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Supply Chain Lead

Reporting to: Head of Operations

Location of work: Home-based, but some travel expected including to team meetings, away days or supplier meetings

Contract type and hours: Full-time, year round, 35 hours per week, although 28 hours will be considered. The role may require occasional evening and weekend work.

You may be required to be part of a rota and cover time when the organisation is closed for holiday periods, planned and agreed in advance with your manager. Time worked will be taken back using flexitime, in an agreed period, ideally within the following week.

Contract Length: Permanent

Salary: £40,500 - £42,000

BACKGROUND

For more than 20 years, we’ve worked alongside schools and communities across Englandand Scotland, listening to children and young people and campaigning with decision makers to ensure their voices are heard. We’re working to create the conditions every pupilneeds to start the day feeling nourished, valued, and empowered to reach for their dreams. 

Every child and young person should arrive at school hungry to learn, not distracted by arumbling tummy. Yet 2.2 million children across the UK are at risk of going hungry in themorning. That’s five pupils in every class of 30. Breakfast is about so much more than food;it’s about giving children and young people the energy, focus, and confidence to learn,thrive, and dream big. Working with schools in disadvantaged communities across Englandand Scotland, Magic Breakfast is a charity that helps every child and young person reachfor the dreams, one breakfast at a time. 

Our mission is simple: to champion and provide nourishing breakfasts, ensuring every childand young person has the best possible start to their day. But we know we cannot do this alone. Ending hunger takes all of us; schools, communities, families, policymakers, supporters, and partners, coming together to make sure every pupil has what they need to thrive. 

By joining Magic Breakfast, you will become part of a passionate, ambitious organisation driving lasting change for children and young people across the UK. 

JOB PURPOSE

The Supply Chain Lead plays a central role in ensuring Magic Breakfast delivers a reliable, effective and resilient food service to schools across its network. With end-to-end responsibility for day-to-day supply chain operations, the role oversees the flow of food from suppliers through distribution partners and onwards to schools, ensuring high standards of service, performance and operational delivery. Supported by a Supply Chain Analyst, the role leads on supplier and distributor management, food ordering, stock oversight and operational issue resolution, providing the coordination and oversight that keeps the supply chain running smoothly. The Supply Chain Lead also works closely with the Operations Development Lead to help identify opportunities for future improvements, supporting the evolution of the supply chain through initiatives such as technology, automation, sustainability and service development.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Responsible for the day-to-day execution of the distribution model.

• Manage activities throughout the order fulfilment and transportation cycle to ensure established deadlines are met and school requirements are fulfilled.

• Actively participate in account meetings with suppliers, including the monitoring and reporting of performance.

• Develop corrective action plans for delivery or quality issues. (overarching logistics/distributor contract management is held by the Head of Operations. Management of corporate partners is held by the fundraising team).

• Collaborate closely with the Business Development and Corporate Partnerships teams to establish clear operational boundaries and ways of working.

• Ensuring a seamless interface between corporate supplier needs and day-to-day supply chain execution.

• Liaise directly with the Support/Customer Service team to coordinate operational feedback, ensuring schools receive accurate, timely communications regarding delivery updates, menu shifts, or stock changes.

To see the full job description please view the document below 

APPLICATION PROCCESS

To view our recruitment pack and find out more information please visit our website

Should you wish to discuss the role before applying please email our People and Culture Team (recruitment @ magicbreakfast . com)

Application close date: 11th October

Shortlisting: 12th, 13,th 14th October

Interview 1: 21st - 22nd October (online)

Interview: 27th and 28th October (online)

Due to the high volume of applications, this role is likely to close early and we reserve the right to do so. This is to ensure that we can manage application levels whilst maintaining a positive candidate experience. Unfortunately, once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications.