CCP Executive - Fox's Burton's Companies : Job Details

Company description:

We are FBC UK, Fox's Burton's Companies! ……And we bake the UK's most incredible biscuits (we might be slightly biased, but we will leave that for you to judge).

FBC UK was a match made in heaven, with two of the top UK biscuits manufacturers (Burton's Biscuits and Fox's Biscuits) coming together to create one unique, integrated company.We are home to famous iconic brands, including Maryland, Fox's, Jammie Dodger & Rocky, to name just a few. We are proud manufacturing partners to some of the biggest UK retailers and household names. We bake our incredible biscuits at eight bakeries across the UK, located at Isle of Arran, Livingston, Blackpool, Llantarnam, Edinburgh, Kirkham, Batley & Dorset and our HQ in St Albans. Together, we employ circa 4,000 amazing colleagues across all our locations.We are currently the second biscuit manufacturer in the UK market with a strong ambition of becoming UK Market Leader.Whilst we know that we have delicious products we also know that that the key ingredient to our success is our people, and the passion we have for our brands. You could be the jammy to our dodger, party ring to our Fox’s or the choc-chip to our Maryland?! We knead people with innovative ideas, an entrepreneurial spirit, and the commitment to drive FBC UK to success.We are committed to building an inclusive workforce that feels empowered to build a fulfilling and successful career. By embracing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) we create a supportive environment for people to thrive and strive to have more positive impact.We understand that having formal and on-the-job learning opportunities is key to our colleagues’ professional and personal growth. We are committed to providing an environment where everyone can learn from each other and grow through a variety of learning experiences.Our colleagues make our business special. With strong community values, we believe FBC UK is a more prosperous and fun place to work when people feel free to be themselves. We believe in the power of being authentic, entrepreneurial and supporting each other whilst meeting our business goals.

Job description:

In this role, you will manage volume phasing by building strong working relationships with the Grocery Supply Analyst to effectively handle customer demand and align orders with the phased forecast plan. You will ensure visibility of the customer’s operational performance and communicate any impacts in conjunction with the CS&L Analyst. Effective customer planning for new products, seasonal, and promotional activities, along with proactive constraint management and collaborative planning, will be key to improving forecast accuracy.You will conduct daily and weekly analyses of the forecast to manage customer demand profiles against forecast consumption, identifying under or over consumption by line and determining if changes are due to phasing or material shifts in the forecast. You will propose and align actions with the sales team and planning, and proactively manage any forecast changes within a 12-week window to ensure they do not impact overall availability. Tracking customer availability across internal and external depots and stores using data tools, you will work with customer supply chain teams to maximize availability and identify gaps to drive increased sales.You will formalize and lead weekly and monthly reviews, conducting monthly forecast surgeries with the sales team to assess forecast accuracy and bias, and amend forecasts in both short and long-term horizons. Collaborative working with the sales channel team will be essential to optimize forecast accuracy and deliver business plans, translating demand in conjunction with larger customers based on their intake plans. You will work collaboratively with customer supply chain teams to plan promotional, NPD, range changes, and seasonal activities through structured meetings focused on future planning and past reviews.You will ensure orders are generated in line with the phasing plan and manage the seasonal commitment process for commercial customers to clarify seasonal buys and effectively manage volumes to maximize sales and minimize residuals. Tracking seasonal and NPD sales and availability performance, you will flag any incremental or decremental opportunities to enable supply. Managing waste targets and optimizing residual ingredients, packaging, and materials alongside forecasts will also be part of your responsibilities.Building great relationships is at the heart of the Collaboration Service Manager role, enabling trust and alignment with customers. You will develop and drive collaborative supply plans with priority customers to enhance service and on-shelf performance

What we're looking for

• As an Executive to the business, we expect a strong interest in analytics 
• Moderate to advanced Excel experience. Formula’s, pivots & graphs essential.
• Keen interest in business, analytics, economics, projects
• Strong working relationship development & management
• Technology literate with a good understanding and adaptability to new systems
• Comfortable collating, displaying & presenting data to stakeholders