Supply Chain Planner (Frozen)

The Village Bakery Group; Wrexham; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A family-rooted craft bakery in Wrexham seeks a Supply Chain Planner to oversee demand forecasting and ensure the alignment of business objectives. As part of the Supply Chain team, you'll enhance planning processes, drive monthly Demand Reviews, and utilize your FMCG experience. The position offers a competitive salary up to £35,000 per annum along with generous benefits like a pension plan, employee discounts, and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Competitive salary up to £35,000

Pension plan of 8%

28 days annual leave

Financial wellbeing support

Employee discounts

Professional development opportunities

Progressive work culture

Refer-a-friend bonus of £250

Free coffee machines

Qualifications

• Proven experience in demand/production planning in FMCG/food manufacturing.
• Strong knowledge of planning cycle including forecast and supply plan.
• Advanced Excel skills needed for data analysis and decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain accurate demand forecasts.
• Collaborate with teams to align forecasts with business objectives.
• Lead monthly Demand Reviews to drive consensus-based forecasts.

Skills

Demand/Production planning experience in FMCG/food manufacturing

Strong working knowledge of the end-to-end planning cycle

Confident with KPIs such as forecast accuracy

Advanced Excel skills

Experience using ERP/planning systems

Strong stakeholder management

Commercial awareness

Organised and detail-oriented

Tools

SAP/Oracle/Microsoft planning systems

Power BI

Job description

Supply Chain Planner (Frozen) - Due to our continued growth and success we are looking for a Planner to join our Supply Chain team in Wrexham (LL13 9UG). The hours of work for this role are Monday to Saturday (08:00hrs to 17:00hrs).

What would you get for working here?

If you have the Frozen Planning experience and skills we are looking for then you will receive a total reward package that includes:

• Competitive salary: up to £35,000 per annum (DOE)
• Pension: 8% (5% Ees / 3% Ers)
• Annual leave: 28 days (Inc of Bank Holidays]
• Financial wellbeing: Stream (formerly Wagestream) – track earnings and access earned pay before payday, plus budgeting tools and support
• Employee discounts: Access to an employee benefits/discount platform
• Development: Professional development opportunities and qualifications
• Culture: A progressive working environment that puts people at the heart of what we do
• Refer-a-friend bonus: £250 (subject to scheme rules)
• Perks: Excellent coffee machines available free-of-charge

30% off Village Bakery products

What would you be doing?

Our Vision as a business is to be the “Go-to” supplier of bakery products, working nationally with retailers such as M&S and Waitrose on their premium private label range and regionally through the Village Bakery brand. In achieving this vision, we want to be recognised as a family business that continually invests in the future through the development of our people, quality and food safety culture, equipment and processes.

As a member of the Supply Chain team you will be directly contributing to this vision through your core tasks and responsibilities these will include, but are not limited to:

• Develop and maintain accurate demand forecasts using statistical tools and market insights.
• Collaborate with Commercial, Supply Chain and Production teams to ensure alignment of forecasts with business objectives.
• Lead monthly Demand Reviews and support the Sales and Operations Planning process to drive consensus-based forecasts.
• Monitor and report forecast accuracy, identifying key drivers behind variances.
• Analyse trends, promotions, and customer data to inform short- and long-term planning.
• Continuously improve forecasting processes and tools.

Knowledge Requirements

The successful candidate for this role will need to demonstrate the following skills, qualifications and attributes:

• ProvenDemand/Production planningexperiencein FMCG/food manufacturing.
• Strong working knowledge of the end-to-end planning cycle: forecast → supply plan → production/capacity alignment → inventory and service
• Confident with KPIs such as forecast accuracy,service level/OTIF, and inventory cover
• Advanced Excelskills (e.g., pivots, XLOOKUP, SUMIFS, power query/basic modelling) with the ability to turn data into clear actions
• Experience using an ERP / planning systemto manage master data, demand signals and planning parameters (any of SAP/Oracle/Microsoft etc.)
• Strong stakeholder management: able to work cross-functionally with Commercial/Sales, Operations/Production, Warehousing/Logisticsto agree anoptimisedplan
• Commercial awareness: understands the impact of planning decisions on availability, waste, cost, and working capital
• Organised, proactive, and detail-oriented; able to manage multiple priorities while maintaining accuracy

Frozen-specific essentials (if relevant to the job)

• Understanding oftemperature-controlledsupply chain constraints(e.g., freezer capacity, lead times, shelf life/date coding, MOQ, batch sizes, cold-chain handling)
• Ability to plan around seasonality/promotionsand manage risk to availability in peak periods

Desirable knowledge / skills required (recommended)

• Experience with S&OP / IBProutines and presenting plans in a monthly cycle
• Familiarity with planning,forecastingand reportingtools such as SAP APO/IBP,Power BI, or similar
• planning for retail / major customers, including promotional uplifts, allocations, and service-level expectations
• Knowledge of master data governance(pack sizes, lead times, MOQ, safety stocks, BOMs) and improving data quality
• Exposure to 3PL/freezer storage providersand managing inbound/outbound capacity constraints

Who are we?

If you haven’t heard of us before, The Village Bakery is a proud, family-rooted craft bakery producing an award-winning range of breads, morning goods, pies and gluten-free products.

We’ve been baking since 1964 and have grown through our reputation for quality, innovation and technical expertise. While we’re now part of the Menissez family, our Village Bakery identity stays the same — the same people, the same pride in what we do and the same commitment to baking great products the right way.

As a result of our continued growth and investment, we operate from several modern bakeries in and around Wrexham, including our dedicated gluten-free site Gluten Freedom and our state-of-the-art Super Bakery at Ash Road.

If you would like to join our award-winning, quality-driven team please use the ‘apply now’ link and follow the on-line application instructions.

We look forward to welcoming you to our team soon!

Equal opportunities

We are an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates and will make reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.