Business Unit: Nestlé UK&I
Job title: Inbound Supply Lead
Location: Tutbury
Salary up to £40,000 depending on experience + potential bonus + generous pension scheme + 12 flexible days on top of 25-day holiday entitlement + 2 paid volunteering days + other fantastic benefits!
Championing diversity and inclusion is so important to us; when we embrace different perspectives and give everyone the chance to be the best they can be, we can think in new, creative ways that grow and enhance our business.
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Position Summary
We have a fantastic opportunity to join our Inbound Supply Team as the Inbound Supply Lead working ideally at our Tutbury Operation.
Nestlé SA is the world’s leading health, wellness and nutrition company, with over seven thousand employees in the UK and Ireland alone across the 19 sites of all our business. We are proud to produce some of Britain’s best loved brands such as Kit Kat, Nescafé, Smarties, Buxton, Go Cat and Shreddies. Around 95% of UK households consume our brands and more than two billion Nestlé products are sold in the UK every year.
We are one of the UK and Ireland's food industry’s major exporters, exporting in excess of £260m worth of products every year to over 50 countries around the world.
Our supply chain really is at the heart of our entire business, the success of Nestle relies on its ability to effectively manage our hugely complex operation. We possess one of the most sophisticated value chains from farm to fork, putting the consumer at the heart of everything we do.
A day in the life of an Inbound Supply Lead
As a Inbound Supply Lead, you will represent the team to deliver a first class supply service to the business ensuring an optimised replenishment of raw and packaging materials over an 18 month period, leading a team of inbound supply coordinators.
- Enable an optimised replenishment plan for raw and packaging materials over an 18month horizon to ensure supply of material to production by supporting ISC processes and actioning any escalation which may be a blocker to realising our production plans.
- Deliver and maintain a weekly KPI dashboard of key metrics which are shared and discussed with the planners to make right decisions for the Third party and supply chain teams. Be a positive force in operational reviews and set the bar with measures/reviews/problem solving expectation.
- Monitor top line supplier performance through VES ensuring with the Inbound Supply Chains that plans are developed, and improvements are carried out.
- Work with suppliers and procurement business support and the supply stream to identify and exploit improvement opportunities to drive TDC, service improvements or working capital reductions.
- Project lead for inbound supply related projects ensuring we deliver against our cost reduction targets.
- Build a robust Inbound Supply Chain community both internally and externally with other factory supply chain teams. Sharing best practice across the group to ensure we are the best we can be by benchmarking.
- Line Management of three Inbound Supply Coordinators ensuring adherence to the people calendar as well as ensuring we support opportunities for personal development
What will make you successful?
To be successful in this role We’re looking for candidates with a proven track record across the end-to-end Supply Chain, Inbound Supply or Customer Facing Supply Chain.
You will have a proven track record in leading others, to not only succeed in delivering great business results but importantly to support them thrive as an individual. You will be confident to make choices and identify where to invest your time to make the most meaningful difference to the business and your team.
You’ll demonstrate great passion, initiative and tenacity to deliver against ambitious targets. This is a challenging role and will collaborate cross-functionally across a number of areas in the business, including Senior Stakeholders.
What You Need To Know
What can we offer in return? Great benefits you’d expect from a business the size of Nestlé – in the shape of a competitive salary and benefits package, bonus scheme, flexible working scheme, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays plus flex leave, pension scheme and a real focus on personal development and growth.
Job advert closing date 1 August 2025
We will be considering candidates as they apply and we will occasionally close job advertisements early in the event we receive sufficient applicants, so please don’t delay in submitting your application.
At Nestlé, our values are rooted in respect. When we embrace diversity and give everyone the chance to be the best they can be, we can think in new, creative ways that grow and enhance our business. People of all gender identities, ethnically diverse individuals, people with disabilities, and members of the LGBT+ community are strongly encouraged to apply. If there is anything we can do to accommodate you to participate fully in the application process, please let us know. We take pride in championing inclusion and diversity, our people make up a number of Colleague Networks who represent different experiences and communities who hold us accountable in creating a sense of belonging for all, and our values create the conditions for us to respect the unique contribution you bring. Find out more about our Colleague Networks here: Diversity, equity and inclusion | Nestlé (nestle.co.uk)
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