You’re experienced in supply chain planning and passionate about using data to optimise operations. You enjoy problem-solving and working with cross-functional teams to ensure the right resources are in place.
As Supply Chain Planning Specialist, you’ll be responsible for developing and maintaining production plans at both regional and national levels. Your work will ensure the effective use of staff, volunteers, dogs, and properties, aligning resources with demand to support the organisation’s strategic goals.
You’ll collaborate with operational managers to create and maintain production schedules, ensuring services run smoothly and efficiently. By developing capacity planning tools, you’ll optimise resource utilisation across a multi-skilled and multi-site workforce.
Your role will involve working closely with dog supply, property, staffing, and volunteering teams to balance supply and demand, making data-driven recommendations to improve efficiency. You’ll conduct demand planning meetings, reviewing forecasts and identifying risks and opportunities, adjusting plans as needed.
Using enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems and other tools, you’ll analyse supply chain trends and provide clear, actionable reports. Your insights will support operational leaders in decision-making, helping to optimise outputs in line with strategic targets. You’ll also contribute to the continuous improvement of planning processes and data modelling, ensuring Guide Dogs operates effectively and sustainably.
To be successful in this role, you’ll need demonstrable experience in operational delivery, supply chain, demand planning, or inventory management. You should have a strong background in data analysis and business operations, with the ability to translate complex data into clear, practical insights.
A minimum of a Level 3 qualification in Supply Chain and Operations or equivalent relevant experience is required. Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel and knowledge of ERP systems will be beneficial. Strong communication and problem-solving skills are essential, along with the ability to work across departments and influence decision-making.
No two people with sight loss are the same, and none of our people are either. So, we are proud to offer a range of person-centred benefits that can support each member of staff in ways that really mean something to them – and show them how much they mean to us. We offer a flexible benefits package, discounts and cashback scheme, a generous holiday allowance and matched contributory pension scheme to care for our people.
We value in-person collaboration with our teams and those we support, so there will be occasional travel needed in this role for team meetings, site visits and training. Although this is a home-based role, we support hybrid working arrangements, so you have flexibility to work in a way that’s best for you – whether that’s from home or your local site. This is a full time position working 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday.
Interviews for this role are planned to take place W/C 14 April 2025