About the Role
We are looking for a Senior Print Supply Performance Manager to join our Publishing team. You will work with our operational and wholesale partners to ensure that GNM printed products are supplied to retailers nationwide in the correct quantities, on time, every day.
Responsibilities
- Set and manage daily and weekly product allocation processes, and oversee subscriptions fulfilment and international distribution for Guardian Weekly
- Lead supply chain modernisation projects and partner initiatives to improve availability, reduce costs, and support retail growth
- Act as the key contact for UK wholesalers, distributors, and retailers solving supply and financial issues
- Adjust supply based on sales trends, promotions and seasonal patterns, and reduce unsold copies without impacting sales
- Report on sales performance across all print products
- Contribute to the annual budget process and quarterly re-forecasting
- Track issues raised by CX across all print products and ensure they are resolved with distributors
Requirements
- Proven expertise in driving performance in ongoing subscription businesses
- Hands-on operator who can run a complex, daily process reliably, ideally with print media experience
- Commercially minded and understands sales vs waste trade-offs
- Comfortable working with spreadsheets and multiple data sources to solve problems and report clear conclusions
- Confident dealing with partners and willing to challenge when needed
- Structured in how they solve problems, with proven project management capability to lead supply chain initiatives
- High attention to detail and an unwavering commitment to data accuracy
Location
- Kings Cross
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior
Salary/Compensations
- Minimum salary for any full-time role is £30,000 per annum. Salary ranges are dependent on skills and experience.
Benefits
- 30 days of annual leave per year (plus bank holidays) with the option to purchase an additional 5 days
- Generous pension scheme: if you contribute 5% then we will contribute 8-12% (depending on your age)
- 2 volunteering days annually and the option of payroll giving
- Season ticket loans
- Private healthcare
- Life cover
- Income protection
- Eye tests
- Optional dental insurance
- Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave policies
- IVF, menopause, baby loss, and trans equality policy support
- Access to employee benefits platform for tailored support for health and wellbeing
- Free yoga and Pilates classes
- Corporate gym membership
- Cycle to work scheme
About the Company
- Join our team at the Guardian and be a part of a diverse and inclusive global organisation that delivers fearless, investigative journalism and holds power to account.
- Our team of award-winning journalists, cutting-edge commercial professionals and industry-leading digital experts are committed to making a difference and represent a wide range of backgrounds and perspectives.
- We offer a challenging and exciting environment for career development, with a focus on training, growth and fostering an inclusive culture.
- We became the first major media organisation to achieve B Corp status.
Equal Opportunity
- We actively encourage applications from groups traditionally underrepresented in the UK media
- We value and respect all differences (seen and unseen) in all people.
- We aspire to have inclusive working experiences and an environment that reflects the audience we serve, where our people have equal access to career development opportunities, their voices are heard and can contribute to our future.
- We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds.
- All roles at the Guardian are open for everybody to apply.
- It is important to us that you feel supported and comfortable throughout your recruitment process, in order to perform your best.
- Please let us know if there are any changes we could make to help your application, this includes providing documents in accessible formats or personalising the process to better support your needs.
