Raw Material Planner - Top Fruit & Grapes
Morrisons · Thrapston
More about the role
As our Raw Material Planner for Top Fruit and Grapes, you’ll own the end to end supply plan hand in hand with the Buying Manager and our brilliant growers, you’ll make sure the right products reach the right customers at the perfect moment.
What you’ll be doing:
- Plan and control seasonal fruit ranges across the UK and the rest of the world. This could be finished goods or raw materials both on Myton manufacturing sites and remote grower/supplier locations
- Work in collaboration with fruit demand planning and our grower base to deliver on time and in full
- Work in collaboration with internal teams to manage stock, availability, waste/shrink and markdowns for all the products
- Partner with growers and internal teams to protect quality, freshness and sustainability all the way through to our customers
- Alongside the Buying Manager, have regular meetings with all the fruit grower/supplier base and be the main point of contact for daily order planning
- Work closely with the demand planning role in fruit to monitor forecasts versus actual orders and look at long term forecasting for all our growers, to be shared in regular review meetings
- Work with the Buying Manager to set up supplier KPI meetings and regularly monitor performance
- Make sure all planning administration is up to date and easily shared and understood by the wider Myton Produce Team
More about our perks
- 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
More about you
- A track record of planning fresh produce categories within retail or wholesale
- A hawkeye for data, you’re fluent in sales curves, WSSI/OTB and root cause analysis
- Confidence in negotiating, with the ability to secure availability and value during peak season pressure
- A passion for produce and sustainability, that’s contagious to suppliers and customer teams
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.