Head of Supply Chain
4 days ago
Slough
Role: Head of Supply Chain Location: Berkshire, Hybrid (3 days in office, 2 days from home) We’re partnering with a market-leading international consumer goods company experiencing significant growth and transformation. With ambitious plans to expand its D2C and e-commerce operations, the business is looking for an experienced Head of Supply Chain to lead operational excellence and build a supply chain fit for the future. Reporting to the General Manager, you’ll lead a team of around 10 people across supply chain planning, logistics, and operations. The role’s primary focus is to enhance forecasting accuracy, streamline processes, and optimise cost-to-serve as the business scales. You’ll act as a key strategic partner to Sales and Marketing, using data-driven insights to influence decisions and ensure operations keep pace with commercial growth. About the role: • Lead and execute the end-to-end supply chain strategy across planning, logistics, and customer operations, • Drive demand planning transformation and improvements to S&OP process, • Embed data-driven decision-making across the function, • Strengthen e-commerce and D2C operations, ensuring scalability and service excellence, • Develop, mentor, and motivate a high-performing supply chain team About you: • Proven supply chain leadership experience within fast-moving consumer goods, ideally with strong D2C and/or e-commerce exposure, • Expertise in demand planning / S&OP, forecasting, and operational efficiency, • Skilled in SAP or advanced planning systems; highly analytical and commercially focused, • Hands-on, pragmatic, and comfortable working in a transforming, fast-paced environment, • Strong communicator and influencer, able to partner effectively with cross-functional teams This is an opportunity to play a pivotal role in shaping the operational future of a dynamic, high-growth business. You’ll join a collaborative, international environment with genuine autonomy and scope to make a lasting impact. If you’re a data-driven, commercially minded supply chain leader ready to drive change and deliver results, I’d love to hear from you.