will be the expert in driving decision making that ensures our Supply Chain optimises costs and efficiency. You will be responsible for identifying opportunities to improve efficiency, increase overall productivity and reduce operating costs, enabling operational and financial decision making.

You’ll be creating reporting which builds the understanding of our Distribution centre’s performance and which surfaces issues, mitigates risks and maximise opportunities. Through the translation of financial forecasts into operational budgets, you will be jointly responsible alongside business leaders to meet the financial targets and drive an efficient Supply Chain operation across all distribution sites in the Waitrose network, both partner led and 3rd party led.

Additionally, you will support the development of longer term strategic planning of the network and contractual agreements through the provision of performance reporting and insight about our current operations and analysis of the impact, and then the tracking of benefits of change.

You will lead a team who identify opportunities to improve productivity performance across the Supply Chain and provide stakeholders with insights and analysis on productivity and performance to inform their decision making. You will manage how productivity and performance data is captured and measured across the Waitrose supply chain sites.

At a glance

Role Title: Supply Chain Performance and Budgeting Manager

Contract Type: Permanent 

Location: Bracknell Head Office with Hybrid Working 

Working pattern/flexible working - The Partnership has adopted a hybrid working approach, meaning you'll be able to work a mixture between the office and home based upon your personal needs, whilst balancing the needs of the business. Within the team, the core office days are Wednesdays and Thursdays. We typically aim for around 3 days a week in the office

Please note, travel to other locations across the Supply Chain network will be required once or twice a month

Hours of Work: 35 hours per week 

Salary: £62,000 - £85,000, depending on experience

Interviews will be held in person at Bracknell Head Office

Key responsibilities will include but not be limited to: 

• Provide deep and granular insight on Supply Chain performance -  turning a detailed view of current and proposed operational activity into financial metrics and forecasts, providing accurate and timely analysis, insight and reporting on current performance and make recommendations for mitigating actions.

• Providing visibility of all financial performance and costs (Capex / Opex etc) across Supply Chain, working with site-management (Partner-run and 3PLs) to manage the budgets and P&Ls across all sites, driving monthly review meetings to review and providing challenges on performance. 

• Leading the Supply Chain centre of expertise for productivity measurement (including Time & Motion measurement activities), maximising the value time brings across the operation.

Essential skills/experience you'll need:

• Experience in distribution finance, budgeting, and P&L management, specifically within a retail environment.

• Strong analytical skills with experience in complex grocery retail environments.

• Proven ability to write and develop comprehensive business cases.

• Experience in monitoring and tracking the benefits of strategic changes.

• Skilled at handling competing priorities and adapting your communication style across different directorates.

• Experience managing third-party delivery partners.

• Proven track record in leading teams of data analysts.

Desirable skills/experience you may have:

• Experience in Finance or a Financial Qualification.

• Good understanding of BI and Data Warehouses.

We’re the largest employee owned business in the UK and home of our cherished brands, John Lewis and Waitrose. We’re not just employees, we’re Partners, driven by our purpose to build a happier world. As we look to our future, there’s never been a more exciting time to join us.  

We’re ruthlessly focused on being brilliant at retail. We continue to innovate, adapt and diversify. Never Knowingly Undersold on price, quality and service in John Lewis and passionately serving food-lovers in Waitrose.   

As Partners we all share the responsibility of ownership and in its rewards. We use our voices to contribute to our success, working together through the good and challenging times, holding true to our behaviours and treating everyone with kindness and respect. 

We all own making the Partnership somewhere we belong. Embracing our differences and creating an environment where we’re free to be ourselves and can THRIVE. Growing ourselves individually, and as a collective. 

As Partners, we make all the difference. And, we all own it.  

Important points to note:  

It’s important to note that some of our roles are subject to pre-employment vetting (which may include DBS checks for successful candidates). If required, you’ll be informed and provided with information about vetting during the recruitment process and we encourage you to complete any vetting documents quickly to avoid delays. Any DBS checks required will be carried out by a third-party registered body and financial probity checks may also be required for some of our roles.  

We occasionally close vacancies early in the event we receive a high volume of applications, and therefore, we recommend you apply early. If you require a reasonable adjustment due to a disability which means you may need longer to complete your application please contact us as soon as possible.

We want all of our Partners to have a good work-life balance and we support flexible working. This might mean flexible or compressed hours, job sharing or shorter hour contracts, where possible. Please discuss this further with the hiring manager during your interview. 

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