📣 A bit about the role.
PsiBufet / Butternut Box is looking for a Supply Chain Specialist to join our high-performing Supply Chain team. In this role, you will be responsible for one or more of our portfolio categories.
You’ll play a pivotal role in supplier management, enabling our key operations to run smoothly by having the right stock and resolving any supply chain issues that arise. As we are a growing business, this will be a dynamic role which will also flex across our operations, giving you a unique opportunity to have a full view of our total supply chain. We have recently transitioned into a multi-production facility business, which brings a number of exciting challenges and opportunities that we can’t wait to get you stuck into.
📌 Please note: This is a 14-month project role, which includes a two-month probation period. We cannot guarantee that it will be extended; however, this might be possible depending on our market growth.
You are dynamic, entrepreneurial, and a self-starter who works proactively, is inquisitive, and is excited about the opportunity to work in a rapidly scaling startup! We’re looking for someone to come in and hit the ground running, bringing fresh ideas and enthusiasm to the team.
You will join an enthusiastic existing team within Supply Chain and will work cross-functionally across the whole operation. You will be working alongside an energetic team where your focus is to take full ownership of the supply chain of your categories.
Want to know more about our factory in Zabrze? Click here!
https://join.psibufet.pl/praca-zabrze/
A bit more detailKey responsibilities:
Stock Management
- Taking direct responsibility for stock availability & waste within your categories
- Planning when to call off stock and when to take deliveries based on production plans, fulfilment plans, forecast demand, capacity, and the agreed stock holding strategy for each category and market
- Managing out-of-stock and back-in-stock communications
- Sharing learnings from within your category with others in the team, ensuring we are consistently striving for better as a team and continuously improving how we operate
Analysis & Reporting
- Performing weekly analysis of available inventory vs forecasted demand
- Consistently reviewing the supply chain for improvement & implementing identified improvement activities aligned with key stakeholders
- Supplier performance monitoring, KPI management & reporting
Supplier & Category Management
- Working with suppliers & Category Buyers to ensure suppliers comply with Butternut Box’s delivery standards
- Organising stock returns with suppliers and performing the necessary SAP adjustments
- Placing orders with suppliers in line with contractual terms laid out
- Working with NEPD to support innovation
- Ordering supplier samples & taking responsibility for their status
- Leading new launches from a Supply Chain point of view
- Chasing suppliers to determine delivery status
- Identifying and resolving supply issues to avoid any impact on operations, customers & margin
- Managing the import of goods from abroad if relevant
- Working with the Procurement team to establish a category stock holding strategy & reporting on this
- Working with the Category Buyers to understand the opportunities & risks in your category & working together on establishing mitigation strategies
- Establishing efficient ways of working with suppliers & proposing any improvement processes to the Category Buyers
- Working collaboratively with the Procurement & technical team to ensure one aligned approach to the suppliers
- Previous experience in Supply Chain is desired
- Experience working in the food manufacturing industry is desirable
- Good working knowledge of Google Sheets / Excel
- Experience working with ERP systems like SAP
- Resilient and able to work well under pressure
- Organised with a keen eye for detail
- Inquisitive, you seek answers where they might not be obvious
- Flexible with a strong ability to adapt to changing priorities and needs of the business
- Strong communication skills & a passion for problem solving
- A team player
- Creative with an open-minded approach, a hunger to learn, and a desire for self-improvement
- Passion for startups, e-commerce, and dogs!
- Ideally a good level of English (B2, C1 or C2)
- You love dogs and cats, naturally (You like people too...)
- 📄 Employment based on a 14-month fixed-term contract (including a 2-month probation period)
- 🌿 Additional paid days off
- 🥩 Free food for your dog
- 🩺 Private healthcare (Medicover)
- 🤾♀️ Multisport fitness card
- 👐 Paid volunteering program
- 🍽️Discounted meals and free beverages
- 🎓Training and development opportunities
- 🎉Company and Team-building event
- 🚗 Free parking
A bit about us.
At PsiBufet/Butternut, we put the food back into dog food. We believe dogs deserve to eat the healthiest, most natural, and tastiest food with none of the nasties. That’s why we make freshly prepared dog food. Cooked like you would at home. Delivered in perfect portions.
Background of PsiBufet & Butternut Box
Butternut Box was founded in 2016 and has seen outstanding growth and significant investment during its rapid evolution. A certified B-Corp, Butternut Box is committed to doing better for the planet, people, and dogs. In 2023, the business secured £280m of investment from General Atlantic and L Catterton. This significant investment has allowed the business to rapidly develop its international expansion plans. These plans centre around European expansion with the Czech Republic as the next market to launch. Beyond that, there are a number of markets that would be attractive considerations, including Austria, the Nordics, Italy, and France.
Butternut Box fully acquired PsiBufet, a Polish Direct-to-Consumer dog food brand, in 2023. This business provides a foothold from which to establish a new manufacturing plant to serve these markets.
The new site is in Zabrze. This new site is 37,000 m² (compared to the original UK site at 18,000 m²) and will eventually have 8 lines with the capacity to produce 1,200T per week.
Our Values & ways of working A business with people at the very core. The company has great employee retention and prides itself on giving everyone the chance to stretch themselves in a supportive and inclusive environment.
The business values are: Dedicated and Determined; Open and Honest; Genuine Care; Strive for Better and For the Love of Dogs.
Recruitment process- Screen/interview
- Video interview
- Face-to-face interview
Skills Required
- Good working knowledge of Google Sheets / Excel
- Experience working with ERP systems like SAP
- Previous experience in Supply Chain
- Experience working in the food manufacturing industry
- Resilient and able to work well under pressure
- Organised with a keen eye for detail
- Inquisitive and strong problem-solving skills
- Flexible and able to adapt to changing priorities
- Strong communication skills and a team player
- Good level of English (B2, C1 or C2)
What We Do
PsiBufet is a leading Polish direct-to-consumer (D2C) brand specializing in fresh, individually tailored, and hypoallergenic food for dogs. The company provides healthy, natural meals made from gently steamed, human-grade meat and vegetables, delivered directly to customers' doors on a subscription basis. Focused on quality and nutrition, PsiBufet aims to help dogs live healthier and happier lives through a balanced, fresh diet.
