Supply Chain Performance and Budgeting Manager

As the Supply Chain Performance and Budgeting Manager, you will be the expert driving efficiency, productivity, and cost optimisation across the Waitrose distribution network. Leading a team of analysts, you will turn complex financial and operational data into strategic decisions that elevate performance across both Partner-led and 3rd-party distribution sites.

In this strategic role, you will bridge Finance and Supply Chain operations, managing site-level budgets, tracking continuous improvement benefits, and surfacing actionable insights. Working closely with site teams and cross-functional partners, you will deliver robust reporting that surfaces risks, guides business case investments, and ensures targets are met.

Contract Type: Permanent 

Expected salary: Salary up to £85,000, depending on experience

Location: Bracknell Head Office 

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. The team aims for a minimum of 3 days in the office to connect and attend key meetings. The current core days are Wednesdays and Thursdays

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

Interviews will be held in person at our Bracknell Head Office campus

Key responsibilities

• Lead, motivate, and develop a team of data analysts to track, analyze, and optimize productivity across the Waitrose Supply Chain network.
• Deliver detailed performance insights across all distribution centers (Partner-run and 3PL) to surface risks, identify efficiency gains, and drive continuous improvement.
• Partner with site management to oversee P&Ls, manage operational budgets, and lead regular review meetings to evaluate performance and address cost variances.
• Translate high-level business plans and demand forecasts into actionable, site-level operational budgets for labor and assets.
• Review end-to-end integrated planning outputs, comparing actual operational costs against planned budgets for internal and external cost centers.
• Support strategic supply chain change programs by developing robust business cases, setting baselines, and tracking long-term benefit delivery.
• Facilitate seamless cross-functional reporting and alignment between Finance, Supply Chain, and broader business leadership.

Essential skills/experience you’ll need 

• Proven track record of leading and developing teams of data or supply chain analysts
• Experience in retail supply chain budgeting, financial analysis, and site P&L management 
• Experience working with and managing third-party (3PL) delivery partners
• Exceptional analytical, data-handling, and problem-solving capabilities,
• Strong background in writing, developing, and tracking commercial business cases and ROI
• Stakeholder management skills, with the ability to navigate competing priorities and adapt communication styles across different business areas 

Desirable skills/experience you may have 

• Financial qualification or formal background in financial planning 
• Familiarity with Business Intelligence (BI) tools and Data Warehousing environments

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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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