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About the Role

Grind is seeking an organised, commercially minded Supply & Materials Planner to own the planning that ensures Grind’s products are consistently available. You will translate demand and production forecasts into clear plans for green coffee, ingredients, packaging, and finished goods, collaborating with Roastery, suppliers, manufacturing partners, and the Logistics team. This is a hands-on role for someone adept at managing long lead times, balancing availability with working capital, and providing clear visibility of stock, supply risks, and future requirements.

Responsibilities

Own green coffee planning from the production plan back to origin, managing requirements by contract, origin, and delivery date.
Manage call-offs against contracted volumes, balancing stock availability, freshness, and working capital.
Plan ingredients, extracts, and packaging materials, raising purchase orders and managing lead times.
Work with the Production Manager to create the two-week locked Roastery plan and rolling 12-month production forecast.
Raise and manage purchase orders across co-packers and finished-goods suppliers.
Reconcile materials usage, production yields, and residual stock with manufacturing partners.
Own weeks-of-cover reporting by format and SKU, identifying supply risks and supporting allocation decisions.
Monitor finished-goods shelf life and recommend redeployment, rework, or write-off where required.
Lead supply-side execution for new product launches, ensuring products are produced and delivered on time.
Bring the supply and materials view into Grind’s monthly S&OP process, working closely with Logistics, Commercial, and Supply Chain teams.

Requirements

Proven experience in supply, materials, production planning, or a related role, with transferable experience welcomed.
Strong organisational skills and a structured, accurate approach to planning and delivery.
Experience managing products or materials with long lead times, minimum order quantities, or complex supplier requirements.
Ability to build trusted relationships with suppliers, manufacturing partners, and internal teams.
A calm, solutions-focused approach when priorities change or supply challenges arise.
Commercial awareness, with an understanding of availability, stock cover, shelf life, and working capital.
Confidence working with planning systems, Excel, and detailed datasets.
Clear communication skills, with the confidence to highlight risks, challenge assumptions, and recommend practical solutions.

Skills

Planning systems
Excel
S&OP
Demand-led production planning

Location

London

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Professional

Benefits

Smart Pension
Access to interest-free, short-term loans
Generous holiday allowance with an extra day for each year of service (up to 3 additional days)
Referral Bonus up to £450
Up to 40% off retail line online
Confidential Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
50% off all food and drinks at Grind locations
Two free coffees a day at Grind locations
Friends & Family Discount on website and at sites
Team social events
Enhanced maternity and paternity benefits
Wellbeing Allowance up to £200 annually
£20 birthday gift

About the Company

Grind is a coffee company founded in London in 2011, with cafés, coffee trucks, and a state-of-the-art coffee roastery.
They serve millions of cups of coffee annually across London and the UK, and help consumers make better, more sustainable coffee at home.
Grind's coffee beans, compostable coffee pods, and ready-to-drink coffee cans are available in supermarkets across the UK and in hotels globally.
The roastery in Bermondsey, south London, is central to their operation, where they ethically source coffee from sustainable farms worldwide.
Grind is committed to sustainability, aiming to be the world's most sustainable coffee company through initiatives like compostable coffee pods, plastic-free packaging, and carbon-free shipping.
In 2023, they established the Better Coffee Foundation charity to address the global coffee industry's impact, recovering 43 million pods' worth of ocean-bound plastic in its first year.

Equal Opportunity

Grind is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity.
They do not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, national origin, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, age, veteran status, or disability status.
They offer adjustments for candidates needing assistance for interviews.