IPL is a global leading sustainable packaging solutions provider that manufactures specialty rigid packaging products used in the food, consumer, agricultural, logistics and environmental markets. We have over 2,500 colleagues in 18 manufacturing facilities, two corporate & sales offices and three R&D facilities across the U.S., Canada, the U.K., Ireland, Continental Europe, and China. IPL operates in a fast paced and dynamic environment and has significant growth plans, acquiring four businesses within the past year.

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IPL Hull was built in the millennium year and there are employees working today who witnessed the first brick being laid! Our Hull location is an experienced leader in the injection and blow moulding industry housing state of the art blow moulding machines and a modern fleet of injection moulding machines. IPL Hull takes initiative on providing eco-friendly solutions and pride themselves on delivering products specifically tailored to their customers' needs. Key products include the “One Nest” stacking crate, jerry cans, Water Butt, composter, kerbside boxes, food waste containers and nestable bale arm trays.

An opportunity has a arisen for a Supply Chain Manager to join the senior management team at our Hull site.

Are you a supply chain professional with experience in leading teams across a broad remit including purchasing, planning and logistics?

This is an ideal opportunity to join us at an exciting time in this hands on role, in which you will be integral to each stage of our supply chain process, from the purchasing of raw materials and planning our production, to managing the despatch of the final product.

You will collaborate with the site General Manager and its senior managers, as well as key divisional figures across our global business.

This is a full-time, site-based role with opportunities to work flexibly when aligned to the needs of the business.

Key responsibilities

• Drive the end-to-end site supply chain activities, inclusive of an Inventory and Operations Planning (SIOP) strategy with maximum impact on business results and customer service.
• Provide effective leadership to your team (5 direct reports, with broader headcount accountabilities), coaching and developing to promote high performance that delivers continuous improvement, added value and cost reductions.
• Manage the Demand Planning process, underpinned by a deep understanding of the business seasonality, production capacity constraints which drives our safety stock, historical customer behaviour and future customer forecasts; seek to continuously improve this process.
• Collaborate cross functionally to ensure consistent and reliable implementation of supply chain activities across the site in support of long-term business goals to ensure we maximise the utilisation of installed capacity and reduce costs.
• Schedule and forecast accurate volumes of materials, goods and products inbound to the business from supply chain partners.
• Move materials, goods and products (including importing and exporting) to ensure that they are in the right place to meet customer demand.
• Work with agreed KPIs to measure success (short, medium, and long-term plans), develop actions and drive delivery and communicate progress across various levels of the business.
• Actively monitor actuals against planned volumes, and adjust the Demand and Supply plans accordingly.
• Actively monitor sales forecasts to identify any effect on the supply chain, implementing efficiency strategies and developing supply chain management procedures.
• Collaborate with the wider divisional Supply Chain team, inputting into the analysis and investment proposals that align with the business needs and play an integral part in the preparation of budgets and commercial proposals.
• Work with the wider site team drive continuous improvement across supply chain, planning and logistics related activities and maintain all variables within the ERP system to optimise efficiency.
• Interpret and analyse complex data and trends, developing recommendations and strategies.
• Overall responsibility and accountability for the materials planning determining how much and what type of materials and products to hold where in the supply chain which includes: distribution and replenishment plans.

About You

You will have proven operational experience gained from leadership roles within supply chain functions.

You will be results orientated with the ability to plan and prioritise multiple projects, both individual and of your direct reports, to deliver against objectives and deadlines.

You will be commercially and financially astute, with knowledge of multisite P&L management including forecasting and budgeting.

You will have successfully led and implemented change projects with a common-sense approach to encouraging continual cultural, technological, and operational transformation.

You will be an effective communicator who can coach and develop your team members, as well as engaging collaboratively with key stakeholders from across the business.

Your exposure to MRP/ERP systems is essential, which will ideally include knowledge of IFS, and knowledge of lean techniques would be advantageous.

Notwithstanding your experience to date, you may have achieved a recognised supply chain qualification.

What we can offer the right candidate

You can expect a competitive renumeration package including a car allowance and generous bonus scheme. You will also get the option to join a 7% employer contribution pension scheme and have the security of a life assurance benefit of four times your annual salary.

Employee wellbeing is important to us, and team members at IPL Hull can also join a Cycle to Work scheme, have access to an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), and enjoy complimentary breakfast items and fruit throughout the week.

We also host outside of work events that family members can join, making sure that hard work is recognised and rewarded.