Supply Chain Admin

About Us

The Bread Factory is the UK’s leading artisan bakery. We make award-winning breads, pastries and cakes and as well as supporting our neighbourhood bakeries at GAIL’s, we are the proud suppliers behind London’s Michelin restaurants, prestigious hotels and even the Queen! We believe in making good bread. We may have grown over the years, but our philosophy has not changed… to make exceptional quality artisan bread, cakes, and pastries so more people can enjoy them. We bake by hand with natural ingredients, we insist on the finest ingredients, and though we’re always innovating, our baking is based on time-honoured techniques and our decades-old starters. Nothing gives us as much pleasure as a freshly baked, lovingly crafted loaf. Product is at the heart of our bakeries and everything we do must tell a story that inspires, our people to support us on our journey of growth, leading the way for artisan baking in the UK.

Job Objective

To ensure all orders are placed on time, accurately, and in full so that The Bread Factory receive orders required to produce. As well as ensuring that we follow up on all shortages, and missed deliveries to ensure the security of supply.

What you will do:

• Create Purchase Orders (PO’s) for all Bread Factory packaging and ingredients on a daily basis delivered into the warehouse. and production units. Orders are calculated by the stock controller and the units on daily basis.
• Create requisitions for non-stock items and convert them into PO to send to suppliers.
• Communicate and coordinate efficiently between supplier, stock controller and procurement to resolve supply issues.
• Chase all shortages that are not delivered to the warehouse or units on the stated delivery date. Investigate the reason for usage, and ensure redelivery for the required date.
• Ensure that all documentation is provided to the necessary teams.
• Support Supply Chain Team in ongoing projects.

Key Performance Indicators (KPI's)

• Accuracy in placing orders and following up outstanding/late deliveries as well as resolving shortages
• Close communication and good working relationships with Stock Controller, Warehouse, Goods In, Procurement and Production Managers.

About you:

• Must be very detail orientated, ensuring all orders are processed correctly.
• Excellent communication skills in order to interact efficiently and effectively with all areas of the business.
• Possess behaviours of patience and calmness. This is a supportive role to many areas of the business that can be complex.
• Follow established processes in full, as well as being organised
• Have the skills necessary to effectively assess, analyse data, and solve supply problems on a daily basis.
• Must be able to work with various teams across the organisation (both supply chain and procurement teams and other internal stakeholder teams)
• Previous experience with stock control and ERP system is an advantage.

What's in it for you?

• Family-friendly policies such as maternity and paternity pay, and grandparents leave.
• 50% GAIL’s discount and 40% off at The Bread Factory & The Flour Station Markets.
• Wellbeing benefits such as 24-hour GP service, parties, Cycle to work schemes and more…