Why Greencore?

Following the combination with Bakkavor in January 2026, we’re one of the UK’s leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to make every day taste better.

As a vibrant and fast-moving business, we’re proud to employ over 28,000 talented colleagues across 36 manufacturing sites and 21 distribution depots in the UK and the US. Together, we bring delicious food to life. Our products cover every meal occasion from breakfast through to dinner and dessert, with lunch and snacking in between. In FY25, our shared passion helped us achieve combined revenues of approximately £4bn. 

Our extensive direct to store (DTS) network, with 17 depots across the UK, allows us to deliver fresh and frozen food both our own and from trusted partners to thousands of stores every day, ensuring consumers enjoy the very best, whenever and wherever they shop. 

We are looking to appoint three Heads of Planning into our Supply Chain function, with one role aligned to each sector. Location is flexible; however, there will be a requirement to travel to sites within your sector.

What you’ll be doing

• Senior leader responsible for influencing strategic direction, overseeing planning and scheduling for product demand, long-term network plans, resource allocation and performance frameworks. Specialising in efficient supply performance against sales and customer goals, finance, product development and ensuring alignment across functions for future growth and success. They develop objectives, create strategic plans, manage risks and implement plans to achieve business targets, working with senior leadership and stakeholders. To create and implement the end-to-end planning strategy to ensure that business plan and strategic objectives are achieved.
• Provide leadership and management across planning departments (business and operations) in the business sector with the responsibility of delivering continuous improvement across customer service levels, inventory management and planning team costs.
• Continually improve the supply planning processes (capacity, network, production, materials and labour planning).
• Build long-term network visions, goals and strategic initiatives with cross-functional strategic network teams.
• Lead the management of strategy deployment, financial oversight, project management and stakeholder collaboration with Business Planning leads for the business sector.
• Oversee resource and workforce planning, process improvement, financial management and end-to-end supply chain oversight with Operations Planning leads for the business sector at sub-sector and site levels. This includes collaboration in joint planning initiatives with suppliers that enable improved visibility for supply.
• Develop systems capabilities and drive value-adding initiatives to enhance the business sector ability to more effectively service customers and enhance sales.
• Actively manage organisational risk related to both cyber security and data, by committing the necessary focus, resource and investing in the skills and experience required to ensure compliance to relevant policies and legislation, along with taking ownership for personal and commercial data processed throughout the group.

What we’re looking for

• Degree or MBA qualified (or equivalent experience), with strong commercial acumen.
• proven innovator who continuously seeks better ways of working and delivers sustainable best practice improvements.
• Strong FMCG experience, with a deep understanding of how commercial, operational and supply network functions interconnect across customers and suppliers.
• Commercial and/or finance background, confident assessing cost, margin and performance impacts to drive sound business decisions.
• Demonstrated success leading large-scale change programmes across multiple functions and sites, delivering measurable and lasting performance gains.
• Highly credible and influential with senior stakeholders, using insight and organisational awareness to drive alignment.
• An adaptable communicator, able to tailor messaging and approach to diverse audiences and business contexts.

We’re not all the same at Greencore and our differences help us to make every day taste better for all our stakeholders. We truly put our people at the core and are proud of our diversity.

If this sounds like you, join us and grow with Greencore, and be a part of driving our future success.

What you’ll get in return

• Competitive salary and job related benefits
• Holidays
• Pension up to 8% matched
• Life insurance up to 4x salary
• Company share save scheme
• Greencore Qualifications
• Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform
• Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform
• Enhanced parental leave and menopause policies

Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career