Replenishment Team Lead

Musgrave is one of the Europe’s most successful family-owned businesses with a 140-year heritage in food and brand innovation, supporting communities across the island of Ireland and Spain. Every day we feed one-in-three people in Ireland through 11 market leading food and beverage brands that include SuperValu, Centra, Frank and Honest and Musgrave Market Place. We support thousands of retail and foodservice family businesses who live and work in the heart of the communities they serve. We are committed to becoming the most trusted and sustainable business in Ireland and we are making changes across the company to make sure that happens. We want to make a positive impact on the world, and we will support our suppliers and customers to make a difference too. We have an opportunity for a Replenishment Team Leader to join our Supply Chain team. The purpose of this position is to Lead and develop a high performing reorder team, which will work in conjunction with the rest of the business to deliver a best in class service to our customers, key responsibilities are but not limited to: Service and Cost Management

• Manage the delivery of the reorder team’s objectives and proactively assist with the development
• and implementation of programs which will provide better service to our customers.
• Implement and maintain an effective communication process to provide timely service updates to
• key stakeholders.
• Optimise the level of working capital employed in inventory whilst maintaining the agreed service
• levels.
• Deliver additional cost of goods savings by optimising the re-ordering process and inbound and
• outbound product flow.
• Manage and maintain relationships with suppliers to improve service levels.
• Work together with the CDC Operations team and Transport team to drive efficiencies for inbound
• schedule, space optimisation and supplier performance
• Collaborate with trading to optimise supplier service levels.
• Support Sales and Customer service teams with customer queries.
• Ensure the timely issuing of internal reports which are used to monitor performance of key KPIs
• Active participation in relevant supply chain and cross-functional projects.
• Drive continuous improvement to build best in class service level
• Perform other duties as assigned by management.

• Play a leadership role in maintaining and building on the Supply Chain engagement framework to
• create a high performing team and improve employee engagement and participation.
• Implement team goals and objectives in line with the Personal Development Review process and
• review on a timely basis.
• Lead and motivate reorder planners to achieve objectives.
• Development of reorder planners and identifying training needs.
• Identify opportunities to improve work processes and methods.
• Effective management of holidays, cover, planner capacity

• A relevant third level qualification e.g. Supply Chain or Continuous Improvement/Lean
• At least 5 years senior operational team management experience within the area of FMCG
• Excellent people management and engagement skills and the ability to build and maintain
• relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Possess excellent communication, presentation and reporting skills.
• Excellent IT skills including MS Office, MS Excel.
• Excellent written and communication Skills
• Thorough approach to work/attention to detail
• Strong Leadership skills
• Strong commitment to personal learning and development
• Strong Team Player
• Leadership of change through Continuous Improvement Methodology