Head of Transport Planning

Head of Transport Planning

Location :
Midlands - with regular travel across the UK

Working Hours :
Monday - Friday

Salary :
Competitive + Benefits

Join 2 Sisters Food Group , one of the UK's largest food manufacturers, with an annual turnover exceeding £3 billion and approximately 13,000 employees across 16 sites. We have a strong presence in poultry, chilled, and bakery food categories. We are committed to delivering high-quality products to the British public and our retail and food service customers, including major retailers like Aldi, Asda, Co-op, KFC, Lidl, Marks & Spencer, Morrison's, Sainsbury's, Tesco, and Waitrose.

We are seeking a Head of Transport Planning to play a pivotal role in shaping and delivering a new central logistics strategy for 2

SFG. Historically, logistics and planning have been managed independently at site level. The business is now moving to a centrally managed model, and this role will be instrumental in driving that transformation. This is a great opportunity to join at an early stage, with full ownership to design, build, and implement a centralised transport and planning function from the ground up.

• Take ownership of all transport links and delivery flows across the network
• Oversee all inbound and outbound deliveries for 2S
• Design and optimise the transport network to improve cost, service, and performance
• Manage relationships with third-party logistics providers, including full contract management
• Lead fleet management strategy (owned and / or third-party fleets)
• Support strategy implementation, transformation projects, and change management initiatives

You are a strategic, hands-on transport leader with strong experience in food manufacturing and complex, multi-site logistics environments. You thrive in transformation roles and are comfortable operating with ambiguity, building structure and systems. You are commercially focused, data-driven, and confident influencing senior stakeholders.

• Proven experience in network design within a complex logistics environment
• Experience managing a large transport fleet and / or third-party logistics providers
• Background in food manufacturing, with experience delivering to major UK retailers
• Demonstrated success in strategy development and implementation
• Proven project and change management capability
• Experience managing multi-million-pound budgets

• 33 days annual leave inclusive of the bank holidays
• Refer a friend scheme
• Health Assured Employee Assistance Programme and Grocery Aid are free and confidential support services 365 days a year
• Boparan Restaurant Group Discount - 50% discount for friends and family
• Cycle2
  
  Work Scheme

As one of the UK's largest food manufacturers, we provide ample opportunities for career growth and skill development. We emphasise promoting from within, ensuring you can build a rewarding career with us.