A leading Food Service company are looking for a Head of Planning to join their Trading Team. Job Title: Head of Planning Department: Trading Reports to: Commercial Director Job Purpose Deliver the Planning strategy for the Foodservice Division to delight our customers and drive business profitability. This includes collaboration with the operational teams to drive efficiency, achieve excellent service levels, and reduce cost and complexity. Full accountability for ensuring good availability, effective capacity management and maintaining the right range in the right depot at the right time while minimising costs and maximising customer satisfaction. Responsible for delivering upwards communication cascade and continuous improvement projects within the planning function, in collaboration with the operations team, which minimise costs and maximise availability. Management, development and succession planning of the planning team. Scope Our client’s Foodservice operations are national foodservice businesses worth a combined c. £300 million+ with ambitious growth plans. Accountability for ensuring sufficient stock at 7 sites is procured from c. 450+ suppliers for c. 7000 SKUs across multi-temperature categories. Line management responsibility for a team of c. 4 people and overall accountability for a team of c. 7. Responsibility and accountability for departmental budget, company KPIs and service level achi...