Mitchells and Butlers run some of the country’s best-known restaurants and pub brands across the UK. With 1600 pubs and restaurants and 43,000 employees across sixteen brands, this makes our multi-brand operation a key player in the hospitality industry.

A great opportunity has arisen within our Procurement & Supply Chain team, presenting an opportunity for a permanent Supply Chain Manager to join our business, specialising in Food Supply across all our Mitchells & Butlers estate. Working as a subject matter expert in a FTSE 250 company, reporting directly into the Head of Supply Chain, you will work alongside four other specialist Supply Chain Managers, focused on end-to-end product availability and inventory management, ensuring all menus are executed with minimal exposure to stock liability.

This Supply Chain Manager role will require you to lead and manage the demand and supply planning processes on behalf of Mitchells & Butlers, engaging key stakeholders to drive demand forecast accuracy with our third-party logistic partner and ensure that accurate supply plans are developed.

You will be well rewarded: -

• Love eating out? You'll love it even more with a massive 33% discount across all our brands, so whether its date night at Miller & Carter or family roast at Toby Carvery we’ve got you covered.  
• Company Car
• Mobile working – to fit around the other important things in life   
• Annual Bonus Scheme – We’re all about rewarding the hard work everybody puts in
• Buy up to an extra 2 weeks holiday – life is for living after all! 

Supply Chain Manager – The Opportunity

• Delivering outstanding customer service whilst working within the company framework and objectives.
• Challenging and improving the business processes and systems, tracking and reporting the resulting benefits.
• Managing the product supply processes with our third party logistics (3pl) partner to drive optimum availability for houses at menu launch and ongoing trade.
• Actively identifying potential forecast and inventory issues, liaising with business owners to ensure plans in place to alleviate any business risk.
• Actively supporting the procurement team in delivering supplier performance.
• Ensuring forecast processes correctly reflect anticipated demand and to identify any under-performing areas and investigate and take action within the category as appropriate.
• Working with our 3pl partners and internal stakeholders on inventory management guidelines and forecast effectiveness to support all stages of product lifecycle.
• Effectively working with suppliers and our 3pl to identify opportunities that will minimise supply chain costs.
• Driving continuous improvement activities for demand and supply planning.

What you’ll need to bring to the Supply Chain Manager role: -

• Supply chain and Logistics expertise gained in a fast moving commercial environment (Retail, Hospitality, FMCG)
• Understanding of Supply Chain and Logistics theory and practice including Inventory management and forecasting principles
• Ability to delivery projects and understand and execute critical path planning at an intermediate to advanced level
• Solid communicator, both written and verbal and able to present to senior groups and peers
• Sound commercial and negotiation ability

What makes Mitchells & Butlers a great place to work?

To us, a career isn’t just about ‘clocking in’. We really care about our colleagues, and we’re an employer that keeps a promise. In fact, as one of the largest employers in the country, with over 44,000 people working for us, we have the responsibility of valuing every contribution from a diverse workforce that are representative of our guests, and who make us stronger.

Closing Date - Midnight, 5th June 2022