Supply Chain Manager

About Kerry

Kerry is the world's leading taste and nutrition partner for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical sectors. Every day, we work behind the scenes with customers to solve the world's most complex food challenges with our diverse ingredients, technologies, and people. We do everything with passion and are constantly innovating to create an uncompromising future of healthier, tastier and more sustainable food. We want to be our customers' most valued partner, create a world of sustainable food and reach more than two billion consumers with sustainable food solutions by 2030.  

Our Safety purpose: At Kerry, we work together in a caring culture where everybody goes home safe every day. We are committed to providing a safe working environment and ensuring that all safety protocols are strictly followed. Join us in creating a workplace where safety is everyone's responsibility.

About the role

Responsible for ensuring efficient supply to customers while minimizing costs and maintaining service levels. Leads the customer service team, manages inventory for finished goods and raw materials, and coordinates with production and purchasing. Oversees sales and operations planning, warehouse activities, and supply chain projects. Ensures compliance with safety and hygiene standards, drives cost and stock reduction initiatives, and reports key performance metrics. Contributes to site development as part of the Operations Management team.

This is an onsite position based in Oleśnica near Wrocław, working Monday to Friday from 8:00 to 16:00.

Key responsibilities

• Custodian of the customer and business rules to ensure optimal supply to markets and customers. Actively manage the customer service department to meet customer’s needs
• Set stock levels for finished products including minimum inventory levels, batch sizes and frequency of manufacture in agreement with production colleagues.
• Set stock levels for bought in raw materials and packaging stocks and ensure call off on time to meet production requirements in agreement with purchasing business rules.
• Minimize the total costs of supply to include stockholding costs, write offs and delivery costs to customers.
• Coordinate and influence sales and operational planning activities, including the chairing of monthly meetings to reduce and maintain a live portfolio of products, obtain clarity of new product launch dates, volumes and rules, get slow moving stock sold and negotiating with internal departments to increase stock velocity.
• Ensure that operations are scheduled on time to meet customer’s requirements and achieve a balance between responsiveness and stability.
• Ensure clear and efficient communication within all areas. Drive cost and stock reduction programs. Take charge of supply chain projects from launch through to completion.
• Control departmental staff and develop departmental short term key issues and ensure they are monitored on a regular basis. Ensure that training needs are identified, assessed and actioned at all levels to generate optimum efficiency and performance.
• Report customer service and other supply chain metrics such as cost, inventory turns etc, root cause non-compliance and work with senior management to ensure target customer service levels are attained, maintained as defined by the needs of the business and continually improved to raise levels of service.
• Ensure that relevant health and safety, and food hygiene and safety standards are maintained at all times within each department.
• Manage warehouse activities and team including distribution centers.
• As a member of the Operations Management team, to participate and contribute as necessary in the successful development of the site.

Qualifications and skills

• Several years' experience in supply chain or operations, ideally in a manufacturing environment
• Strong leadership in customer service, inventory, and warehouse management
• Proven problem-solving skills and a goal-oriented mindset
• Experience in international collaboration and cross-functional coordination
• Skilled in cost control, stock optimization, and project execution
• Excellent communication and team development abilities
• Familiarity with health, safety, and food hygiene standards
• Degree in Supply Chain, Business, or related field preferred
• Fluent English and Polish

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