Advocate Group
Supply Chain Manager
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Supply Chain & Logistics Manager
Would you like to join a leading organic food business with over 30 years of experience and an established portfolio of brands? With ambitious growth plans across wholesale, retail, supermarket, and online channels, the business is looking for an experienced and hands-on Supply Chain & Logistics Manager to take ownership of key stock, import, warehousing, transport, and logistics activities.
The Role:
- Coordinate the end-to-end supply chain across inventory, imports, warehousing, transport, and outbound logistics.
- Ensure accurate stock levels across all warehouses, with a strong focus on stock ageing, shelf life, and batch control.
- Manage slow-moving and obsolete inventory and support stock forecasting alongside Sales and Finance.
- Liaise with suppliers and freight forwarders to coordinate freight bookings and inbound deliveries.
- Oversee customs clearance and ensure accurate import documentation and compliance with relevant food import regulations.
- Work with the Operations team to ensure export documentation is accurate for international customers.
- Drive improvements in transport and logistics, including negotiating and planning to reduce freight costs.
- Develop and track key supply chain KPIs, including service levels, inventory turnover, pallet volumes, overstocks, missed sales, and freight costs.
- Lead and develop a team of one Stock Controller and one Senior Operations Administrator.
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About You:
- 3–5+ years' experience within Supply Chain, Logistics, or Operations, ideally within FMCG.
- Strong experience across stock control and inventory management.
- Proven experience managing imports, international freight, and customs processes.
- Understanding of food industry compliance and traceability requirements.
- Experience working with ERP systems, ideally NetSuite or a similar platform.
- Strong organizational skills with excellent attention to detail.
- A hands-on, proactive approach with the ability to solve problems and improve processes.
- Commercially aware, with a strong focus on cost control and operational efficiency.
- Confident managing suppliers, freight forwarders, and external logistics partners.
- Experience managing or developing a small team would be beneficial.
- Comfortable working in a growing, fast-paced business where you can make a tangible impact.
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Email: Shelley.burnand@advocate-group.co.uk
Phone: 07537 163606
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The Advocate Group is a leading recruitment partner to the FMCG and consumer products sectors. We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified individuals regardless of race, sex, disability, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or age. By applying for this role, you agree to our Privacy Policy, which can be found on our website. The Advocate Group is acting as an employment agency in relation to this vacancy.
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