Welcome to Pizza Hut where we make every single one of our craveable pizzas by hand. And we work even harder to help you handcraft your future. Exactly how you choose to.

No matter what your idea of success looks like, we’ll help you get there. So, you can rise to every occasion, every challenge, and every opportunity.

We aim to create an exciting environment to help you get where you want to go –in your personal life and work. A place to work together and grow as a team. Because, when you rise, we rise. So, what do you think? Are you ready to rise?

MORE ABOUT #HutLife

We LOVE pizza. We eat it a lot. There’s no doubt about that and we’re proud of it. But what makes us different is that it’s our people that drive the success of our business. Alongside KFC, Taco Bell, and The Habit Burger Grill, we are part of the Yum! family; the world’s largest restaurant company with nearly 52,000 restaurants in over 150 countries. At Pizza Hut Global, we are on a journey to build the most loved global brand and the fastest growing in every country; we have big plans over the next 5 years to achieve explosive growth in a competitive and ever-growing market.

Our home (center of the universe - ha!) for Pizza Hut Europe is headquartered at the Restaurant Support Centre (RSC) in our brand new office in London Bridge and leads the Pizza Hut brand in more than 25 countries with c. 130 franchisees with more than 2,500 stores.

Pizza Hut Europe offers the entrepreneurial dynamism of a start-up, combined with the commercial strengths of a much-loved global brand.

 

Our Culture: Breakthrough Results, Teamwork and Recognition

We believe that our success is driven by the power of our employees working in unison with a shared set of common goals and values. We are very proud that Pizza Hut Europe is recognised as a key market not only in terms of innovation but also for the talent we grow and develop for Yum!

We invest heavily in our people and help them drive their personal development. As part of this, we give each of our managers in the business the opportunity to go through Heartstyles. Heartstyles is a tool and strategy to measure and manage culture, building people’s self-awareness and helping them to transform their behaviours. This tool can then be used in coaching conversations you have with your team and line manager and to help build effective individual development plans.

We celebrate success every day and recognition is much more than just saying thank you- it is about celebrating achievements, milestones, and behaviours. One of the ways we do this is through our own personal recognition awards. 

As a company, we take our corporate social responsibility very seriously and encourage our employees to ‘give something back’ through companywide charity efforts. 

As an equal-opportunity employer, we embrace individuality and diversity. We employ irrespective of background, age, ethnicity, colour, gender, disability, sexual or religious orientation, and marital status.

More About The Role: The Assistant Manager in Supply Chain Operations is the glue to keep our great supply chain running at Pizza Hut UK & Europe. This person will be the key to ensure we our delicious pizza gets served by making sure our ingredients are available by leading day to day communications with our huts and our distribution partners on key topics such as: stock availability, new lines, promotional launches, pricing.  This person will also support supply chain operations metrics by holding accountability to track daily and weekly KPIs and distribution performance improvement measures. They will need to be versed in technology and be accountable for updates in some of our platforms. They will also be accountable to liaise with suppliers to collect any fees to track funds. Another exciting part of this role will be to keep on top of macro factors that our front of mind to our brand and to our franchisees, such as quarterly inflation tracking for key commodities, regulation changes and audit performances. Reporting on key projects and supporting forecasting efforts will be an important part of growing this role further into a strategic partner

The role requires courage, grit, organisation and a good sense of prioritisation.  It requires the ability to collaborate with cross-functional partners, as well as providing information across a wide variety of SCM metrics.   

Key Job Functions Include:

Be the key day-to-day point of contact for our distribution partners Track and own key information such as price lists and range plans Manage distribution daily and weekly KPIs and track performance improvement measures Update key platforms with latest information periodically Support stock management: manage stock risks, new line and promotional launches for stock and availability Liaising with finance on forecasting & data collection  Support reporting on key metrics informing SCM activity (e.g. quarterly inflation, audits) Support reporting in response to regulation changes Support reporting on key initiatives Ad hoc support of project analysis and roll out Ad hoc support to category managers Support the SCM team in delivering on its broader strategy (e.g. consolidation, market visibility, ESG advancement, compliance and COS savings) Continuously identify improvement ideas to ways of working with distribution partners

Crucially, you will manage relationships with:

Distribution Manager (line manager, visibility of development, guidance)  Other SCM leaders (Procurement, Key projects, Supply Chain Director) Distribution partners PH UK & Europe Cross functional teams (Finance, Operations, QA, Marketing) European & UK franchisee partners (key updates and liaison with distribution and supply partners)

The experience we’re looking for:

A fantastic “play to win”/can do mindset – with proven energy and grit Experience in an operational setting – in hospitality and/or distribution Experience tracking key distribution metrics Proven problem solving experience Advanced experience in Microsoft Excel & Powerpoint Versed in Supply Chain Management software Excellent communication skills Experience in European Supply Chain with food and beverage and/or multi-outlet industry preferred Ability to understand and appreciate technical issues associated with purchase, supply, and supplier standards

What we can offer you: Reward, Progression and lots of Recognition

A career with Pizza Hut offers much more than just fantastic earning potential. You will be part of a multicultural and dynamic team. Where innovation, collaboration, and Pizza is at our core.

Hybrid working with flexibility in our Restaurant Support Centre (HO) in London Bridge Generous pension. 1.5X with a maximum of 7.5% Employer contribution.  Company and performance-related bonus Private healthcare including family cover  Annual holiday allowance starts at 25 days increasing up to 30 days with 5 years’ service Live Well Days - an additional 5 days per year to disconnect from our day-to-day (in addition to annual and bank holidays). Competitive parental leave and flexible return to work options.

If this sounds like you want pizza the action, or have any questions about the opening, please do reach out. We are always happy to help!

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that some demographics are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Pizza Hut Europe, we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you feel you are suited to this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with everything listed in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway – you may be the perfect candidate for this or other roles we have available!