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Wm Morrison Supermarkets Limited

Supply Chain Manager - Forecast Optimisation

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In-Office
Bradford, West Yorkshire, England
Expert/Leader
In-Office
Bradford, West Yorkshire, England
Expert/Leader
Leads supply chain system optimization focused on improving demand forecasts, ordering, pricing, availability, and inventory efficiency. Builds rules-based algorithmic approaches, oversees development priorities, owns project plans, manages risks, validates improvements, and influences senior stakeholders. Requires leadership, SQL and data manipulation skills, food supply chain expertise, change management experience, and creative problem-solving.
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We're recruiting for our Supply Chain - System Optimisation team at Morrisons. Do you want to influence our long-term growth and success?


Together, we tackle business challenges, enhance our performance and unlock the true potential of our data to drive forward the supply chain function. We have exciting opportunities to join an expanding area of the business and play a pivotal role to create great availability to our existing and new customers. This role has a heavy influence on the future of Morrisons’ supply chain, you'll be working at a fast pace at the heart of decision making, using data and influence to make improvement and change!


As a member of our team, you will lead on building business rules-based algorithmic approaches to increase the accuracy, automation, and intelligence of settings and forecasts. You will own the project plan and timelines, manage risks and issues, and champion the project vision and outcomes.


You’ll be responsible for:

    

  • Leadership: Leading, motivating, and coaching team members to drive technical competence and functional knowledge.
  • Strategic Planning: Playing a pivotal role in creating the system development plan and dictating development priorities aligned with company objectives.
  • Expert Oversight: Acting as an expert across store ordering, supplier ordering, demand forecasting, and pricing.
  • Stakeholder Influence: Presenting ideas and investment requirements to senior stakeholders and creating project plans for "right first time" implementation.
  • Operational Excellence: Validating and managing forecast improvement developments to deliver availability and maximise efficiency while minimising stock and markdowns.
  • Internal Conscience: Striking the balance between quality model development and diminishing returns to ensure business-focused solutions.

More about you

We are also looking for the following:

  • Proven Leadership: Experience in shaping and developing strategy and translating it into operational delivery.
  • Advanced Technical Skills: Strength in all areas of process, people, and data, including a proficient level of SQL and data manipulation tools.
  • Domain Expertise: Strong understanding of all aspects of food supply chain and operational mechanics.
  • Change Management: Experience implementing change into an operation and the ability to lead stakeholders through the change curve.
  • Problem Solving: Ability to provide "out of the box" thinking and creative problem-solving to solve complex business problems 

More about our perks


We value your hard work and commitment, and in return, we provide:


Private healthcare

Car Allowance

Generous holiday entitlement

Discretionary bonus scheme

15% discount in our supermarkets and convenience stores from the day you join us

Additional 10% discount card for a friend or family member

Genuine career progression and development opportunities - read more about our Leadership School here

Subsidised staff canteen

Free parking

Competitive pension and life assurance

Healthcare / Wellbeing benefits including Aviva Digital GP

'MyPerks' with discounts at high street shops, cinemas and gyms, and lots more

Optional payroll charity donations

A range of family-friendly policies including 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave along with neonatal and fertility leave 


Alive with activity, our modern Head Office is home to our corporate teams that make sure everything runs smoothly. Here, you’ll find comfy breakout areas, a coffee shop, Morrisons Daily and a subsidised restaurant. We are within commuting distance of Leeds, Manchester and the Yorkshire Dales - and we even have free parking!

At our Head Office you will expect to find supplier showcases, charity fundraising and celebrations all year round for the events that mean the most to our colleagues.

There’s more to our business as it’s fast paced and ever changing, as such we’ve got lots of fresh opportunities for you to play your part in our success. We’d love to meet you!


About Us
Starting as a Bradford market stall, we are proud to be the Yorkshire retailer now serving over 11 million customers nationwide each week. We’re unique: both foodmakers and shopkeepers, processing our own fresh produce and preparing more food in-store than any other supermarket.

We offer real opportunities to build your career across our stores, sites, and support teams. We’re a down-to-earth team that values hard work, reliability, and great customer service. If you’re friendly, dependable, and ready to get stuck in, there’s always More to Morrisons for you.
About the Team
Morrisons is a place where you can be yourself, feel valued, and have a true sense of belonging. We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from people from all walks of life, as we strive to build a workforce that truly represents the communities we serve.

We are also a Disability Confident Employer, which means we're committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you require any reasonable adjustments, please let us know when you submit your application and support will be provided wherever it’s required.

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