Customer Partnership Manager
- Posted 24 September 2024
- LocationLeeds
- Job type Permanent - Full Time
- Discipline Internal
- Reference009802
- Job FunctionOperations
- Contact NameJade Cook
- Expiry date 29 November 2024
Job description
Why Greencore?
We’re a leading manufacturer of convenience food in the UK and our purpose is to make every day taste better.
We’re a vibrant, fast-paced leading food manufacturer. Employing around 13,600 colleagues across 16 manufacturing units and 17 distribution depots across the UK. We supply all the UK’s food retailers with everything from Sandwiches, soups and sushi to cooking sauces, pickles and ready meals, and in FY23, we generated revenues of £1.9bn.
Our vast direct-to-store (DTS) distribution network, comprising of 17 depots nationwide, enables us to make over 10,400 daily deliveries of our own chilled and frozen produce and that of third parties.
Join us and be part of our great team!
We are delighted to announce a newly created position of Customer Supply Chain Partnership Manager within our Central Functions Supply Chain team. The role will play an integral part in being a key contact between Greencore and our valued customer, Asda.
Role Purpose:
To work closely within Greencore and the retailers Commercial and Supply teams proactively challenging the ways of working to help develop and drive positive change within the customer partnership
Key Accountabilities include:
- Act as the Supply Chain lead in cross functional / customer projects to ensure collaborative working resulting in successful new implementations and on-going performance improvements
- Continuously “makes things happen”, using trends and insight to maximise sales value and profitability especially at an item / store level
- Day to day management and analysis of customer KPI’s to maximise sales & availability whilst balancing waste & efficiency in the supply chain
- Establish, develop, and maintain close working long-term relationships with key customer contacts
- Be the Customer’s system / process ‘Subject Matter Expert’ for Greencore
The successful applicants will be based at Asda Head Office in Leeds for 3 days per week.
What we’re looking for
- Excellent relationship management and strong interpersonal skills
- Customer focused
- Strong analytical skills
- Highly proactive and results driven
- Supply chain experience is essential, in planning or analysis, customer engagement, and project management.
- Strong knowledge of the convenience food market and experience of working in a fast paced, growth industry/business, ideally FMCG.
What you’ll get in return
- Competitive salary and job-related benefits
- 25 days Holiday plus bank holidays
- Pension up to 8% matched
- Company share save scheme
- Greencore Qualifications
- Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform
Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career.