Planners and analysts · Suffolk & the Haven ports

Supply Chain Recruitment in Felixstowe

From analysts to heads of supply chain, we find permanent people in Felixstowe who can model the numbers and change the operation.

Suffolk & the Haven ports

Recruiting supply chain planners in Felixstowe

Permanent supply chain hires should leave the plan better than they found it.

Across Suffolk & the Haven ports, supply chain roles often sit alongside operations at sites such as the Port of Felixstowe, the A14 freight corridor and the Haven Gateway parks. We search for planners who know that environment.

We ask candidates which planning and ERP systems they have used, how they forecast and what they did when the forecast was wrong.

Across Suffolk & the Haven ports, planners and analysts are hired by port and container logistics, customs and forwarding businesses, FMCG and agri-food supply chains and national 3PLs.

Who we place

Permanent supply chain jobs in Felixstowe

Permanent supply chain roles, from analysts to heads of supply chain.

What Felixstowe employers get

Analytics tested, not assumed

Planning results first

We ask candidates what happened to forecast accuracy, stock and service on their watch before we talk about their notice period.

Systems experience

We confirm which planning and ERP systems candidates use, so there is no hidden learning curve.

Planning teams built

For a new planning function we can recruit the manager and the analysts together.

What planners earn

What supply chain professionals earn in Felixstowe

Indicative permanent salaries in Felixstowe run from around £32k for analysts up to £80k+ for heads of supply chain.

We benchmark against live offers for similar planning roles, not historic salary data. Figures are indicative, not a guarantee.

How it works

From brief to start date

The brief

Sector, systems, planning cycle and the decision the new hire needs to improve.

Interviews and case studies

We arrange interviews and any case study, then brief each candidate beforehand.

The offer

We help settle salary, hybrid terms and start date so the offer is accepted first time.

Your brief

Before we start searching

Strong analysts become planners and planners become managers. Hiring well now builds the next layer.

Strong planners value clean data, a seat at the S&OP table and a manager who acts on the numbers.

A strong supply chain brief covers:

  • The planning cycle and who attends S&OP
  • Inventory value and stock targets
  • Salary, bonus and benefits
  • The main problem the new hire should fix
Live vacancies

Permanent supply chain jobs in the East of England

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Supply chain FAQs

Common questions

Which supply chain roles do you recruit for?

Analysts, demand and supply planners, S&OP leads, inventory managers, supply chain and logistics managers and heads of supply chain.

Can you benchmark pay for a supply chain role?

Yes. We compare salary, bonus and hybrid terms with current offers for similar roles across the region.

Do you recruit for businesses outside Felixstowe?

Yes. We cover employers across the East of England. Tell us where the role is based and we will search the commute around it.

Do you recruit heads of supply chain?

Yes. For senior roles we run a discreet search and approach people who are not on the market.

What makes a planner stay?

Clean data, real influence, sensible hybrid terms and pay in line with the market.

Related pages

Related supply chain pages for Felixstowe

Supply chain recruitment elsewhere in the East of England:

Other specialisms in Felixstowe:

See our national Supply Chain Recruitment page, or all logistics recruitment in Felixstowe.

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